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Nov 19, 2024 | 
ajc.com | Leah Tyler |Cebo Campbell
Author Cebo Campbell was hoping to answer a specific question when he sat down with an idea for a story: What would happen if he took Ferris Bueller and replaced him with Trayvon Martin? Campbell reveals in a conversation with author Jason Reynolds that within 10 pages, his story fell apart.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Gary Phillips |Danny M. Lavery |Susan Rieger |Cebo Campbell
Amerie’s Book ClubThe book: TBAAlta Journal’s California Book ClubThe book: Violent Spring by Gary PhillipsAudacious Book ClubThe book: Women's Hotel by Danny LaveryOur reviewer says: "Lavery’s appealingly offbeat debut novel explores the importance of a women’s hotel in the lives of its residents.... Patient readers will find much to savor." Read more.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
bookbrowse.com | Julie Sedivy |Maylis de Kerangal |Tony Tulathimutte |Cebo Campbell
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
therumpus.net | Cebo Campbell
I like books that stir me. I like books that can make all my senses move from within. Books that make the heart rattle, that rouse the mind, that summon curiosities into a sensation on the skin. I like books that mean something in and outside of their own narratives, impacting my worldview. The stirring can be felt in beautiful writing, or powerful concepts, deep analysis, or emotion that resonates off the page.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
bookbrowse.com | Cebo Campbell
ExcerptSky Full of ElephantsThey killed themselves. All of them. All at once. * * *We unsealed the jails first. Folks showed up swinging bolt cutters to liberate their lawless relatives into a world different from the society out of which they were exiled. No one was guarding anything anymore. All banks closed down. Their silent, towering buildings became mausoleums, having been worshiped long enough. Time slowed down too. Sauntered like hours did in places like Chattanooga and Charleston and Savannah.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
simonandschuster.com | Cebo Campbell
How do Charlie and Sidney's initial feelings towards each other reflect larger themes of family and identity in the novel? Discuss their relationship dynamics and how these evolve over the course of their journey. Sidney's isolation and fear of the outside world are profound. Discuss the psychological impact of her experiences and how they mirror or contrast with societal issues of isolation, trauma, and recovery.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
jhunewsletter.com | Elizabeth Strout |Cebo Campbell |Timothy Mcshea
We at the Arts & Entertainment section of The News-Letter cordially invite you to step away from the mounting responsibilities of being a Hopkins student and explore pieces of art that catch your interest.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Christian Kracht |Cherry Lou Sy |Yoko Tawada |Cebo Campbell
Karl Ove Knausgaard, trans. from the Norwegian by Martin Aitken. Penguin Press, $32 (512p) ISBN 978-0-593-65521-4The intense third installment in Knausgaard’s Morning Star series (after The Wolves of Eternity) teems with carnage and interpersonal drama in the wake of a new star’s appearance in the skies above Norway.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Christian Kracht |Cherry Lou Sy |Yoko Tawada |Cebo Campbell
Asha Thanki. Viking, $29 (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-65464-4Thanki debuts with a gorgeous fantastical tale of family history and political strife, spanning from the 1947 Partition of India to the present. It’s told by Ayukta, a Brooklyn artist, to her partner, Nadya, by way of explaining why she’s hesitant to have children. Ayukta’s family has an ancient magical tapestry, and when a new family member is sewn into it, the person receives the ability to shape the future.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Christian Kracht |Cherry Lou Sy |Yoko Tawada |Cebo Campbell
Carolyn Kuebler. Melville House, $19.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-68589-109-1Kuebler debuts with a pitch-perfect narrative of a small Vermont town and the intersecting lives of its residents. Some of the novel’s many characters are directly impacted by the arrival of Jim and Sarah Calper, who move to Glenville, Vt., from New York City with their teenage son, Will. Drama ensues after Will attracts attention from his classmate Sophie, a budding singer-songwriter.
