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Project 2025's Impact on Books and Education, Spotify Adds to Catalog, a Little Time on the Soap Box, and More

Aug 5, 2024 | bookriot.com | Julia Phillips |Jeff O'Neal

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher RSS Jeff and Rebecca tour the week in books, check in with Project 2025’s dastardly plans and Spotify’s continued growth, enjoy a little rant time, and much more.
The Reviews Are In! Best Reviewed Books of July 2024

Jul 19, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Isabelle McConville |Claire Lombardo |Taffy Brodesser-Akner |Julia Phillips

The Reviews Are In! Best Reviewed Books of July 2024We’re in the dog days of summer and only the best books bring us any relief. Journey to the wild west with Kevin Barry, 1990s Australia with Ruby Todd, and over to the PNW with Julia Philips. Wherever you decide to beat the heat, enjoy traveling through our best reviewed books of July. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart. Same As It Ever Was: A Novel Same As It Ever Was: A Novel Please enable javascript to add items to the cart.
Review: Two sisters, a 'Bear' and a sort-of love story like none you've ever read

Jul 7, 2024 | thedailynewsonline.com | Chris Hewitt |Julia Phillips

Julia Phillips’ debut, “Disappearing Earth,” had to do with sisters and with women who, because they’re poor and conditioned to make themselves unnoticeable, vanished from the face of the Earth with barely anyone taking note. She’s at it again with “Bear.”“Disappearing Earth” was a National Book Award finalist and “Bear,” a page turner that’s full of insightful writing, is every bit as good.
10 Books About Women Colliding with Wild Creatures

Jul 5, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Angela Carter |Jessica Johns |Julia Phillips

Long before the question of “man versus bear” began to tear up TikTok, people have contemplated what it’s like to be with a beast. The earliest art we know of, cave paintings and rock carvings, shows humans interacting with wild animals. Over the tens of thousands of years since making those early marks, people have domesticated wolves, learned how to keep livestock, and forged bonds with countless beings furred, feathered, and scaled.
Bear

Jul 4, 2024 | zip06.com | Julia Phillips

Bear by Julia Phillips Julia Phillips’ second novel is gripping from beginning to end! A grizzly bear shows up unexpectedly on the small island where sisters, Elena and Sam, live with their ailing mother. Their opposing views on how to approach the situation unearth each of their dreams, fears, and secrets. I’m still pondering the symbolism found throughout the book. Lots of room to make your own conclusions on the question, “What if?”!! Lori, R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison
Two sisters, a 'Bear' and a sort-of love story like none you've ever read

Jul 3, 2024 | charlotteobserver.com | Julia Phillips

Julia Phillips' debut, "Disappearing Earth," had to do with sisters and with women who, because they're poor and conditioned to make themselves unnoticeable, vanished from the face of the Earth with barely anyone taking note. She's at it again with "Bear.""Disappearing Earth" was a National Book Award finalist and "Bear," a page turner that's full of insightful writing, is every bit as good.
The Heart of the Story: Poets & Writers on Julia Phillips

Jul 3, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Julia Phillips |Isabelle McConville

The Heart of the Story: Poets & Writers on Julia Phillips Who doesn’t love fairy tales? Poets & Writers‘ latest July/August issue profiles Julia Phillips (Disappearing Earth) on her latest novel, Bear. A novel about sisterhood, animals, and Pacific Northwest folklore, this story was also inspired by a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Enjoy this excerpt from the incredible Poets & Writers current cover story.
Bear | Bookreporter.com

Jun 29, 2024 | bookreporter.com | Julia Phillips

You could be fooled by the way this dark, gorgeous new novel begins. In a cozy moment from a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, a mother welcomes a bear into her home. She tells her two daughters, Snow-white and Rose-red, that he means no harm. All is friendly and playful and warm. But Julia Phillips’ BEAR is no comforting fantasy.
Julia Phillips on the Writing Lessons of Fairy Tales

Jun 28, 2024 | lithub.com | Julie Phillips |Julia Phillips

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. We all know where a fairy tale will wind up: “And they lived happily ever after.” That classic phrase was taught to us in childhood and repeated through our lifetimes. It’s clean, it’s romantic, it’s reliable. We can count on a fairy-tale ending to deliver happiness. Except not all fairy tales actually conclude this way.
'Disappearing Earth' novelist Julia Phillips returns with 'Bear,' in which two sisters grapple with a grizzly

Jun 25, 2024 | startribune.com | Chris Hewitt |Julia Phillips

Julia Phillips' debut, "Disappearing Earth," had to do with sisters and with women who, because they're poor and conditioned to make themselves unnoticeable, vanished from the face of the Earth with barely anyone taking note. She's at it again with "Bear." "Disappearing Earth" was a National Book Award finalist and "Bear," a page turner that's full of insightful writing, is every bit as good.