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TED Talk: Safwat Saleem Urges You to Find Your Voice — Plus, a Helpful Book List

Finding a voice to fit your identity is never easy. However, artist, designer and animator Safwat Saleem, had a particularly difficult time, struggling with anxiety about his childhood stutter. In this thought-provoking, heartfelt and adorably animated talk from TED 2016, Saleem describes how he overcame his struggle to incorporate his…

Katie HiresJuly 26, 2016

Nonfiction

A Search for Creativity: Amy Tan’s TED Talk Inspires A Reading List

Where does creativity come from? In this TED talk from TED2008, The Joy Luck Club author Amy Tan meditates on the influences in her life and the lives of others in an attempt to discover where creativity can be found within us. For Tan, it’s all about intentionality, focus and…

Katie HiresMarch 15, 2016

Nonfiction

Alicia Minshew Talks Recent Roles, SudsvilleTV and Missing All My Children’s Kendall

Talking with the amazingly talented Alicia Minshew always feels like catching up with an old friend whom I’ve known since childhood. She’s open, honest, real and a truly kind person. Add all of that to the fact that she’s a crazy-talented actress who is down for any and every opportunity…

Beth WaskoDecember 23, 2015

Nonfiction

Need some inspiration to help your youngster finish their summer reading?

You know the drill. It is two weeks until school starts and your young reader still hasn’t finished even one book. Even worse, your school requires that kids complete a certain amount of reading. For some children summertime reading is as simple as a trip to the library. For others,…

Ann NordlandAugust 10, 2014

Fiction

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe Shares His Impressive Reading List

If you were a young-ish person in the 90s, chances are you know all about Michael Stipe. As the frontman of R.E.M., Stipe paved a voraciously artistic path that cut right through the otherwise Grunge-riddled decade. Stipe’s cerebral performance style and unabashed insistence on self-expression was quite inspiring to me…

Joel HigginsAugust 17, 2015

Fiction

EXCLUSIVE! Jules Moulin on Her New Book and Leaving Hollywood

Jules Moulin was living the dream in California, writing scripts for Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning television series, when she realized that just wasn’t her dream anymore. After deciding to dedicate herself full-time to her family, Moulin set out on her next career adventure—author. Now with the release of her…

Beth WaskoOctober 15, 2015

Fiction

4 Books to Read After You Binge Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle

Sometimes I’ll casually watch a show for years, just popping in to catch an episode or two. But other times I’ll become instantly obsessed, binging every episode I can get my hands on in a matter of days. This was my recent experience with the Amazon Original Series Mozart in the Jungle,…

Rachel CarterMarch 23, 2016

Fiction

It’s VMA Week at BookTrib with Awesome Reads, Articles and Giveaways!

On August 27, 2017, MTV will air its 34th Annual Video Music Awards or what we of the MTV generation affectionately refer to as the “VMAs.” This year’s show will be hosted by Katy Perry and will feature performances by Miley Cyrus, Fifth Harmony and Kendrick Lamar, who is this year’s…

Aisha K. StaggersAugust 21, 2017

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What We’re Reading on National Read a Book Day

We celebrate reading every day simply by doing our work over here at BookTrib ... but that doesn't mean we don't love an extra reason to celebrate! And how about a double reason to celebrate? On Labor Day, a national holiday, we're not on our usual work schedule. This means…

Judy MorenoSeptember 6, 2021

TED Talk: Safwat Saleem Urges You to Find Your Voice — Plus, a Helpful Book List

A Search for Creativity: Amy Tan’s TED Talk Inspires A Reading List

Alicia Minshew Talks Recent Roles, SudsvilleTV and Missing All My Children’s Kendall

Need some inspiration to help your youngster finish their summer reading?

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe Shares His Impressive Reading List

EXCLUSIVE! Jules Moulin on Her New Book and Leaving Hollywood

4 Books to Read After You Binge Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle

It’s VMA Week at BookTrib with Awesome Reads, Articles and Giveaways!

What We’re Reading on National Read a Book Day

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