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Amy Silverstein, who chronicled a life of three hearts, dies at 59

May 19 2023: Amy Silverstein, a celebrated writer whose two memoirs, including Sick Girl, from 2007, recounted her grueling yet joyous odyssey through a life that required two heart transplants, died on May 5. She was 59.

Her husband, Scott Silverstein, confirmed her death but ...

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Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit story originated in African folktales, expert argues

May 19 2023: Dr Emily Zobel Marshall, in a new essay for The Conversation, has called for wider acknowledgment of the debt Beatrix Potter owed to the Brer Rabbit stories told by enslaved Africans working on American plantations...

Copies of Harris’s Brer Rabbit folktale ...

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Salman Rushdie makes first public appearance since attack, praising "heroes" who saved him

May 19 2023: Salman Rushdie has made his first public appearance since he was stabbed and lost sight in one eye after being attacked at a literary event, joking that it was "nice to be back – as opposed to not being back, which was also an option."

Rushdie was a surprise attendee...

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Little Free Library announces 2023 Outstanding Achievement Awards

May 18 2023: The Little Free Library (LFL) has announced the winners of the fifth annual Todd H. Bol Awards for Outstanding Achievement, all of whom "embody LFL’s mission to build community, inspire readers and expand book access for all," the nonprofit organization said in a ...

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Fighting Book Bans: A Roundup

May 17 2023: As books are banned in thousands of schools, school libraries, and public libraries, bookstores and others are fighting back. Shelf Awareness lists some of the inspiring ways this is taking place...

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PEN America, Penguin Random House sue Florida school district over 'unconstitutional' book bans

May 17 2023: In response to a troubling wave of book bans, PEN America, Penguin Random House, a group of authors, and a group of parents have filed a federal lawsuit against a Florida school district over the "unconstitutional" removal of books from school libraries.

The suit, ...

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Barbara Kingsolver and Hernan Diaz share Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

May 09 2023: The 2023 Pulitzer Prize-winners have been announced.

Barbara Kingsolver and Hernan Diaz share the Fiction Prize for their novels Demon Copperhead and Trust.

Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power by Jefferson Cowie wins the History Prize, ...

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What scares master of suspense Dean Koontz? Plenty.

May 06 2023: Few American writers sell as many books, live better or worry more than Dean Koontz.

“There are days that you think, ‘I can’t do this anymore,’” says Koontz, 77, author of more than 110 books that have sold over 500 million copies in 38 languages. “Of all the writers...

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