The Black Genre
I remember the joy I used to get as a little kid perusing the aisles of books of my local library in Chicago. I was a nine-year-old who read H.G. Wells, Edgar Allen Poe, and J.R.R. Tolkien. The latter of whom—I must admit—I found extremely challenging. But I was nine; can you blame me?
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Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Invisible Monsters opens with a chaotic scene: a house is on fire, Evie Cottrell stands screaming on the staircase, and Brandy Alexander lies bleeding from a gunshot wound, asking the narrator to tell her life story. What occurs after is a series of non-linear stories in which the reader slowly learns about the characters and the circumstances by which they’ve become what they are.
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American Hero Lands Book Deal

Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the USAirways pilot who landed the now infamous crashing plane in the Hudson River in January, has landed a two-book deal with HarperCollins worth more than $3 million. The first book will be a memoir that will reportedly be a narrative of Sully’s life and the key moments that prepared him for landing the plane and saving more than 150 lives. The second book will be a collection of Sully’s inspirational poems. Do you think $3 million is too much for Sully? Not enough? Just about right? Let us know by clicking here.

American Hero Lands Book Deal

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