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Kaveh Akbar and Max Boot on The New York Times List of The 10 Best Books of 2024

2025-01-14T14:11:36-08:00

(Illustration The New York Times) From www.nytimes.com: The 10 Best Books of 2024: The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar "The poet Kaveh Akbar turns a grieving young man’s search for meaning into a piercing family saga... What Akbar pulls off in Martyr! is nothing short of miraculous." —The New York Times Book Review Cyrus Shams, an Iranian American aspiring poet and recovering drug addict, wallows in a post-college malaise in a fictional Midwestern town. He’s working dead-end jobs and halfheartedly attending A.A., while grieving his parents’ deaths

Kaveh Akbar and Max Boot on The New York Times List of The 10 Best Books of 20242025-01-14T14:11:36-08:00

James McBride on Being a “Goliath” in the Literary World

2024-10-01T09:15:05-07:00

James McBride's latest novel, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, which follows the Black and Jewish residents of a Pennsylvania town in the early 20th century, hit a milestone: Since its release last summer, it has sold more than a million copies. Most authors are lucky to sell 10,000 books.

James McBride on Being a “Goliath” in the Literary World2024-10-01T09:15:05-07:00
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