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Mexico's most celebrated novelist has died in hospital in Mexico City, reportedly from a sudden illnessCarlos Fuentes, Mexico's most celebrated novelist and a leading figure in Latin America's 20th century literary boom of the 1960s and 70s, has died in hospital in Mexico City. He was...(more)
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The author of “Friday Night Lights” goes on the road with his young-adult son, a savant with serious intellectual deficits, and writes an unflinchingly honest memoir.
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An organization plans to preserve John Updike's boyhood home in Shillington, Pa., as a historic site.
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Four new books explore the beauty of poetry, hip-hop, aquatic souvenirs and Australian art, respectively.
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A dying mother’s wish list for her two young sons inspired a best-selling book in the U.K. that is now making its way over to the U.S. Kate Greene was an inspiring mother and wife, whose courage, passion and love for her family are chronicled...
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The author of “The Lost Years” and many other novels was once thrilled to spot a fellow air passenger reading one of her books. Moments later, the reader was fast asleep.
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Children's author and illustrator best known for Where the Wild Things AreMaurice Sendak, who has died aged 83, was both one of the most individual and one of the most successful illustrators of the 20th century. Since 1951 his 90-odd titles have sold nearly 30m copies...(more)
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The legendary children's author's media appearances in recent years included a memorable two-part interview with Stephen Colbert.
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In “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” Ben Fountain sets up a Thanksgiving football game as an artfully detailed microcosm of America in general, and George W. Bush’s Texas in particular, during the Iraq war.
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Vanity Fair runs part of 'Barack Obama: The Story' by David Maraniss. Two former girlfriends provided letters and a journal.A future president sits shirtless in his rent-controlled Manhattan apartment working the New York Times crossword while his girlfriend looks on, an emotional barrier separating him from...(more)
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A swashbuckling study of the origins of IslamIn his sprawling new book Tom Holland undertakes to explain nothing less than the origin of Islam. This is a subject as relevant to today's world as it is controversial within it. How Islam began was obscure right from...(more)
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A CNN national security analyst documents the operation that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden.
