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Awards & News

The 2022 Women’s Prize longlist is announced. Publishing Perspectives has coverage and The Guardian highlights the five debuts that make the list. 

The 2022 Darrell Awards finalists are announced.

The 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced with several honors going to adaptations. Shadow&Act reports.

NYT Book Review editor Pamela Paul will join the newspaper’s Opinion section in April, leaving big shoes to fill. LitHub offers ideas on who should succeed her. 

Reviews

NYT reviews Ocean State by Stewart O’Nan (Grove): “O’Nan is subverting the thriller, borrowing its momentum to propel this bracing, chilling novel. Whereas thrillers tend to use murders as a prurient jumping-off point, the entryway to the reader’s pleasure…O’Nan takes his time, humanizing this story to make the hole where the victim was suitably substantial.” Also, I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times by Mónica Guzmán (BenBella): “is a manual for difficult conversations between people who find themselves at opposite ends of the political spectrum, an investigation into the sources of polarization and a road map for marching out of dicey territory.” And, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet, trans. by Sophie R. Lewis (St. Martin’s): “Above all, In Defense of Witches explores what it means for a woman not to have children, and how women can find a positive identity without motherhood.”  Plus, Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War by Roger Lowenstein (Penguin Pr.; LJ starred review): “Ways and Means, an account of the Union’s financial policies, examines a subject long overshadowed by military narratives.”

NPR reviews Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth by Elizabeth Williamson (Dutton; LJ starred review): “Williamson is a compassionate story-teller and a thorough reporter who never loses sight of the larger issues Newtown presents.”

The Washington Post reviews Booth by Karen Joy Fowler (Putnam): “Yes, we know even before we turn the first page where the intertwined timelines of the Booths and American history will lead, but Fowler’s deftly imagined family portrait keeps us riveted.” And, In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom (Random): "The most powerful scenes occur, understandably, in the closing chapters. The reader knows the end is coming, but when it does, the fact that it still feels like a shock is a testament to Bloom’s clear, lyrical prose about a subject that would cripple many of her peers."

Briefly Noted

LA Times talks with NoViolet Bulawayo about how she wrote Glory (Viking), her “modern, African Animal Farm.” 

Xochitl Gonzalez, Olga Dies Dreaming (Flatiron), talks about how she overcame impostor syndrome with Bustle.

People shares details from One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General by William P. Barr (Morrow), which publishes today.

Slate writes about hoaxers, Alex Jones, and “the second tragedy of Sandy Hook,” in Elizabeth Williamson’s new book, Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth (Dutton; LJ starred review).

Anna Pitoniak, Our American Friend (S. & S.), writes about the CIA, John le Carré, and the “unique power of nuanced spy novels,” for CrimeReads. CrimeReads also has a tour of cozy mystery towns, and a list of seven WWII spy memoirs.

PopSugar recommends V.E. Schwab's new fantasy, Gallant (Greenwillow Books), calling it a “creepy, gothic dream.”

The Millions shares notable new releases for the week.

Bustle has 10 must-read books for the week.

Buzzfeed lists 19 books for Women’s History Month.

LitHub has 19 new books for the week.

Authors On Air

Dolly Parton and James Patterson talk to Good Morning America about their collaboration and how they wrote Run, Rose, Run (Little, Brown), the buzziest book of the week.

William P. Barr, One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General (Morrow), defends his time in office in an interview with NPR’s All Things Considered.

NPR’s Morning Edition talks with Kim Wehle about her new book, How to Think Like a Lawyer--and Why: A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas (Harper Paperbacks).

Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (West Virginia Univ.), talks about her National Book Award finalist debut collection and not playing small, on the Well Read Black Girl podcast.

Netflix picks up Shondaland murder-mystery drama, The Residence, based on the book by Kate Anderson Brower. Deadline reports.

Two Walking Dead characters will get a six-episode spinoff in 2023.The Hollywood Reporter has the story.

Dolly Parton and James Patterson, Run, Rose, Run (Little, Brown), will visit The Daily Show and Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama (Random), will visit  James Corden tomorrow night.

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