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Very sad news. Frank McCourt, author of the memoirs Angela’s Ashes, ‘Tis and Teacher Man, died yesterday at 78 in New York City. He [...]
July 20, 2009
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Seaside Classic: ‘Best Beach Read of All Time’ “The best beach read of all time is To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf’s [...]
June 15, 2009
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Tomorrow is International Buy Indie Day. Support Indies and keep your home-town strong. From Shelf Awareness:Buy Indie Day: Indies are [...]
April 30, 2009
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Yikes. As part of an effort to cut $30 million from its 2010 budget, the California Institute of Technology is “eliminating books from the [...]
April 17, 2009
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"The Brooklyn Public Library's main branch at Grand Army Plaza was my field of dreams. I met Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren [...]
April 16, 2009
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Obituary Note: Judith Krug, a director of the American Library Association and a founder of Banned Books Week, died Saturday. She was 69, the [...]
April 13, 2009
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“How dysfunctional is your reading?” asked the Guardian to introduce its “therapeutic quiz.” I got 8 out of 13. :p
March 12, 2009
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Horton Foote, playwright and screenwriter, died yesterday. He was 92. Among his screenplays were To Kill a Mockingbird, Tender Mercies and The [...]
March 5, 2009
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“Relationships with books actually have some pretty compelling advantages over relationships with men. With books, it’s always your [...]
March 3, 2009
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Death did not take a holiday in the world of books this year. Playwright and Nobel laureate Harold Pinter died Christmas Eve. He was 78. The New [...]
January 6, 2009
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