A miniature book made by the 13-year-old Charlotte Brontë, to go on sale next month for $1.25 million, contains what may be her last unknown poems. Read more
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L.G.B.T.Q. Romance Is Booming
L.G.B.T.Q. romance novels have been around for decades, but they have been a quiet presence, almost entirely self-published or put out by small niche presses, and often shelved separately from other romances in bookstores. Now, they are coming from the biggest publishers in the industry. They are prominently displayed at independent bookstores and on the shelves at Walmart, and advertised on New York City subway platforms. Read more
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Meet the Novelist Who Was Lynched By An Angry Mob and Lived to Tell the Tale
Ned Buntline is the only American novelist who was lynched by an angry mob and lived to tell the tale, although he much preferred telling fictitious tales that made him seem heroic. Read more
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Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga among this year’s Windham-Campbell prize winners
Dangarembga, American writer Margo Jefferson and British playwright Winsome Pinnock are among eight recipients of the $165,000 grants, as the award marks its 10th anniversary. Read more
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Why used books make the best travel souvenirs
Stores that sell new books are pretty, clean and sell great swag. I love them. I take pictures of them. I spend eagerly on their tomes and tote bags … But for me, the true treasures are buried in the funky, sometimes-musty secondhand shops, where a great find is like kismet. Read more
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Ted Cruz criticized Ibram X. Kendi’s ‘Antiracist Baby.’ He may have just propelled the book to the top of the bestseller list.
As of early Saturday morning, the book by Kendi, a professor and the founding director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, continued to hold a top spot in multiple categories, including the overall bestseller on the site. Read more
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Lauren Hough Loses Lambda Prize Nomination After a Twitter Feud
Her essay collection was removed from contention in the category of best lesbian memoir after she went on Twitter to defend a forthcoming Sandra Newman novel from charges that it was transphobic. Read more
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USPS To Release Shel Silverstein Stamp
The U.S. Postal Service will honor author and illustrator Shel Silverstein with a Forever stamp featuring artwork from his book, “The Giving Tree.” The first-day-of-issue event will be held at the school Shel Silverstein attended, Chicago’s Darwin Elementary School. Read more
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A Dutch publisher is pulling an investigative book on who betrayed Anne Frank
A group of Dutch historians has published an in-depth criticism of the work and conclusion of a cold case team that said it had pieced together the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family. Read more
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Colm Toibin’s ‘The Magician’ wins Folio Prize for literature
The jury of three other writers — Tessa Hadley, William Atkins and Rachel Long — said they surprised themselves by reaching a unanimous decision. They said Toibin’s book “is such a capacious, generous, ambitious novel, taking in a great sweep of 20th century history yet rooted in the intimate detail of one man’s private life.” Read more
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