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Dec 29 2017: Sue Grafton, author of the alphabetically titled detective series that began in 1982 with "A Is for Alibi," died of cancer on Thursday night in Santa Barbara, Calif. She was 77.
With the publication of her latest book in August, Ms. Grafton’s alphabetical series had ...
Dec 28 2017: Book World, the fourth-largest bookstore chain in the USA is closing. Founded in 1976, Book World sold hardcovers, paperbacks and sometimes tobacco in malls, downtowns and vacation areas across the Upper Midwest. It endured recessions, the expansion of superstores like ...
Dec 28 2017: Electric Lit asks indie bookstores which books are most frequently stolen and why - and finds a link between pretentiousness and book theft. For example, this comment from Lexi Beach, owner of the Astoria bookshop in Queens:
"The conclusion we've come to is that ...
Dec 15 2017: Signature (a Random House website) looks at the many 2018 Golden Globes nominees based on books:
It is officially that time of the year - awards season is upon us. As usual, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has kicked things off with the announcement of the ...
Dec 12 2017: Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2017 is feminism. The word was a top lookup throughout the year, with several spikes that corresponded to various news reports and events.
Dec 12 2017: In an opinion piece in the Irish Times, John Boyne writes:
So I’m going to make a claim now that will probably get me kicked out of the Fraternity of Underappreciated Male Authors (FUMA) and blacklisted from the annual Christmas football game. Here goes:
I think ...
Dec 12 2017: The great Simeon Booker, one of the bravest journalists of our time, faced dangers far worse than a petulant president’s social media feed. Booker refused to be cowed--and ultimately helped change the nation. His life’s work should be a lesson to us all about the power ...
Dec 08 2017: William H. Gass, a proudly postmodern author who valued form and language more than literary conventions like plot and character and who had a broad influence on other experimental writers of the 1960s, '70s and beyond, died on Wednesday in St. Louis. He was 93. Mr. ...
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