English literature

Dickensian Adventure of Mystery and Heart Pays Homage to “Oliver Twist”

The Dying Art of Life by shoeless is a warm and engaging historical novel that immerses readers in a cross-genre experience — part character-driven drama, part subtle mystery, with a dash of adventurous flair. Set in a richly drawn Victorian London, the story pays loving homage to Charles Dickens while…

BookTribJune 2, 2025

Nonfiction

The Black Writer’s Burden: Sins of Transracial Fiction

If you pay attention, you’ll notice how often we Americans mimic a version of Black dialect and persona. We shift our speech and demeanor, usually only momentarily and often with the intent to create momentary comic relief. These fleeting moments of burlesque evoke a stylized version of how Black people…

BookTrib Guest AuthorJuly 14, 2015

Fiction Fiction - Featured

A Beautiful Reimagining that Allows You to Hold Jane Austen’s World in Your Hands

It has taken Barbara Heller three years, but now Chronicle Books is set to release Persuasion, Jane Austen’s last completed novel, published six months after her death, in a special edition featuring the full text, and removable replicas of the characters’ letters and papers, written and folded by hand. A…

Jim AlkonOctober 4, 2022

English literature

Dickensian Adventure of Mystery and Heart Pays Homage to “Oliver Twist”

The Black Writer’s Burden: Sins of Transracial Fiction

A Beautiful Reimagining that Allows You to Hold Jane Austen’s World in Your Hands

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