3+ hour, 53+ min ago  (1671+ words) "Divested of others, what exactly is a self?" This question occurs halfway through Siri Hustvedt's extraordinary new grief memoir, Ghost Stories, writes Julienne van Loon. By my reading, it propels the whole book. Ghost Stories reflects on Hustvedt's life with…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (276+ words) Dr Mark Stocker reviews Not Your Victim by Marie Kawthar Daouda, an intelligent and courageous critique of how modern identity politics, victimhood culture, and the decolonisation of the curriculum entrap and divide society. Trigger warnings and easily taking offence have…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (212+ words) Margaret Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, essayist, and literary critic. "A word after a word after a word is power." Explanation: Here, Margaret Atwood highlights the cumulative strength of language. A single word may appear small or insignificant on…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (442+ words) c. 2026, Gallery Books, $29, 290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control " or, at least that's how it's supposed to be. It'll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1511+ words) Siri Hustvedt's memoir "Ghost Stories' chronicles the illness and death of her husband Paul Auster while exploring grief, memory, selfhood and the emotional architecture of long relationships. "Divested of others, what exactly is a self?" This question occurs halfway through…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (27+ words) Jennie Garth, author of "I Choose Me," in conversation with Melissa Magsaysay Los Angeles Times Jennie Garth, author of "I Choose Me," in conversation with Melissa Magsaysay...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (214+ words) From humble beginnings in a fractured family, Aram Saroyan, author of the most controversial one-word poem in history, charts an unforgettable journey through art, fame and the 20th-century bohemian counterculture. In Before I Forget, Saroyan remembers his beginnings in Manhattan,…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (236+ words) WABI BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Deborah K. Shepherd is a retired social worker and late-blooming author whose work draws on a career supporting survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. In An Old Man's Darling: A Memoir, Shepherd revisits her first great…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (37+ words) Life to Paper Publishing will present STORIES WE CARRY: An Evening of Forgiveness at the Leah Posluns Theatre in North York, featuring authors from 'When We Forgive' sharing personal stories on mental health, addiction, trauma, and grief....

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (936+ words) In the pop museum in Oslo Any innocent citizen with just a passing interest in Bob Dylan, but curious about who this fellow is, might accidentally head to the pages of the excellent'expectingrain. com'website where there's a list of books…...