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B0OK REVIEW

Dehumanized and desperate, but make it Irish in Paul Lynch’s gripping ‘Prophet Song’

The 2023 Booker Prize winner imagines the plight of refugees from a civil war in Ireland.

Ottessa Moshfegh creates a noir ‘New England universe’ in her film adaptation of ‘Eileen’

Starring Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway, “Eileen” is in theaters on Dec. 8.
BOOKS

There are more options when it comes to school book fairs, but is there still a place for them?

In Massachusetts, concern about the school fund-raisers goes beyond the recent Scholastic book fair controversy.
BIBLIOPHILES

Craig Santos Perez doesn’t read poetry when he’s writing it

What does this year's National Book Award winner for poetry read instead?

BOOK REVIEW
‘Becoming Ella Fitzgerald’ presents the First Lady of Song as a consummate artist who wrote for both the connoisseur and the public
Judith Tick’s biography also gives readers a look at a media ecosystem that has all but disappeared

NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum acquires first-edition copy of Phillis Wheatley’s poetry collection; new book offers complex portrait of Henry David Thoreau; Rumspringa Books opens in Springfield
A weekly roundup of literary news from around the region

PREVIEW
‘Faces of Phillis’ imagines Phillis Wheatley’s life for the 250th anniversary of her poetry collection
Work by playwright Ade Solanke and poet Porsha Olayiwola will be performed at the fifth annual Pierce Performance on Dec. 4.

BOOKINGS
Author readings around Boston through Dec. 9
Patricia Cornwell, Tatiana Johnson-Boria, Rachel DeWoskin, Robert Pinsky, and Kirun Kapur are among those appearing at local bookstores this week. All author appearances are in person and free unless otherwise noted.

The best books of 2022

Of the countless wonderful titles published in 2022, here’s a highly subjective list of 55 we loved most in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and works for children and young adults.
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BOOKS

Local bestsellers for the week ended Nov. 26

Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.

Six takeaways from Liz Cheney’s book assailing Trump and his ‘enablers’

Former Wyoming representative Liz Cheney's new book offers a rare peek inside the Republican cloakroom at what she heard from her colleagues about “the Orange Jesus,” as one wryly called Donald Trump.

COMMENTARY

Sylvia Plath’s botanical interests offer a fresh perspective on the poet’s life and work in a Smith College exhibit

'The Bell Jars'' immersive approach stirs up questions about intellectual opportunities for women at midcentury.

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Ben Mezrich’s new book is on Elon Musk and how Twitter broke the billionaire

Fans of Mezrich will recognize his penchant for dramatic narrative nonfiction that Hollywood loves to make into movies and TV series.

STORY BEHIND THE BOOK

Writing the book she ‘didn’t want to write,’ Amanda Peters tells ‘a story for the collective history of Indigenous people’

The author of "The Berry Pickers" found the spark for her novel in her father’s memories.

Books

A dozen thrilling new page-turners to give you goosebumps this winter

With New England-based authors and/or plots, these 2023 releases and new-in-paperback titles enthrall.

Publishers for Palestine organizes global reading event

#ReadPalestine runs from Nov. 29 - Dec 5, offers free e-books, discussion panels

BIBLIOPHILES

Sam Wasson, author of new Francis Ford Coppola biography, likes a good doorstopper

But don’t ask him to read "Buddenbrooks."