Today’s news wishes you a belated Happy Mother’s Day, sheds light on how David Mitchell got so brilliant, and suggests a graphic novel series that’s out of this world (both literally and figuratively). Enjoy!
In graphic novels, sometimes "KRAK!" says it all.
- As an alternative to flowers and overpriced brunches, NPR celebrates Mother’s Day with its “Three Books” series. Written by Bad Mother author Ayelet Waldman, “Three Books for a More Honest Mother’s Day” highlights books that Waldman feels “are bracing and honest, yet do not shirk from the pleasures of parenthood.” Her suggestions include Shirley Jackson’s Life Among the Savages, Amy Bloom’s A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, and (in honor of fatherhood) Calvin Trillin’s Family Man. Together, these books say more than a Hallmark card ever could.
- Lately it seems that David Mitchell’s name is popping up everywhere–probably because his new novel, The Thousand Autums of Jacob de Zoet, releases this week in the UK. In this weekend’s Observer, Mitchell discusses his path to literary superstardom and his obsession with the written word: “‘Creative writing,’” he says, “is the rather-too-glam name often given to this compulsive personality disorder.” If only all personality disorders led to novels like Cloud Atlas…
- As part of Graphic Novel Friday, Omnivoracious introduces The New Centurions, the third volume of the French “Dungeon Twilight” series. Not to be confused with another “Twilight” series, “Dungeon Twilight” stars armored animals traveling between planets and battling the forces of evil. According to the blog, the series “features one of the most audacious events in the history of fantasy comics” but also comes to life with “fully fleshed out characters and situations.” And each story is relatively self-contained, so even a graphic novel newbie can dive right in.
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