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Daily Lit Links for 1/12

BNA_Daily | January 12, 2010

In today’s news, hear the latest e-reader gossip, discover Joyce Carol Oates’ favorite scent, and learn why it took 8 years for The Nanny Diaries sequel to hit stores.  Overall, it’s information you can’t live without–enjoy!

Joyce Carol Oates isn’t just entertaining when she’s writing fiction.  With her latest novel, A Fair Maiden, released last week, [...]

The Year in Historical Fiction: January to June 2008

D_Burt | January 19, 2009

In a quote that can serve as the modus operandi of the historical novelist, Oscar Wilde observed, “The one duty we have to history is to rewrite it.” Who has not fantasized about a “do over” in one’s life? What might have been and the road not taken continually beckon, and if the temptation to [...]