Poets & Writers Theater
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“For me, books are the things that tell you what you need to do in life and they’re also the things that help you make sense of your life.” Will Schwalbe, author of Books for Living (Knopf, 2016), speaks with PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown about the importance of reading and the books that have taught him life lessons such as Paula Hawkins’s The Girl on the Train (Riverhead Books, 2015), James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room (Dial Press, 1956), and Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon (Knopf, 1977).
Tags: Fiction | Creative Nonfiction | 1956 | 1977 | 2015 | 2016 | Books for Living | Dial Press | Giovanni's Room | James Baldwin | Jeffrey Brown | Knopf | Paula Hawkins | PBS NewsHour | Riverhead Books | Song of Solomon | The Girl on the Train | Toni Morrison | Will Schwalbe -
Will Schwalbe's memoir, the story of a son and his dying mother who form a book club that brings them together in her final days, is published this month by Knopf.
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How does a new book make you feel? That's the question posed in this clip from Hachette Australia, which features stacks of new books, including Justin Cronin's The Twelve ("Survive"), Kevin Powers's The Yellow Birds ("Heal"), and Will Schwalbe's The End of Your Life Book Club ("Cry").
Tags: Will Schwalbe | Hachette Australia | Justin Cronin | Kevin Powers | Fiction
