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    David Mitchell just announced his first novel in five years.

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    Here are the seven writers who just won MacArthur “genius” grants.

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    Guillermo del Toro is publishing a short story collection.

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    Oprah’s latest book club pick is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Water Dancer.

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    Hundreds of authors signed an open letter supporting Kamila Shamsie.

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    Gift idea for a weird poet: a handwritten book of poetry by Bonnie (of ‘and Clyde’ fame).

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    Climate activist Greta Thunberg has two books coming out with Penguin Press next year.

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    Here is the 2019 Longlist for the National Book Award for Fiction.

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    Epic scams, Rear Window meets Get Out, and Chris Rock: the week in book deals.

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    Kamila Shamsie was stripped of a literary award for her support of Palestine.

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    Here is the 2019 Longlist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction.

    By Literary Hub  September 19, 2019
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    Jim Shepard on Why We Still Need Literary Journals

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    One of Elizabeth Warren’s strategists is longlisted for the National Book Award in Poetry.

    By Emily Temple  September 18, 2019
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    Lucy Ellmann says if you can’t handle her 1,034-page book, you’re probably a baby.

    By Corinne Segal  September 18, 2019
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    Here’s what the first audio comic for blind readers sounds like.

    By Corinne Segal  September 18, 2019
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    Here’s the 2019 National Book Award Longlist for Poetry.

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    Booker Prize organizers clarify that despite that tweet, they haven’t yet chosen a winner yet.

    By Jessie Gaynor  September 17, 2019
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    Here come the sex cult books!

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    Here is the Translated Literature Longlist for the 2019 National Book Awards.

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    Here are the finalists for this year’s $50,000 Kirkus Prize.

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    Here is the Young People’s Literature Longlist for the 2019 National Book Awards.

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    Tayari Jones, Duchess Goldblatt, and the manager of the Wu-Tang Clan: the week in book deals

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    The longlist nominees for the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction are. . .

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    Edmund White will receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Foundation.

    By Eleni Theodoropoulos  September 12, 2019
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