Tom Beer
Editor-in-Chief at Kirkus Reviews
Editor in chief @kirkusreviews, @bookcritics member, former books & travel editor @newsday. Ask me what I’m reading.
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
kirkusreviews.com | Tom Beer
When the weather turns hot and the days are blissfully long, there’s nothing better than lounging outdoors with a good book and a cold beverage. But let’s be real: This isn’t the time for intellectually taxing reading material—you can reserve Roberto Bolaño’s 2666 for the dark, depressing days of winter. An ideal summer book is one with a propulsive plot and engaging characters, something that will sweep you up and keep you turning the pages—with deep thoughts strictly optional.
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1 month ago |
streets.mn | Tom Beer
Editor’s Note: Through an ongoing partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society, Streets.mn is republishing stories from MNopedia, the digital encyclopedia of Minnesota history published by the Minnesota Historical Society. The original text is reproduced here through a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0); photos are used with permission.
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1 month ago |
kirkusreviews.com | Tom Beer
New York, New York: If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. A trio of new memoirs embody the fantasy—and the reality—of strivers who come to leave a mark in the city’s most glamorous industries. As a young man coming of age in Canada, Graydon Carter enumerated things that would give him happiness. Number One: “Living in New York.
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2 months ago |
kirkusreviews.com | Tom Beer
Three years ago, bookseller Lori Feathers of Interabang Books in Dallas helped import a new literary prize to the United States and Canada: one recognizing the copious treasures coming out of small presses here.
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2 months ago |
kirkusreviews.com | Tom Beer
How do you recapture the past? You could flip through the pages of a photo album or old diary, or listen to an old playlist that evokes a particular time in your life. If you’re a hardcore reader, as I am, you might well scan your bookshelves and recall when and where you read certain titles.
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