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How a stained glass church window in Atlanta changed this Pulitzer Prize winner’s life The famed W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Luther King Jr. biographer excavates his own complicated family story.

Pulitzer Prize winner, David Levering Lewis, found his latest muse (and himself) in an old stained glass window in Atlanta.

We spoke about his new book on family history, and losing our fathers.

Here’s that story.

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Interview: David Levering Lewis on ‘The Stained Glass Window’ and His Reading Life The august scholar has two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Humanities Medal. In “The Stained Glass Window,” he seeks to explain “macro-history as family history.”

The great David Levering Lewis. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...

A year of plentiful prose: The best books of 2024 The year’s best books include the novel “James” by Percival Everett and a memoir by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Thrilled to be on this list: www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-R...

2024 NBCC Awards Longlist: Nonfiction - National Book Critics Circle The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll (Penguin Press) Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the

Congrats to Steve Coll! www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/18/2...

New York’s 20 Most-Read Stories of 2024 The articles that captured your attention the most this year, from age-gap relationships to Amazon scams.

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Jenna Bush Hager says her December 2024 book club pick is ‘cathartic and beautiful’ Jenna picked a classic for her last choice of the year.

Mary Oliver is truly a treasure. www.today.com/popculture/b...

The 10 Best Books of 2024 The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction.

Congratulations to Lucy Sante and Jonathan Blitzer! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/b...

Zelenskyy agrees on X to a '3 hour' Lex Fridman podcast appearance as Musk touts another win for the platform Zelenskyy agreed to the interview over X. Musk has long touted his social media platform as a way for world leaders to speak directly to people.

We'll see if this comes to pass. www.businessinsider.com/zelenskyy-le...

How Twitter Turning to X Changed Journalism Reporters and editors discuss the ‘information cesspool’ the site has become under the stewardship of one Elon Musk.

Yep, I agree. www.cjr.org/business_of_...

Mom of 5 Reveals Steep Rent for N.Y.C. Apartment She Uses for 'Storage' — Despite Having $12K Apartment Across the Hall (Exclusive) Kristi from @kristiipartyof6 is explaining her family's decision to rent a second $6,000 New York City apartment, in addition to their main $12,000 apartment.

At first I thought this was a joke, but then I thought "bring back the guillotine" people.com/mom-of-5-ren...

100 Notable Books of 2024 Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

Wow, congrats to the @penguinpress.bsky.social authors of: THE ACHILLES TRAP
THE ANXIOUS GENERATION
THE BLACK BOX
EVERYONE WHO IS GONE IS HERE
I HEARD HER CALL MY NAME
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www.instagram.com/p/DCzcpWYRQ7... Ottessa!!

Hanging my head and weeping.

I just can't take any more bad news!!!!

Hearst Gives Thanks With Layoffs Hearst Magazines lays off nearly 200 staffers across various brands, just in time for the holidays.

Ugh, I just can't take anymore (say book publicists everywhere). nymag.com/intelligence...

You got to love an author who carried around a pocket edition of Shakespeare's sonnets to kill time on the publicity circuit. Respect.

Garry Wills' LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG was quite good.

A Long-Held Secret Is Now Public. Will It Alter Cormac McCarthy’s Legacy? Revelations about a relationship between the author and a girl who was 16 when they met shocked readers, but not scholars of his work. Now there’s a debate about how much she influenced his writing.

This makes this story even more disturbing:
"The letter, dated two years before Britt said she met McCarthy, raises the possibility that McCarthy had taken another teenager to Mexico — or that Britt was even younger when they went across the border." www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/b...

PEOPLE Picks The Best Celebrity Memoirs of 2024 Books by the celebrities ranging from Bill Clinton, Brittney Griner, Al Pacino, Lisa Marie Presley and Cher offer wit, wisdom and a whole lot of fun.

Tis the season, and Griffin Dunne's book THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB was one of my favorite reads of the year (no slight to Al Pacino's SONNY BOY, I enjoyed that one very much as well!) people.com/best-celebri...

Books We Love Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.

Congrats to @penguinpress.bsky.social Adam Moss and Griffin Dunne for making NPR's Books of the Year (and of course to all the other picks). apps.npr.org/best-books/?...

Indeed, us book publicists will miss her!

But worth the ride!

The 10 best books of 2024 The year’s best fiction and nonfiction, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.

Congrats to Lucy Sante for being one for the best books of the year from the Washington Post - I Heard Her Call My Name
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The Most Coveted Screenshot in the Literary World It’s what proves you’re a “real” writer.

Hmmm....

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50 notable works of nonfiction from 2024 The year’s best memoirs, biographies, history and more, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.

Wow, five @penguinpress.bsky.social books! www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/1...

Percival Everett, Author of ‘James,’ Wins National Book Award for Fiction Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.”

Breaking News: Percival Everett won the National Book Award for fiction for “James,” a retelling of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”

O.K. so like EVERYONE else in publishing today, reading this. Dear God...
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Jeff Bezos Cracks Down on the Washington Post The paper was already set to lose at least $77 million this year before all the cancellations.

@charlottetklein.bsky.social doing some really interesting reporting over NYMag nymag.com/intelligence...

Tucker Carlson Had the Most Popular New Show on Apple Podcasts in 2024 Tucker Carlson, who went solo after losing his job at Fox News, had the No. 1 new show on Apple Podcasts this year.

Interesting peek inside the current podcast scene: variety.com/2024/digital...

Nearly 40% of young Americans get their news from influencers. Many of them lean to the right, study finds | CNN Business Young American adults are increasingly getting their news from social media influencers, a majority of whom are men and lean to the right, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.

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