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Percival Everett's 'James' among nominees on the long list for the PEN/Faulkner fiction prize
NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James” is up for another literary award — the PEN/Faulkner Prize for fiction. Other nominees include Louise Erdrich's “The Mighty Red,” Rachel Kushner's “Creation Lake” and Garth Greenwell's “Small Rain.
Feb 3, 2025 1:31 PM
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Percival Everett's 'James' among nominees on the long list for the PEN/Faulkner fiction prize
NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James” is up for another literary award — the PEN/Faulkner Prize for fiction. Other nominees include Louise Erdrich's “The Mighty Red,” Rachel Kushner's “Creation Lake” and Garth Greenwell's “Small Rain.
Feb 3, 2025 12:04 PM
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Book Review: Chris Hayes' 'Sirens' Call' is a thorough look at the fight for attention in modern age
It's no new big news that we're living in an era of distraction. States are trying to clamp down on cell phones in schools , social media has been called a health risk for kids and some are trying undergo various “digital detox” practices.
Feb 3, 2025 10:17 AM
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Book Review: ‘Hold Strong’ sets a love story amid the greatest maritime horror of World War II
This year the world will mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when Japan formally surrendered to the Allies and ended the horrors of World War II.
Feb 3, 2025 7:20 AM
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Book Review: Fast-paced crime thriller 'A Long Time Gone' concludes Moehling's 3-book-long mystery
Ben Packard was 12 when he saw his brother Nick sneak out the door of their grandparents’ lake house in the middle of a frigid Minnesota winter night. Nick never returned and Ben was the last person to see him.
Feb 3, 2025 6:52 AM
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Author Mac Barnett named new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
NEW YORK (AP) — The new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature i s a prolific, best-selling author of children's books who hopes to use his two-year term to promote the wonders of picture stories.
Feb 3, 2025 5:24 AM
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Author's story of coping after a wildfire resonates with community affected by latest LA-area fires
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — On a quiet summer evening in June 1990, Pico Iyer sat in his family home in Santa Barbara, California, when suddenly, he was surrounded by walls of flames five stories high.
Feb 1, 2025 5:14 AM
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Montreal backtracks and allows English book club in library, says French laws unclear
MONTREAL — Days after a local Montreal library refused to offer space for an English-language book club, the City of Montreal has backtracked and asked the Quebec government for more guidance in applying the province's language laws.
Jan 31, 2025 1:59 PM
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Tell us a New York story: Finalists announced for $50,000 Gotham Book Prize
NEW YORK (AP) — Rumaan Alam's “Entitlement,” Ian Frazier's “Paradise Bronx” and Lisa Ko's “Memory Piece” are among 14 finalists for the Gotham Book Prize, a $50,000 award for outstanding fiction or nonfiction writing about New York City.
Jan 31, 2025 7:48 AM
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Nora Roberts is happily defying genres, 250 books in
NEW YORK (AP) — Nora Roberts is so prolific she had to take up a pen name so her publisher could release more books by her each year. “I’m a fast writer,” Roberts told The Associated Press in a rare interview.
Jan 30, 2025 6:44 AM
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