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White romance novelist in racism row says she was used

Jan 05 2020: A white romance novelist's ethics complaint against the author Courtney Milan for calling her book a "racist mess" led to the censure of Milan and sparked an uproar across the publishing world. Now the novelist, Kathryn Lynn Davis, says that her original complaint about...

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Ward Just, 84, dies; ex-journalist found larger truths in fiction

Jan 03 2020: Ward Just, a journalist for whom the Vietnam War was both a personal trauma and a national tragedy, inspiring him to write novels about people whose lives are shaped by war, political intrigue, myopic diplomats and other forces beyond their control, died on Thursday at ...

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"Colors of the Mountain" author Da Chen dies at 57

Jan 03 2020: Da Chen, the brilliant storyteller who drew from the hardships he suffered as a persecuted child growing up in the midst of China’s Cultural Revolution to create the critically acclaimed memoir Colors of the Mountain, has died of lung cancer at age 57. His most recent ...

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If you love books, you owe a debt to Sonny Mehta

Dec 31 2019: Publishing giant Sonny Mehta, editor-in-chief of Knopf and chairman of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, died December 30 in New York City. He was 77.

Although his name may not be familiar, Mehta was not merely an individual reader in a single vacuum. As an ...

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Barack Obama's favorite books of 2019

Dec 30 2019: If you've already made your way through President Barack Obama's summer reading list, and you're waiting for anticipated new releases in 2020, get ready to add some more books to your stack—because the former President just released his annual list of favorite books. ...

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Racism dispute roils Romance Writers of America

Dec 30 2019: A dispute over a racism accusation and how it was handled have upended the romance writers’ community, with best-selling novelists speaking out against the Romance Writers of America and most of the powerful, 9,000-member trade organization’s board resigning in the last...

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The long tail of "Where the Crawdads Sing"

Dec 21 2019: In the summer of 2018, Putnam published an unusual debut novel by a retired wildlife biologist named Delia Owens. The book, which had an odd title and didn’t fit neatly into any genre, hardly seemed destined to be a blockbuster, so Putnam printed about 28,000 copies.

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Dav Pilkey Is PW’s Person of the Year for 2019

Dec 20 2019: Over the course of a wildly creative career, Dav Pilkey has written, drawn, and cocreated more than 60 books that have thrilled generations of children with goofy, gross-out humor and genuine empathy. He has a distinct talent for connecting with his readers and their ...

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