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Cristina Henríquez’s The Great Divide: A Novel was published by Ecco (an imprint of HarperCollins) in March 2024: “A powerful novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored there.” [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.]   Description: It…

Whenever I see a historical novel that’s clearly a historical novel — the curlicue cover fonts, windswept beaches, hooped dresses, moody Renaissance hues, tall-masted schooners, maybe a helicopter to suggest Vietnam — I cringe. I feel bad for the writer. Because the idiot part of myself whispers that historical fiction was a terrible mistake. It’s one of those residual, myopic cultural ...

“The Great Divide” is set a century ago during the digging of the Panama Canal, and not on the fringes, but among men constructing it.

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Latinx authors have long been sidelined, but with books by Latinx authors as good as the picks on our list, its time readers take notice.

University of Idaho opens Common Read nominations

Educators debate whether classic literature like Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Of Mice and Men" still belong on required classroom reading lists.

Literary agent alerts (with this spotlight featuring Jazmia K. Young of Curtis Brown Ltd.) are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a literary agent who is likely building his or her client list.

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The books were almost immediately pulled when they came under fire last year. Now, some are being removed permanently, while others will be put back in circulation.