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We Are Perking Up About These Book Stories

BookTrib wants to keep you in the loop! Here’s what has been pulsing through the book world this week: Humorist David Sedaris is an Open Book! He and BookTube Discuss the Confessional Writing Approach to Love, Shame, Family and Death That Earned Him National Acclaim — BookTrib Make Lockdown More…
BookTrib
April 17, 2020
Miscellany

What’s Pulsing in the Book World This Week

BookTrib wants to keep you in the loop! Here’s what has been pulsing through the book world this week: Just What Isolation Ordered: Eight Brick-Sized Books to Knock Out Your Pandemic-Induced Boredom — The Cut Anne Tyler’s Quirky Protagonist Keeps Taking the Same Romantic Tumbles in The Redhead by the…
BookTrib
April 3, 2020
Miscellany

BookTrib Editor Publishes First Poem

Pelletier, who has been a part of the BookTrib team since July, heard from Bangalore Review this morning that they had published her work, “Another Life,” which she wrote for her Gothic Fiction class at the University of Iowa. She had to submit a portfolio for her class final, and…
BookTrib
September 25, 2019
Miscellany

Celebrating National Poetry Month With Staff Picks

April is National Poetry Month, which means it's the perfect time to pay tribute to some of our favorite collections. Whether the words are nostalgic, haunting or overflowing with happiness, we love powerful language. From classics to newfound treasures, we hope you take some moments to reflect on some beautiful…
BookTrib
April 23, 2019
Miscellany

Edith Wharton… Poet?

I should probably start off this review by mentioning that I don’t know anything about poetry. Some of it is good and some of it is bad, but the bad poetry tends never to get published and popular, so I think it’s safe to assume that most of the poetry…
Jeff Daugherty
July 9, 2019
Miscellany

Poet, Social Activist and Storyteller Cleo Wade Talks from the Heart

The Cut called her The Millennial Oprah,  Fast Company named her one of the country's 100 Most Creative People of 2017, and with featured articles and photoshoots in Elle, Time, and Entertainment Weekly, it is clear: Cleo Wade is not your average "Instagram poet." A self-proclaimed social activist, poet, artist and storyteller,…
BookTrib
April 4, 2018
Miscellany

TED Talks: Oscar Schwartz’s Computer Can Write Poetry

It seems like a silly question: Can a computer write poetry? But then, after writing a poem, will that computer then take over the world? Oscar Schwartz is less concerned with the speculative danger surrounding artificial intelligence – instead, he’s using algorithms to help us figure out what it means to…
Katie Hires
March 1, 2016
Miscellany

We’re Wild for Tilda Swinton’s Book List

Refinery 29 recently caught up with the amazing Tilda Swinton and asked her to compile a list of her favorite books this summer. We couldn't help but jump for joy after seeing her final list of 12 fun, enlightening and classic page-turners. Be sure to pick up as many of…
Beth Wasko
July 21, 2015
Nonfiction

“Don’t Hide The Madness” Exposes Beat Movement

I’ve never been a big fan of the Beat poets, preferring the opinion of the fictional "Gilmore Girls" character Paris Geller holding that “The Beats’ writing was completely self-indulgent. I have one word for Jack Kerouac—edit.” But I decided to give the new nonfiction book of transcripts by William S. Burroughs…
Meagan Foy
October 15, 2018

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