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43 Articles Tagged fiction

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April 26 2022

Dolen Perkins-Valdez on her new novel, Take My Hand

“I believe that in order to heal, we must remember. Once we remember, we acknowledge. Once we acknowledge, we can take more significant action.”   Watch Dolen Perkins-Valdez discuss her inspiration for writing Take My Hand:   Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African

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Dolen Perkins-Valdez on her new novel, Take My Hand

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April 26 2022
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November 29 2021

The Last Town on Earth Gives Students a New Perspective on Our Pandemic Times

Contributed by Thomas Mullen, author of The Last Town on Earth: A Novel Authors are usually thrilled when our work is considered particularly resonant for today, but this isn’t quite what I had in mind. When I began writing The Last Town on Earth nearly two decades ago, I was intrigued by the setting of

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The Last Town on Earth Gives Students a New Perspective on Our Pandemic Times

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November 29 2021
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September 7 2021

Now Available: Updated Educator Guides for Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns

Kabul-born novelist Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, is known for his evocative storytelling deeply rooted in Afghanistan’s history and culture. Like so many of us, he watched Afghanistan fall to the Taliban with profound sadness. In the wake of these events, Penguin Random House has updated the educator’s guides for Hosseini’s

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Now Available: Updated Educator Guides for Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns

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September 7 2021
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March 23 2021

NEW! Penguin Random House Classroom Libraries

“Books are a students’ passport to entering and actively participating in a global society with the empathy, compassion, and knowledge it takes to become the problem solvers the world needs.” –Laura Robb   Research shows that reading and literacy directly impacts students’ academic success and personal growth. To help promote the importance of daily independent

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NEW! Penguin Random House Classroom Libraries

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March 23 2021
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July 23 2020

Megha Majumdar’s debut novel A BURNING is an urgent story of class, fate, corruption, and justice

 A Burning is a novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise—to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies—and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India. Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in life, who is accused of

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Megha Majumdar’s debut novel A BURNING is an urgent story of class, fate, corruption, and justice

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July 23 2020
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June 24 2020

An Absolutely Remarkable First-Year Reading Guide

It may not be surprising to hear that Hank Green—brother to John Green and co-creator of Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, and SciShow—thinks about the Internet a lot. It makes plenty of sense, then, for his debut novel to ask some big questions about how we connect online. “Sparkling with mystery, humor and the uncanny, this is

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An Absolutely Remarkable First-Year Reading Guide

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June 24 2020
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May 8 2020

Colson Whitehead has won his second Pulitzer Prize for THE NICKEL BOYS

Colson Whitehead has won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, The Nickel Boys. This is his second Pulitzer Prize (his novel The Underground Railroad won in 2017) and he is only the fourth writer—alongside Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and John Updike—to win two Pulitzer Prizes each in the Fiction category. Winner, ALA Alex Award Winner,

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Colson Whitehead has won his second Pulitzer Prize for THE NICKEL BOYS

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May 8 2020
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January 16 2020

Under the Feet of Jesus at the University of Oregon

On the University of Oregon campus, incoming students are reading Under the Feet of Jesus as part of the Common Reading program. Written by Cornell Professor Helena María Viramontes, Under the Feet of Jesus tells the story of the men, women, and children who labor under dangerous conditions as migrant workers in California’s fields. At the center

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Under the Feet of Jesus at the University of Oregon

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January 16 2020
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August 20 2019

Ask the Author: Highlights from Tommy Orange’s AMA

In July 2019, the reddit community r/books selected the acclaimed novel There There as their book of the month. Tommy Orange joined the group for an AMA (Ask Me Anything), answering an array of questions covering everything from his book to his writing process to his favorite flavors of ice cream. Read a selection of

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Ask the Author: Highlights from Tommy Orange’s AMA

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August 20 2019
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August 8 2019

Read an Excerpt From Brandon Hobson’s Where the Dead Sit Talking

Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson explores the themes of loneliness and trauma as a young Native American boy named Sequoyah experiences life in the foster care system. This 2018 National Book Award Finalist is about a broken teenager’s search for his identity and the hardships of being displaced. Sequoyah lives his life always keeping his feelings buried, until he is placed with the Troutt family. There he meets Rosemary, a friend and confidant who, like him, is a Native American child living in the foster care system.

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Read an Excerpt From Brandon Hobson’s Where the Dead Sit Talking

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August 8 2019
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July 24 2019

The University of Iowa Selects Kindred for the Second Year in a Row

Kindred by Octavia Butler has been chosen by the University of Iowa’s General Education Literature program to be their feature title for a second year. The program focuses on helping students become comfortable reading different kinds of texts with historical, social, political and cultural contexts. It is geared towards non English majors to improve their reading and writing skills as well as generate interest in an English major. The overall goal is to create a perpetual habit of reading for students.

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The University of Iowa Selects Kindred for the Second Year in a Row

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July 24 2019
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May 15 2019

Baltimore Student Reflects on Reading DEAR MARTIN

By Kayla, 7th-grade student, City Springs Elementary/Middle School What happens when a community decides to tackle some of the most complex issues of our time? What happens when we decide to stare racism and police brutality in the face and seek to find ways to overcome it? We came together as a city to try

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Baltimore Student Reflects on Reading DEAR MARTIN

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May 15 2019
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