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January 27, 2020 at 8:28 am

Jerry Craft, Kadir Nelson win honors for children’s books

NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Craft's “New Kid," a graphic novel about a 7th grader's struggle to adjust to a private school with little diversity,...

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January 26, 2020 at 4:00 pm

Librarians honor books by Luiselli and Higginbotham

NEW YORK (AP) — Valeria Luiselli's novel “Lost Children Archive” and Adam Higginbotham's nonfiction “Midnight in Chernobyl” have been awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal, a...

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January 24, 2020 at 6:31 am

June release set for book by the late Rep. Elijah Cummings

NEW YORK (AP) — A book by Rep. Elijah Cummings, nearly finished in his lifetime and worked on by his widow after his death, will...

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January 23, 2020 at 9:04 am

Knopf names Reagan Arthur as its new publisher

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the world's most prestigious literary publishers has chosen just its fourth editorial leader in its 105-year history: Reagan Arthur...

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January 22, 2020 at 6:00 am

Everyone invited: `Great Gatsby’ copyright to end in 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan and other characters from “The Great Gatsby” have been as real to millions of readers...

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January 22, 2020 at 3:39 am

MacDowell artist colony chooses Nell Painter as new chair

NEW YORK (AP) — The MacDowell Colony, one of the country's oldest and most prestigious artist colonies, has chosen the author-educator Nell Painter as its...

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January 21, 2020 at 5:34 am

Winfrey chooses the novel “American Dirt” for her book club

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeanine Cummins' “American Dirt,” one of the year's most anticipated and debated novels, is Oprah Winfrey's new pick for her book...

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January 15, 2020 at 10:12 am

New book shares early stories written by Zora Neale Hurston

NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years after her death, the story of Zora Neale Hurston is still not fully told. The fiction writer-anthropologist-folklorist died in...

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January 14, 2020 at 10:02 am

Audible and big publishing houses settle lawsuit on audio book captions

NEW YORK (AP) — The audio book company Audible, Inc. and the publishing houses that had sued it for copyright infringement have agreed to a...

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January 7, 2020 at 7:00 am

Stacey Abrams book on voting rights to be published in June

NEW YORK (AP) — Stacey Abrams has a new book coming out next summer that will focus on her signature cause, voting rights. Henry Holt...

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