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“The Lions of Fifth Avenue,” Hilarity in the Afterlife and Unsolved True Crime

BookTrib wants to keep you in the book news loop! Each week our editors take a pulse on what’s happening in the book world and hand pick stories, tidbits and reviews you may have missed. Unsolved: True Crime Stories With a Few Loose Strings — Novel Suspects Book Thefts at…

BookTribJuly 24, 2020

Miscellany

‘Representation Matters:’ LGBTQIA Literature Goes Mainstream

From coming of age narratives to personal memoirs, literature has been exploring themes of sexuality for as long as people have been publishing stories. We often call this queer lit (though it’s important to note that some take offense at that term) or gay lit, umbrella terms to identify any…

Rachel CarterJanuary 24, 2018

Miscellany

#TuesdayThoughts: The Meaning of Freedom

The subjects of war, freedom and humanity have been trending on Twitter today. While our nation is one of the greatest democracies in the world, we still have a history with roots in the degradation and marginalization of others. Despite this history, however, we also know what freedom looks like.…

Rachel Fogle De SouzaOctober 31, 2017

BooksToScreen Miscellany Pop Culture

Richard Wright’s “Native Son,” Born Again on the Screen

Since its publication in 1940, Richard Wright’s controversial novel Native Son (HarperCollins) has been adapted for the stage or screen six times. This latest adaptation of the classic seeks to bring a unique projection of the protagonist "Big" (short for Bigger), while maintaining the famed themes of the novel. In…

Joanna PoncavageJanuary 30, 2019

BooksToScreen Fiction Miscellany Pop Culture

Book-To-Film Adaptations Coming Your Way This Fall

Autumn days beg for pumpkin, apple cider and of course books! There are an increasing number of book-to-film adaptations. Roxanne recommends reading these books before you hit the cinema this Fall! To purchase any of the books in this episode, please visit RJ Julia Booksellers Want more BookTrib? Sign up NOW for news and…

Just The Right Book PodcastOctober 26, 2018

BooksToScreen Fiction Miscellany Pop Culture

“If Beale Street Could Talk” Still Delivers On Screen

James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk (Vintage) was published in 1974, but its themes are just as fresh, and as tragic, today. And the new movie that’s been made from it, if anything, shows that our issues with race haven’t progressed very far at all. Image courtesy of amazon…

Joanna PoncavageJanuary 17, 2019

“The Lions of Fifth Avenue,” Hilarity in the Afterlife and Unsolved True Crime

‘Representation Matters:’ LGBTQIA Literature Goes Mainstream

#TuesdayThoughts: The Meaning of Freedom

Richard Wright’s “Native Son,” Born Again on the Screen

Book-To-Film Adaptations Coming Your Way This Fall

“If Beale Street Could Talk” Still Delivers On Screen

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