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Walmart CEO Doug McMillon is retiring early next year, after overseeing the top U.S. retailer’s transformation into an e-commerce behemoth, the company said Friday in a filing. The longtime CEO will be succeeded by John Furner, the Walmart U.S. CEO, on Feb. 1, according to the filing. McMillon, who stepped into the top role at […]
Your second set of tools comes in the form of the acronym TOADSRIG. Again, it is not going to fully cover every critical reading tool at your disposal but it is pretty memorable. So what is TOADSRIG? It’s: Tone–how the writing sounds and/or intends to sound (persuasive, argumentative, cheerful, serious, and so forth) Organization–how the […]
TODAY: In 1882, Virginia Woolf is born. RESPONDING TO THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: Kim Kelly on the how-tos and DOs and DON’Ts of mutual aid • Madeline ffitch on direct action and survival work in the face of fascism • Josh Cook on what the publishing industry can do in the face of authoritarianism. | […]
A Place for Vanishing by Ann Fraistat If you’re a fan of creepy house stories, look no further. After Libby’s been diagnosed with bipolar III and a family tragedy, her mom decides it’s time to get a fresh start. They move to a new home to make that happen. Libby immediately begins to feel this […]
The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1925, Sol Yurick, author of the 1965 novel The Warriors, is born. Steal this identity: Bradford Morrow explores a brief history of literary forgery. | Lit Hub History Ariel Dorfman reflects on his friend Gabriel García Márquez’s legacy and the Netflix adaptation of One Hundred […]
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Getting up to speed on the review sources being used and given legitimacy outside of BookLooks matters because in order to effect actual change, we have to be aware of the various ways these tools are being used and implemented. Certainly, get to know BookLooks. But if your knowledge ends there, you’ve got a lot […]
TODAY: In 1928, Victorian novelist Thomas Hardy dies. Megan Craig examines the poetry of geology: “Oddly, perhaps, it is the late physician, neurologist, and author Oliver Sacks who offers the most poetic assessment of rocks.” | The American Scholar How romance readers rallied towards fighting book bans. | The Guardian Greta Rainbow chronicles a year […]
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. If these mystery, thrillers, and true crime books are any indication, publishing is starting 2025 with a bang! As usual, I aimed to find something for all the reading tastes in the crime genre—from the cozy end to […]
