Book We're Talking About This Week

May 14, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Book We're Talking About This Week Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Knopf, $26.95 What is it about? Two teenagers, Ifemelu and Obinze, fall in love in a Nigerian secondary school during the country's dictatorship. They both want to flee to America, but only Ifemelu is allowed in. Obinze instead initially lives as an undocumented immigrant in London, and later becomes a wealthy man in democratic Nigeria. When Ifemelu returns to the land of her birth, the pair face a number of tough decisions. The author describes the book as "about love, about race, and about hair." Why are we talking about it?  Continue reading... 8 Famous Authors' Daily Rituals WATCH: Why Do Things Go Viral? (NEW BOOK) Bill Clinton's Favorite Books 8 Horrible Things About Being In Your 20s IMAGES: What Happens If You Flip The Gender Of Book Covers? 8 Horrible Things About Being In Your 20s IMAGES: What Happens If You Flip The Gender Of Book Covers? PHOTOS: 10 Faked Historical Miracles NANCY JO SALES America Now: The Bling Ring Kids Are Just Like Us The Bling Ring kids wanted to be famous, it's true, but these days, it seems like everybody does. Social media addiction isn't confined to the young; nor is celebrity obsession, driven by an unprecedented number of celebrity news outlets reporting on celebrities 24/7. Continue reading... MICHAEL WINSHIP At Scott and Zelda's Final Resting Place, Gatsby Lives With all the fanfare around the new movie version of The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann with a screenplay by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce, it's a great time to go back to the book and be reminded of F. Scott Fitzgerald's elegant, graceful writing. Continue reading... RUSSELL MITTERMEIER Why Monkeys Matter: New Book Provides Comprehensive Guide to World's Primates (PHOTOS) Compiling a detailed volume on all the primates of the world had been attempted a few times in the past, but never in a way that captured the full diversity of these creatures. I decided I would take on this task. Continue reading... RACHAEL BERKEY Bookworm in the Blood A lot of my bookworm qualities and habits stem from a childhood surrounded by and bolstered by the stacks of books my mother read. While the whole family was distinctly bookish -- we really have more books than is healthy -- my mom was book hoarder in charge. Continue reading... LEV RAPHAEL Authors Can Be Trapped by TMI Some authors, begging for attention, even go overboard and live too much of their lives in social media, recording every twitch of consciousness as if the fate of publishing depended on it. Their neediness -- however disguised -- is epic and sometimes pathetic. 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