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Zeruya Shalev to launch highly-anticipated new novel at Greenlight Bookstore

In “PAIN,” on sale Nov. 5 from Other Press, Israeli writer Zeruya Shalev lays out the destructive power of infidelity and obsession in searing detail, as one woman struggles between Continue Reading

Posted On : October 30, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: Julia Phillips’ “Disappearing Earth” is a stunning debut about lost children

In a tightly-woven community on the shoreline of Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula, two young girls are missing. Their disappearance has ripple effects throughout the town, especially for the community’s women. In Continue Reading

Posted On : October 15, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: Brooklynite pens Halloween horror about multi-generational witch hunt

In “The Remaking,” the latest work from Brooklyn-based horror writer Clay McCleod Chapman, Ella Louise is a shunned woman living in the woods outside of Pilot’s Creek, Virginia, where the Continue Reading

Posted On : October 9, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ debut novel is a heartfelt thriller about escaping slavery

Ta-Nehisi Coates addressed his teenaged son in “Between the World and Me,” his 2015 book written in the form of a letter that explored his feelings about being black in Continue Reading

Posted On : October 3, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: “Feast Your Eyes” is a moving novel about being both an artist and a mom

Every aspiring painter, writer or musician knows that pursuing a career in the arts takes a level of bone-deep dedication that not every profession requires. Maybe only one other life Continue Reading

Posted On : October 2, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Bookfest Spotlight: Susan Choi & Meg Wolitzer in conversation

As part of the Brooklyn Book Festival, Pulitzer Prize finalist Susan Choi will take the stage with bestselling author Meg Wolitzer at St. Francis College Sept. 22. The writers will Continue Reading

Posted On : September 13, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: “Red at the Bone” by Jacqueline Woodson is a family drama with a Brooklyn setting

National Book Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson is back on the Brooklyn beat with a new novel about family, social class, gentrification and identity. The “Another Brooklyn” author’s latest is “Red Continue Reading

Posted On : September 4, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: Coney Island is the site of romantic unfolding in new novel

What better place to end a torrid, years-long extramarital affair than Coney Island in the winter, a neglected landscape of forgotten amusements, tinged with the residue of warmer days? In Continue Reading

Posted On : August 30, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: Brooklyn journalist tells love-hate story of NYC’s Italian and Irish immigrants

In the churches, schools and streets of New York’s poorest neighborhoods, two of the city’s largest communities clashed violently for decades — the Irish and Italian immigrants who came over Continue Reading

Posted On : August 27, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: “Overthrow” unmasks the counterculture of the digital age

A group of young friends begins experimenting with tarot cards, honing their powers toward a form of radical empathy they hope will one day build a peaceful utopia. Pretty soon Continue Reading

Posted On : August 21, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: Kristin Fields shines her light on the healing power of art

Books for many of us are an escape. Here’s one that explores the nature of escape itself — why we need it in the first place, and how we begin Continue Reading

Posted On : August 12, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: Brooklyn writer brings humor and heart to life with OCD

We all have our irrational fears, tics and anxieties. We don’t all feel trapped in a mental prison, destined to a life spent looping through our brain’s darkest film reels. Continue Reading

Posted On : August 2, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: “Westside” is a dystopian NYC mystery with a dash of the supernatural

How would you like to wander around Jazz Age New York, smoking in a trench coat and rubbing elbows with bootleggers, Avant Garde poets and corrupt politicians? Unfortunately time travel Continue Reading

Posted On : July 30, 2019 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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Daily Bookmark: Looking back: “The Fortress of Solitude” is a coming-of-age allegory for an ageless borough

If you’d like to read a somewhat autobiographical work of fiction that also dives into the social and political ills of 1970s Brooklyn, you can’t do much better than Jonathan Continue Reading

Posted On : July 29, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: “Another Brooklyn” is already a classic of Brooklyn literature

There are a few iconic Brooklyn books that manage to capture something unique to the era they were written, as well as the aspects of Brooklyn life that never change. Continue Reading

Posted On : July 24, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: Maddie Dawson knows the ultimate fantasy is a fresh start

Waking up to the news you’ve just inherited a valuable piece of real estate from a distant in-law is the stuff of dreams. How about a ready-made creative career that’s Continue Reading

Posted On : July 16, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: In “Good Luck Girls,” #MeToo meets “West World”

Though Brooklyn-based writer Charlotte Nicole Davis set her debut YA novel in a fantasy Wild West empire called Arketta, the story has plenty of resonance with our current political reality. Continue Reading

Posted On : July 15, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: “The Plus One” is a modern romance with a high-tech twist

How do you know when you’ve found Mr. Right? Do you look for charm, thick hair and an athletic build? How about fully-customizable modules, long battery life and a user-friendly Continue Reading

Posted On : July 5, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: “Love at First Like” is a literary rom-com for the digital age

When Marissa Fuchs posted an elaborate engagement story to her Instagram in June, the lifestyle influencer’s roughly 200,000 followers were swept up in the apparent fairytale romance. Days after the Continue Reading

Posted On : July 3, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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Daily Bookmark: Lauren Mechling’s “How Could She” reinvents the ‘making-it-in-New York’ genre

It’s a familiar story – stuck at a disappointing dead end in life, a wide-eyed young woman packs her bags and moves to New York City, where a universe of Continue Reading

Posted On : July 1, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson

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Brooklyn Book Beat is Brooklyn Daily Eagle’s blog devoted to all things literary — books, authors, history, and associated events.

The Eagle, once edited by Walt Whitman, has long been covering Brooklyn news and events, but this blog serves as a special haven for bookworms. BookBeat features Brooklyn-based writers, as well as stories relating to the city and its history.

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