A comedic imagining of Shakespeare’s own “quarantine journal”

A comedic imagining of Shakespeare’s own “quarantine journal”

Just a reminder that when Shakespeare was quarantined because of the plague, he wrote ‘King Lear. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner from The New Yorker gives us an imagined quarantine journal…  Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free! Day 1: Quills lined up. Nibs sharp. Parchment ready. No death knells yet … Read more

Hemingway once spent a summer quarantined with his sick toddler, his wife, and his mistress—but don’t worry, “he actually took quite nicely to it.”

Hemingway once spent a summer quarantined with his sick toddler, his wife, and his mistress—but don’t worry, “he actually took quite nicely to it.”

According to Lesley M.M. Blume from Town & Country, this is the true story of how Ernest Hemingway, his wife Hadley, his mistress Pauline Pfieffer, his son Bumby, and the nanny spent a summer on lockdown… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free! Last week, a letter … Read more

Christopher Walken reads Where The Wild Things Are

Christopher Walken reads Where The Wild Things Are

Christopher Walken is an American actor best known for movies such as The Deer Hunter and Pulp Fiction. His diverse and eccentric style makes Walken a cult icon amongst film fans, and his voice has been imitated any times but nothing is as good as the original. Never one to shy away from an interesting … Read more

Reading YA Books May Increase Empathy and Integrity

Reading YA Books May Increase Empathy and Integrity

New research suggests there might be a connection between reading YA books and increased empathy and integrity, according to Kelly Jensen from BookRiot… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free right now! A new study from University of Oklahoma researchers Jessica E. Black and Jennifer L. Barnes published … Read more

A fun fact for Women’s History Month: according to The NPD Group, female authors accounted for a significant majority of the top 100 literary fiction sales in 2019

A fun fact for Women’s History Month: according to The NPD Group, female authors accounted for a significant majority of the top 100 literary fiction sales in 2019

BookScan recognizes the growing influence of women authors at the heart of the U.S. book industry, according to PR Newswire… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free right now! According to global information company The NPD Group, 67 percent of unit sales in the top 100 literary fiction … Read more