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Author Cormac McCarthy on Aug. 12, 2014.

Biblioracle: For Cormac McCarthy, author of ‘The Road’ and ‘No Country for Old Men,’ it was the books themselves that mattered

June 25, 2023 at 12:17 p.m.

"Why did you make us read that?" This comment from a student in my general education literature course at Clemson University circa 2008 is the first thing that pops into...

Biblioracle: I’ll take that bet — ChatGPT won’t change the way we value books and writing

June 17, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Only fools put far-reaching predictions into print where they can be immortalized and then resurrected to prove the foolishness of the predictor. Call me a fool because I'm laying down...

Biblioracle: From a coming-of-age adventure to a techno-thriller, my 7 ‘hammock reads’ for summer

June 12, 2023 at 9:45 a.m.

This is the time of year I'm supposed to be alerting you to the hottest new release "beach reads." I'm not going to do that for a couple of reasons....

"Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club" by J. Ryan Stradal (April 18); "Small Mercies" by Dennis Lehane (April 25); "Beware the Woman" by Megan Abbott (May 30).

Biblioracle: 3 best new books to mix up your reading diet

June 3, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Deciding to read a book by a particular author can be like choosing a restaurant. In some cases, you know exactly what you want, and want a virtual certainty that...

Studs Terkel in the WFMT studio in 1992.

Biblioracle: Long before podcasting, Chicagoans had a chance to listen to the greatest interviewer ever — Studs Terkel

May 27, 2023 at 5:30 a.m.

Thanks to podcasting, long-form conversation between two people is now ubiquitous. Podcast aficionados may point to someone like Terry Gross as a progenitor with her long-standing radio program "Fresh Air"...

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. greet photographers in Washington, D.C. on March 26, 1964. They shook hands after King announced plans for protests if Southern senators filibuster against civil rights bill.

Biblioracle: New book sheds light on Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

May 20, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

In high school, if you asked me what the best book I'd ever read was, I probably would have said "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Haley. Because of...

Author Judy Blume at Books and Books, her nonprofit bookstore in Key West, Florida in March 2023.

Biblioracle: Judy Blume is having a moment, and so are those of us who were raised on her books

May 13, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

With the release of the film adaptation of her classic novel, "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and a career-covering documentary, "Judy Blume Forever," Judy Blume is having something...

Biblioracle: Esquire’s writing about books is smart without being only for the literati

May 6, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

When it comes to the history of American literature, there are few, if any bigger names than Esquire magazine. Under the off-and-on fiction editorship of legendary editor Rust Hills from...

Palm Harbor University High senior Hannah Hipolito speaks in February against the banning of "The Bluest Eye" during a Pinellas School Board meeting in the Tampa, Florida area, while the audience waves its hands in support. A district committee revisited the ban on April 18, 2023.

Biblioracle: In Florida, Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’ is back on high school shelves

April 29, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

After months of absence from the Pinellas County district library in Florida, Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" is back on shelves and available for checkout for 9th through 12th graders....

"The Fates Will Find Their Way," "We Are Too Many: A Memoir [Kind of]" and "Listen to Me" by Hannah Pittard.

Biblioracle: Getting excited for Hannah Pittard’s upcoming memoir ‘We Are Too Many’

April 22, 2023 at 5:20 a.m.

This week I'm going to break a couple of the guidelines I try to hold myself to here. One is that I try not to write about books that aren't...

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