Michael Schaub

Georgetown, Texas

Writer and Critic at Freelance

Book critic (@nprbooks, etc.), @KirkusReviews contributing writer, @bookcritics vice president, nervous, sleepy. He/him. [email protected].

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Articles

Memoir by Marla Gibbs Coming in 2026

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

A memoir from actor Marla Gibbs is coming in 2026. Amistad will publish Gibbs’ It’s Never Too Late next year, the press announced in a news release.
Shortlist for Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Revealed

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

The shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction have been revealed, with eight authors in the running for the annual award given annually to “a writer for a single work of imaginative fiction.”Vajra Chandrasekera made the shortlist for Rakesfall, along with Andrea Hairston for Archangels of Funk, Nalo Hopkinson for Blackheart Man, and Margaret Killjoy for The Sapling Cage.
Memoir by Charlie Sheen Coming This Fall

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

Charlie Sheen will tell the story of his life and career in a memoir, People magazine reports. Gallery will publish The Book of Sheen this fall. “Charlie Sheen should not be alive to write this book,” the press says.
How Tupac Shakur became an icon of political resistance and rebellion

1 week ago | themorningsun.com | Michael Schaub

How Tupac Shakur became an icon of political resistance and rebellion
How Tupac Shakur became an icon of political resistance and rebellion

1 week ago | baltimoresun.com | Michael Schaub

Ever since his childhood, Dean Van Nguyen has felt a connection with Tupac Shakur. The journalist and cultural critic first encountered the late rapper’s music as a student in an all-boys Catholic school in Ireland, and Shakur was a natural fit when Van Nguyen was deciding to write his second book, following his debut, “Iron Age: The Art of Ghostface Killah” in 2019. Van Nguyen knew he had a fresh angle on Shakur’s life and career.
How Tupac Shakur became an icon of political resistance and rebellion

1 week ago | redlandsdailyfacts.com | Michael Schaub

How Tupac Shakur became an icon of political resistance and rebellion Author Dean Van Nguyen looks at the performer's work through a political lens in his new book, 'Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur.'
Reese Witherspoon Launches Podcast for Book Club

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

Reese Witherspoon’s popular book club is getting its own podcast, Variety reports. The actor will launch Bookmarked by Reese’s Book Club later this month, with journalist Danielle Robay as the host. Witherspoon launched her book club in 2017 with the goal of “sharing stories centered around women to elevate their voices,” and it has since become a phenomenon in the publishing world, almost guaranteeing bestseller status for titles that have been selected.
Clinton, Patterson Talk New Book on ‘Daily Show’

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

Former President Bill Clinton and author James Patterson stopped by the Daily Show to discuss their latest novel, The First Gentleman. Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper asked Clinton, “What’s it like to live inside the headspace of the first gentleman?”“I don’t know, I tried,” Clinton replied, to laughter and applause from the audience. “Let me say, it’s not easy. Our guy…he’s a complicated figure. He’s not hung up about his wife being the president.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Earned Over $2M on Book

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson earned more than $2 million from her memoir, CNN reports. Jackson, who was appointed to the court by former President Joe Biden and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2022, reported the earnings in her annual financial disclosure. She had previously earned almost $900,000 on the memoir. Two other justices, Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch, also reported income from books in their disclosures.
[2506.15383] Global Ground Metric Learning with Applications to scRNA data

1 week ago | arxiv.org | Michael Schaub

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