Best New Books Out This Week

May 28, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Best New Books Out This Week First published on Publishers Weekly This week, Richard Scarry for grown-ups, the tireless work of translators, and the final novel from a Nobel laureate. Plus: talking with the last survivors of WWI.  Continue reading... Book We're Talking About This Week It's Okay To Be An Awful Writer IMAGE: Grown Up Calvin And Hobbes Best New Books Out This Week 9 Reasons You Might Be An Introvert Can You Find The Perfect Love Match Using Science? (NEW BOOK) 9 Reasons You Might Be An Introvert NSFW PHOTOS: Vintage Burlesque Dancers ANDREW BACEVICH Naming Our Nameless War Although Washington seems in no hurry to name its nameless war, perhaps we should jump-start the process. Let's consider some possible options, names that might actually explain what's going on. Continue reading... ILANA TEITELBAUM For Afghanistan With Love: An Interview With Khaled Hosseini Emotional intensity and hardship are hallmarks of Khaled Hosseini's novels of Afghanistan, and his third novel, And the Mountains Echoed is no exception. Continue reading... NICHOLE BERNIER How Authors Learn Stage Presence In the months since my book came out, I've learned that my method of breaking myself in wasn't really so strange. Continue reading... LEV RAPHAEL Responding to Fans Isn't Always Easy When you start publishing, nobody prepares you for the weird experience of being praised in person by a stranger. The moment is both heartening and a bit embarrassing, even when you're an extrovert. Continue reading... ELENI GAGE The Littlest Critic -- What My Toddler Taught Me About Writing Writing the first draft of my second novel as a new mom living in Nicaragua and Miami Beach, I have no workshop to instill fear, excitement and motivation in me. But I do have one vociferous little mentor: my toddler, Amalía. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003