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    Antiracism for babies, spiritual noirs, and magical realism: the week in book deals.

    By Emily Temple  August 30, 2019
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    The Best Book You Can Find in a Hospital Gift Shop Is About To Become a TV Show

    By Olivia Rutigliano  August 28, 2019
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    14-year-old literary activist Marley Dias on how her generation is fighting for the future.

    By Corinne Segal  August 28, 2019
    Small Press Flea

    At Brooklyn’s 2019 Small
    Press Flea

    By Eleni Theodoropoulos  August 28, 2019
    Reading Across America

    A Reading Series That Challenges Calls for ‘Civility’

    By Meher Manda  August 28, 2019
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    Five brilliant young bards honored by the Poetry Foundation.

    By Dan Sheehan  August 27, 2019
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    Here is the trailer for Dickinson, a sexy series about young Emily Dickinson.

    By Jessie Gaynor  August 27, 2019
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    If you have $6.2 million, you can live in Tom Clancy’s 17,178-square-foot estate.

    By Emily Temple  August 26, 2019
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    Amazon is opening a store across the street from Nashville’s Parnassus Books, because Amazon is bad.

    By Jessie Gaynor  August 26, 2019
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    Andrew Luck, retiring NFL star and inspiration for one of the all-time great Twitter accounts, is also a book nerd.

    By Jonny Diamond  August 26, 2019
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    Attention Hollywood: Max Brooks and Cecily von Ziegesar both just sold new novels.

    By Emily Temple  August 23, 2019
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    David Lynch’s 5 favorite books include these surprising beach reads!

    By Dan Sheehan  August 22, 2019
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    Something nice: area heathen takes oath of office on Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

    By Jessie Gaynor  August 22, 2019
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    NPR: The world is on fire but these books are funny.

    By Corinne Segal  August 20, 2019
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    New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

    By Emily Temple  August 20, 2019
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    Olivia Laing calls out Boris Johnson, splits £10,000 literary prize with fellow nominees.

    By Dan Sheehan  August 19, 2019
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    Here are the winners of the 2019 Hugo Awards.

    By Emily Temple  August 19, 2019
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    Your weekly deal memo: Carl Zimmer, Baba Yaga, Anita Diamant & more.

    By Emily Temple  August 16, 2019
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    Today in “AI will replace us all.” Author avatars can now read their books to you.

    By Jessie Gaynor  August 16, 2019
    Literary History

    The Very First Books Published by Some of Your Favorite Publishing Houses

    By Emily Temple  August 15, 2019
    Diversity in Literature

    Fourteen-Year-Old Marley Dias, Tireless Promoter of Diversity in Literature

    By Matt Grant  August 15, 2019
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    Pour one out for Pacific Standard and its final book recommendations.

    By Corinne Segal  August 14, 2019
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    Reese Witherspoon is adapting this 1200-word short story into a film for Netflix.

    By Emily Temple  August 13, 2019
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    Everything is terrible, but at least we’re getting a Jackie Collins documentary.

    By Emily Temple  August 9, 2019
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    Your weekly book deal memo: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jemele Hill, Vivian Gornick & more.

    By Emily Temple  August 9, 2019
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