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FILE – Music producer Quincy Jones poses for a portrait to promote his documentary “Quincy” during the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 7, 2018, in Toronto. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91

November 4, 2024 at 11:09 a.m.

He became one of the first Black executives to thrive in Hollywood and leaves behind a vast musical catalog that includes some of the richest moments of American song and...

This cover image released by Blackstone Publishing shows "Familiaris" by David Wroblewski. (Blackstone Publishing via AP)

Winfrey picks David Wroblewski’s ‘Familairis’ for her book club

June 11, 2024 at 12:31 p.m.

NEW YORK — Author David Wroblewski has reached special status among contemporary authors: a two-time selection for Oprah Winfrey's book club. Winfrey announced Tuesday that she had chosen “Familiaris,” a prequel to...

FILE - Ursula K. Le Guin, an American author of novels and children's books, poses for a photo at home on Sept. 9, 2001, in Portland, Ore. The former home of the late Le Guin is being readied to become a base for contemporary authors. Literary Arts announced Monday, June 10, 2024, that Le Guin’s family had donated their three-story house to the Portland, Oregon-based community nonprofit for what will become the Ursula K. Le Guin Writers Residency. (Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian via AP)

Ursula K. Le Guin’s home will become a writers residency

June 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.

Theo Downes-Le Guin, son of the late author Ursula K. Le Guin, re well the second-floor room where his mother worked on some of her most famous novels.Or at least...

Suzanne Collins is releasing a new ‘Hunger Games’ novel, ‘Sunrise on the Reaping,’ next year

June 6, 2024 at 11:31 a.m.

NEW YORK — Inspired by an 18th century Scottish philosopher and the modern scourge of misinformation, Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for a new “The Hunger...

Colson Whitehead’s ‘Crook Manifesto’ wins $50,000 Gotham Prize for outstanding book about NYC

June 5, 2024 at 12:06 p.m.

NEW YORK — Colson Whitehead's latest literary honor feels very much at home. The author's “Crook Manifesto,” a crime story set in 1970s Harlem and centered on a beleaguered furniture store owner,...

This cover image released by One World shows "The Message" by Ta-Nehisi Coates. (One World via AP)

Ta-Nehisi Coates returns to nonfiction and explores the power of stories in ‘The Message’

May 30, 2024 at 12:31 p.m.

NEW YORK — For his first all-new book of nonfiction in nearly a decade, Ta-Nehisi Coates traveled the world.One World announced Thursday that Coates' “The Message” will be published Oct. 1. “The...

FILE - Writer Malcolm Gladwell attends the premiere screening of 'Faces of America With Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.' at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 in New York. Little, Brown and Company announced Wednesday, May 29, 2024, that Gladwell's “Revenge Of the Tipping Point" will be published Oct. 1. The book arrives nearly a quarter century since the release of Gladwell's “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference,” his million-selling debut. Little, Brown is calling “Revenge of the Tipping Point” a “fresh perspective" on a variety of social issues.(AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

Malcolm Gladwell takes fresh look at societal trends in ‘Revenge of the Tipping Point’

May 29, 2024 at 12:10 p.m.

NEW YORK — Coming this fall: “The Tipping Point,” the sequel.Little, Brown and Co. announced Wednesday that Malcolm Gladwell's “Revenge Of the Tipping Point" will be published Oct. 1. The book arrives...

ARCHIVO - El productor Albert S. Ruddy entre bastidores después de que su película "Million Dollar Baby" ganara el premio a la mejor película en la 77ª edición de los Premios de la Academia el 27 de febrero de 2005 en Los Ángeles. El productor y guionista nacido en Canadá, ganador de premios Oscar por "The Godfather" ("El padrino") y "Million Dollar Baby", falleció el sábado 25 de mayo de 2024 a los 94 años. (Foto AP/Reed Saxon, archivo)

Muere Albert Ruddy, productor galardonado con el Oscar por “The Godfather” y “Million Dollar Baby”

May 28, 2024 at 6:19 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Albert S. Ruddy, un colorido productor y guionista nacido en Canadá que ganó el Oscar por “The Godfather” (“El Padrino”) y “Million Dollar Baby” (“Golpes del destino”), murió a...

This undated self portrait made available by Little Brown publisher, shows author Caleb Carr and his cat Masha at his home in Cherry Plain, NY. Carr died of cancer Thursday, May 23, 2024, according to his publisher, Little, Brown and Company. (Caleb Carr/Little Brown via AP)

Caleb Carr, military historian and author of bestselling novel ‘The Alienist,’ dies at 68

May 24, 2024 at 10:35 p.m.

NEW YORK — Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of founding Beat Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military historian and late-life memoirist of...

En este autorretrato sin fecha proporcionado por Little Brown, el actor Caleb Carr y su gata Masha en su casa en Cherry Plain, Nueva York. Carr falleció a causa de cáncer el jueves 23, de mayo de 2024, de acuerdo con su editorial, Little, Brown and Company. (Caleb Carr/Little Brown vía AP)

Caleb Carr, historiador militar y autor de la exitosa novela “The Alienist”, muere a los 68 anos

May 25, 2024 at 12:10 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — Caleb Carr, el talentoso hijo del fundador de la generación beat Lucien Carr que soportó una infancia traumática y se convirtió en un popular novelista, un consumado historiador militar...

Caleb Carr, military historian and author of bestselling novel ‘The Alienist,’ dies at 68

May 24, 2024 at 8:38 p.m.

Independent booksellers continued to expand in 2023, with more than 200 new stores opening

May 23, 2024 at 6:01 p.m.

NEW YORK — Three years ago, Erin Decker was a middle school librarian in Kissimmee, Florida, increasingly frustrated by the state's book bans and worried that she couldn't make a difference remaining...

2 top Penguin Random House editors leaving amid ongoing changes at publishing house

May 21, 2024 at 12:29 a.m.

NEW YORK — Two top editors at Penguin Random House are leaving as the country's leading trading publisher continues to transform during a period of uncertain revenues and generational change.The Knopf Doubleday...

PEN America se reune para su gala anual en medio de criticas

May 16, 2024 at 5:42 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — PEN America se reunirá el jueves por la noche para su gala anual, un evento de alto perfil con invitados como Paul Simon y Seth Meyers, que se volvió...

From left to right, Leo Greenberg, Suzanne Nossel, Eliza Greenberg and David Greenberg attend the PEN America Literary Gala at the American Museum of Natural History, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Christopher Smith/Invision/AP)

PEN America, facing criticism over its response to the Mideast war, gathers for annual gala

May 17, 2024 at 4:39 a.m.

NEW YORK — Like a political convention held amidst an intra-party rift, Thursday night's PEN America gala was a call for unity, dialogue and a renewed sense of mission at a time...

ARCHIVO - La autora canadiense Alice Munro es fotografiada durante una entrevista en Victoria, Canadá, el martes 10 de diciembre de 2013. Munro una de las autoras contemporáneas más estimadas del mundo y una de las cuentistas más condecoradas de la historia, falleció a los 92 años. (Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press via AP, archivo)

Fallece la cuentista ganadora del Premio Nobel de Literatura Alice Munro

May 14, 2024 at 7:58 p.m.

Alice Munro, la gigante literaria canadiense que se convirtió en una de las autoras contemporáneas más estimadas y una de las cuentistas más condecoradas al recibir el Nobel de Literatura,...

FILE - Canadian author Alice Munro poses for a photograph at the Canadian Consulate's residence in New York on Oct. 28, 2002. Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history's most honored short story writers, has died at age 92. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne, File)

Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92

May 14, 2024 at 7:16 p.m.

Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history's most honored short story writers, has died at...

Rarely seen Rod Serling story, ‘First Squad, First Platoon,’ draws upon his World War II service

May 10, 2024 at 3:04 a.m.

NEW YORK — In a famous “Twilight Zone” episode from the early 1960s, a bloodthirsty World War II commander stationed in the Philippines finds himself transported into the body of a Japanese...

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch co-authors book on laws. ‘Over Ruled’ to be released Aug. 6

May 8, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.

NEW YORK — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will have a book out this summer on a subject he has commented upon often — the volume of laws in the U.S. Harper,...

This book cover image released by Scribner shows "Long Island" by Colm Tóibín. The novel is Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick. (Scribner via AP)

Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick is Colm Toibin’s ‘Long Island,’ the sequel to ‘Brooklyn’

May 7, 2024 at 12:15 p.m.

NEW YORK — Colm Tóibín's “Long Island,” the Irish novelist's follow-up to the prize-winning immigrant tale “Brooklyn,” is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick. “Long Island,” published Tuesday, continues the story of...

En esta combinación de portadas la portada de "No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era" de Jacqueline Jones, ganadora del Premio Pulitzer de Historia, a la izquierda, "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama" Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy" de Nathan Thrall, ganador del Premio Pulitzer de no ficción general, centro, y "Night Watch" de Jayne Anne Phillips, ganadora del Premio Pulitzer de ficción. (Basic Books/Metropolitan Books/Knopf vía AP)

Phillips, Booth y Rivera Garza entre los ganadores del Pulitzer

May 6, 2024 at 11:06 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Historias de raza, esclavitud y la Guerra Civil, reales e inventadas, fueron las ganadoras de los premios Pulitzer este año.“Night Watch” de Jayne Anne Phillips, una saga de madre...

This combination of cover images shows "No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era" by Jacqueline Jones, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history, left, "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama" Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy" by Nathan Thrall, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction, center, and "Night Watch" by Jayne Anne Phillips, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. (Basic Books/Metropolitan Books/Knopf via AP)

Jayne Anne Phillips’ novel ‘Night Watch,’ Eboni Booth’s drama ‘Primary Trust’ among Pulitzer winners

May 7, 2024 at 2:13 p.m.

NEW YORK — Stories of race, slavery and the Civil War, real and invented, were winners this year for the Pulitzer Prizes. Jayne Anne Phillips' “Night Watch,” a mother-daughter saga set in...

ARCHIVO - El escritor Paul Auster posa en su casa de Brooklyn, Nueva York, el 19 de enero de 2006. Paul Auster, un prolífico y premiado hombre de letras y cineasta conocido por su narrativa innovadora, ha muerto a los 77 años. (AP Foto/Bebeto Matthews, Archivo)

Paul Auster, hombre de letras y cineasta prolifico y experimental, muere a los 77 anos

May 1, 2024 at 4:12 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Paul Auster, prolífico y premiado autor y cineasta conocido por una narrativa innovadora y relatos envolventes como “La trilogía de Nueva York” y “4 3 2 1”, falleció a...

FILE - Writer Paul Auster poses at his home in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Jan. 19, 2006. Paul Auster, a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and filmmaker known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as “The New York Trilogy” and “4 3 2 1,” has died at age 77. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Paul Auster, prolific and experimental man of letters and filmmaker, dies at 77

May 1, 2024 at 8:35 p.m.

NEW YORK — Paul Auster, a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and filmmaker known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as “The New York Trilogy” and “4 3 2 1,” has died...

This cover image released by Harper shows "At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House" by H.R. McMaster. (Harper via AP)

H.R. McMaster writes about his time in Trump istration in ‘At War with Ourselves’

April 30, 2024 at 12:24 p.m.

NEW YORK — Six years after departing as national security adviser, H.R McMaster is releasing a book about his brief, contentious time in the Trump istration. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,...

PEN America cancels World Voices Festival amid criticism of its response to Israel-Hamas war

April 26, 2024 at 8:30 p.m.

NEW YORK — PEN America has canceled its annual World Voices Festival, as the literary and free expression organization continues to face widespread unhappiness with its response to the Israel-Hamas war. Earlier...

PEN America cancela premiacion entre criticas por su respuesta a la guerra en Gaza

April 23, 2024 at 4:16 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Ante el descontento generalizado por su respuesta a la guerra entre Israel y Hamas, el grupo de escritores PEN America canceló su ceremonia anual de entrega de premios. Decenas...

PEN America calls off awards ceremony amid criticism over its response to Israel-Hamas war

April 22, 2024 at 7:37 p.m.

NEW YORK — Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers’ group PEN America has called off its annual awards ceremony. Dozens of nominees had dropped out of...

FILE - Yoko Ono appears before the dedication ceremony for her permanent art installation, a sculpture called SKYLANDING, at Jackson Park, Oct. 17, 2016, in Chicago. One of the country’s leading artist residency programs, MacDowell, has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to Ono. The groundbreaking artist, filmmaker and musician is the 2024 recipient of the Edward MacDowell Medal, an honor previously given to Stephen Sondheim and Toni Morrison among others. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Yoko Ono to receive Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement

April 22, 2024 at 2:16 a.m.

NEW YORK — One of the country's leading artist residency programs, MacDowell, has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to Yoko Ono. The groundbreaking artist, filmmaker and musician is this year's recipient of...

Salman Rushdie poses for a portrait to promote his book "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder" on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Has Salman Rushdie changed after his stabbing? Well, he feels about 25, the author tells AP

April 19, 2024 at 7:48 p.m.

NEW YORK — Nearly two years after the knife attack that nearly killed him, Salman Rushdie appears both changed and very much the same.Interviewed this week at the Manhattan offices of his...

FILE - Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to The Associated Press on April 19, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. Pelosi has completed a book about her years in public life, from legislation she helped enact to such traumatizing moments as the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the U.S. Capitol and the assault at her San Francisco home that left her husband with a fractured skull. Simon & Schuster announced Thursday, April 18, 2024, that Pelosi's “The Art of Power” will be released Aug. 6. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Nancy Pelosi book, ‘The Art of Power,’ will reflect on her career in public life

April 18, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.

NEW YORK — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has completed a book about her years in public life, from legislation she helped enact to such traumatizing moments as the Jan. 6 siege...

ARCHIVO - El autor Salman Rushdie recibe el primer premio a la perturbación de la paz de la Fundación de la Biblioteca Vaclav Havel en el Centro Vaclav Havel el martes 14 de noviembre de 2023, en Nueva York. El primer libro de Rushdie desde el apuñalamiento de 2022 por el que estuvo en peligro su vida es explícito en la violencia que sufrió Rushdie y heroico por la voluntad de vivir que conserva. (Foto Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, archivo)

Salman Rushdie aborda apunalamiento e impulso vital en “Knife”

April 16, 2024 at 10:25 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — En el primer libro de Salman Rushdie desde el apuñalamiento de 2022 que lo tuvo hospitalizado y lo dejó ciego de un ojo, el autor no pierde el tiempo...

ARCHIVO - Foto de marzo de 1987, el mánager de los Cardenales de San Luis Whitey Herzog, equipo al que llevó al título de la Serie Mundial en 1982. El martes 16 de abril del 2024, anuncian el fallecimiento de Herzog a los 92 años. (AP Foto/Rusty Kennedy, Archivo)

Fallece el manager White Herzog, que llevo a los Cardenales a ganar la Serie Mundial en 1982

April 16, 2024 at 5:07 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Whitey Herzog, el brusco e ingenioso mánager Salón de la Fama que guió a los Cardenales de San Luis a ganar tres títulos de liga y una Serie Mundial...

FILE - Former St. Louis Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog is seen before the start a baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, in St. Louis. Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s and perfected an intricate, nail-biting strategy known as "Whiteyball," has died. He was 92. Cardinals spokesman Brian Bartow said Tuesday, April 16, 2024, the team had been informed of his death by Herzog's family. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Whitey Herzog, Hall of Fame manager who led St. Louis Cardinals to 3 pennants, dies at 92

April 16, 2024 at 10:17 p.m.

NEW YORK — Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s and perfected...

FILE - Author Salman Rushdie receives the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation's first ever lifetime achievement disturbing the peace award at the Vaclav Havel Center on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in New York. Rushdie's first book since the 2022 stabbing he thought might end his life is both explicit in the violence Rushdie sustains and heroic in the will to live that Rushdie retains. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife’ is unflinching about his brutal stabbing and uncanny in its vital spirit

April 16, 2024 at 5:26 p.m.

NEW YORK — In Salman Rushdie's first book since the 2022 stabbing that hospitalized him and left him blind in one eye, the author wastes no time reliving the day he thought...

ARCHIVO - Se muestra un logotipo en los Premios Literarios PEN America el jueves 2 de marzo de 2023 en Nueva York. Varios autores han rechazado premios y nominaciones a premios de PEN America para la ceremonia de este año, citando descontento con la postura de la organización literaria y de libre expresión sobre la guerra en Gaza. (Foto Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, archivo)

Escritores rechazan premios de PEN America en protesta por la guerra en Gaza

April 12, 2024 at 6:49 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Varios autores han rechazado premios y nominaciones a premios de PEN America, citando su descontento con la postura de la organización literaria y de libertad de expresión sobre la...

Several writers decline recognition from PEN America in protest over its Israel-Hamas war stance

April 12, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.

NEW YORK — Several authors have turned down awards and awards nominations from PEN America, citing unhappiness with the literary and free expression organization's stance on the war in Gaza.This week, PEN...

Jailed Vietnamese dissident Pham Doan Trang to be honored by PEN America

April 11, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.

NEW YORK — Imprisoned Vietnamese author-blogger-journalist Pham Doan Trang will be this year's recipient of PEN America's Barbey Freedom to Write Award, given by the literary and free expression organization to a...

Tom Bober, bibliotecario y presidente de la Asociación de Bibliotecas Escolares de Missouri posa para un retrato el miércoles 20 de marzo de 2024, en Clayton, Missouri. (Foto AP/Jeff Roberson)

Bibliotecarios enfrentan sanciones, incluso prision, por libros prohibidos en escuelas de EEUU

April 9, 2024 at 5:21 p.m.

Cuando se lanzó una edición ilustrada de “The Handmaid’s Tale” (“El cuento de la criada”) de Margaret Atwood en 2019, los educadores de Clayton, Missouri, decidieron incluir ejemplares en las...

Tom Bober, librarian and President of the Missouri Association of School Librarians, poses for a photo Wednesday, March 20, 2024, in Clayton, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Librarians fear new penalties, even prison, as activists challenge books

April 9, 2024 at 12:35 p.m.

When an illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” was released in 2019, educators in Clayton, Missouri needed little debate before deciding to keep copies in high school libraries....

FILE - Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents on Dec. 16, 2021, in Salt Lake City. Kabobe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” continues its troubled run as the country’s most controversial book, topping the American Library Association’s “challenged books” list for a third straight year. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Maia Kobabe’s ‘Gender Queer’ tops list of most criticized library books for third straight year

April 8, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.

NEW YORK — Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” continues its troubled run as the country’s most controversial book, topping the American Library Association’s “challenged books” list for a third straight year....

This cover image released by Alfred A. Knopf shows “Citizen: My Life After the White House” by former President Bill Clinton. (Alfred A. Knopf via AP)

Bill Clinton reflects on post-White House years in the memoir ‘Citizen’

April 4, 2024 at 10:35 a.m.

NEW YORK — Former President Bill Clinton has a memoir coming out this fall about his years since leaving public office in 2001. “Citizen: My Life After the White House” will cover...

This image released by William Morrow shows "City in Ruins" by Don Winslow. (William Morrow via AP)

With some laughs, some stories, some tears, Don Winslow begins what he calls his final book tour

April 2, 2024 at 7:47 p.m.

NEW YORK — Don Winslow, embarking on what he calls his final book tour, had a feeling he might not keep it together“It’s a little bit of a bittersweet evening for me,”...

ARCHIVO - La escritora sa Maryse Condé reacciona después de recibir el Premio de Literatura de la Nueva Academia en una ceremonia en Estocolmo, Suecia, el 9 de diciembre de 2018. Condé, ganadora en 2018 de un Premio Nobel "alternativo", murió el lunes por la noche en un hospital de Apt. fuera de Marsella. (Christine Olsson/ TT News Agency via AP, archivo)

Fallece a los 90 anos Maryse Conde la “dama de las letras antillanas”

April 2, 2024 at 6:37 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Maryse Condé, una aclamada novelista francófona de Guadalupe, que en novelas, cuentos, obras de teatro y memorias imaginó y redefinió el pasado personal e histórico desde la Nueva Inglaterra...

FILE - French writer Maryse Condé reacts after being awarded the New Academy's Literature Prize at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 9, 2018. Condé, winner in 2018 of an “alternate” Nobel Prize, died Monday night at a hospital in Apt, outside Marseille. (Christine Olsson/ TT News Agency via AP, File)

Maryse Conde, prolific ‘grande dame’ of Caribbean literature, dies at age 90

April 2, 2024 at 3:35 p.m.

NEW YORK — Maryse Condé, an acclaimed French-language novelist from Guadeloupe who in novels, stories, plays and memoirs imagined and redefined the personal and historical past from 17th century New England to...

This combination of images shows cover art for a two-volume memoir by retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy “Life and Law: The Early Years” and “Life and Law: The Court Years” to be published Oct. 1. (Simon & Schuster via AP)

Anthony M. Kennedy to reflect on his life and his years on the Supreme Court in two-volume memoir

April 2, 2024 at 2:08 p.m.

NEW YORK — Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has a two-volume memoir coming out this fall, tracking his life from growing up in California to his 30 years on the...

Laurie Anderson poses during a photo call for the movie "Heart of a Dog," in Milan, Italy on Sept. 11, 2016, left, and Doris Kearns Goodwin arrives at a HISTORYTalks event in Washington on Sept. 24, 2022. Anderson, Goodwin and the president of the Harlem School of the Arts, James C. Horton, are being honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. (AP Photo)

Doris Kearns Goodwin and Laurie Anderson to receive medals from American Academy of Arts and Letters

March 29, 2024 at 10:21 p.m.

NEW YORK — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laurie Anderson and the president of the Harlem School of the Arts, James C. Horton, are being honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.The...

FILE - Babar author Laurent de Brunhoff poses for a photograph with Babar while celebrating 75 years of the book on Friday, April 21, 2006 at Mabel's Fables in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. De Brunhoff, a Paris native who moved to the U.S. in the 1980s, died Friday, March 22, 2024 at his home in Key West, Fla., according to The New York Times. (Nathan Denette /The Canadian Press via AP)

Laurent de Brunhoff, ‘Babar’ heir and author, dies at age 98

March 23, 2024 at 7:16 p.m.

NEW YORK — "Babar" author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father's popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, has died. He...

Las peticiones de censura en bibliotecas de EEUU siguieron subiendo en 2023, segun un reporte

March 14, 2024 at 9:33 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — Los vetos e intentos de prohibir libros volvieron a dispararse en Estados Unidos el año pasado para marcar un nuevo récord, según un reporte de la Asociación de Bibliotecas...

Censorship efforts at libraries continued to soar in 2023, according to a new report

March 14, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.

NEW YORK — Bannings and attempted bannings of books soared again in the U.S. last year, continuing to set record highs, according to a new report from the American Library Association. On...

This cover image released by William Morrow shows "All About Love: New Visions" by Bell Hooks. (William Morrow via AP)

A new generation of readers embraces bell hooks’ ‘All About Love’

March 12, 2024 at 12:40 p.m.

NEW YORK — In the summer of 2022, Emma Goodwin was getting over a breakup and thinking hard about her life and how to better herself. She decided to try a book...

FILE - Paul Simon performs at Global Citizen Live in Central Park in New York on Sept. 25, 2021. Simon's latest honor places him among public figures well outside the music industry. He is this year's winner of PEN America's PEN/Audible Literary Service Award, Thursday, March 7, 2024, which previously has been given to former President Barack Obama, the late Nobel laureate Toni Morrison and Stephen King among others.(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Paul Simon to receive PEN America’s Literary Service Award

March 7, 2024 at 1:05 p.m.

NEW YORK — Paul Simon's latest honor places him among public figures well outside the music industry. He is this year's winner of PEN America's PEN/Audible Literary Service Award, which previously has...

ARCHIVO - Ada Limón, la 24a poeta laureada de Estados Unidos habla durante un evento para la generación 2022 de Poetas Estudiantes Nacionales en la Casa Blanca en Washington el jueves 27 de septiembre de 2022. Limón iniciará su proyecto insignia en abril en el Mes Nacional de la Poesía. (Foto AP/Carolyn Kaster, archivo)

Poeta laureada Ada Limon visitara parques nacionales con el proyecto “You Are Here”

March 6, 2024 at 5:28 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — La poeta laureada de Estados Unidos, Ada Limón, iniciará su proyecto insignia en abril en el Mes Nacional de la Poesía.El proyecto se llama “You Are Here” e incluye...

FILE - Ada Limón, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, speaks during an event for the Class of 2022 National Student Poets at the White House in Washington Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Limón, is launching her intended signature project in April 2024, which is National Poetry Month. The project is called “You Are Here” and includes an anthology of nature poems and visits to seven national parks. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

US poet laureate Ada Limon to launch book and parks project ‘You Are Here’

March 6, 2024 at 1:20 p.m.

NEW YORK — The U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón, is launching her intended signature project in April, which is National Poetry Month. The project is called “You Are Here” and includes an...

En esta imagen proporcionada por MGM, Jeffrey Wright en una escena de "American Fiction". (Claire Folger/MGM-Orion vía AP)

Escritores revisan la ficcion de la pelicula nominada al Oscar “American Fiction”

March 5, 2024 at 10:22 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Omar Tyree, autor de narrativas urbanas como “Flyy Girl” y “The Last Street Novel”, fue recientemente a ver la película nominada al Oscar “American Fiction”.“Me encantaron las emociones de...

This image released by MGM shows Jeffrey Wright in a scene from "American Fiction." (Claire Folger/MGM-Orion via AP)

Some urban lit authors see fiction in the Oscar-nominated ‘American Fiction’

March 5, 2024 at 3:41 p.m.

NEW YORK — Omar Tyree, author of such urban lit narratives as “Flyy Girl” and “The Last Street Novel," recently went to see the Oscar-nominated movie “American Fiction.”“I loved the emotions of...

Oscar winner John Williams among 19 new of American Academy of Arts and Letters

March 1, 2024 at 2:59 a.m.

NEW YORK — After composing some of the most famous soundtracks in history, and winning multiple Academy Awards, John Williams has been welcomed into a more rarefied institution: the American Academy of...

Sally Rooney has a new novel, ‘Intermezzo,’ coming out in the fall

February 29, 2024 at 1:58 p.m.

NEW YORK — Sally Rooney will have a new novel out this fall, “Intermezzo,” a story of love, family and grief centered around two brothers.Farrar, Straus and Giroux announced Thursday that the...

This combination of book cover images shows some of the finalists for the Mark Lynton History and the Lukas Book Prizes, top row from left, "American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15" by Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson, “Anansi’s Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World" by Yepoka Yeebo, “Blood Farm: The Explosive Big Pharma Scandal that Altered the AIDS Crisis” by Cara McGoogan, bottom row from left, “Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia" by Gary J. Bass, "King: A Life" by Jonathan Eig and "The Lost Sons of Omaha: Two Young Men in an American Tragedy” by Joe Sexton. (FSG/Bloomsbury/Diversion Books/Knopf/FSG/Scribner via AP)

Ned Blackhawk’s ‘The Rediscovery of America’ is a nominee for $10,000 history prize

February 28, 2024 at 12:56 p.m.

NEW YORK — Ned Blackhawk's “The Rediscovery of America,” winner last fall of a National Book Award, is a finalist for a history honor presented by the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project.Blackhawk's...

Lara Love Hardin’s memoir ‘The Many Lives of Mama Love’ is Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick

February 27, 2024 at 1:19 p.m.

NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club selection is an author and ghost writer’s life story, chronicling her journey from prison and drug addiction to collaborating with the Dalai Lama, Archbishop...

FILE - Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, in Washington. Viking announced Thursday that Fauci's memoir, “On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service” will be published in June 18. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Anthony Fauci will reflect on his long government career in ‘On Call,’ to be published in June

February 8, 2024 at 10:45 a.m.

NEW YORK — Dr. Anthony Fauci has a memoir coming out in June, a look back at his long career as an infectious disease expert and the many outbreaks he contended with,...

Simon & Schuster marks centennial with list of 100 notable books, from ‘Catch-22’ to ‘Eloise’

February 5, 2024 at 10:08 p.m.

NEW YORK — One of the world’s largest and most influential publishers, Simon & Schuster, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.To mark the centennial, the publisher has unveiled a list of 100...

El director Pedro Almodóvar en el Royal Alexandra Theatre en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto el 9 de septiembre de 2023, en Toronto. El cineasta galardonado con el Oscar publicará "The Last Dream", la versión en inglés de su libro “El último sueño”, el 24 de septiembre de 2024. (Foto Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, archivo)

Pedro Almodovar publicara “The Last Dream” a finales de ano

January 30, 2024 at 7:34 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — El libro semiautobiográfico de relatos de Pedro Almodóvar verá la luz en inglés a finales de año.El cineasta galardonado con el Oscar publicará “The Last Dream”, la versión en...

FILE - Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his groundbreaking novel "House Made of Dawn," appears at his home in Santa Fe, N.M., on Nov. 13, 2019. Momaday died Jan. 24 at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, publisher HarperCollins announced. He had been in failing health. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)

N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winner and giant of Native American literature, dead at 89

January 29, 2024 at 8:08 p.m.

NEW YORK — N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist whose debut novel "House Made of Dawn" is widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American...

Pedro Almodovar has a book out this fall, a ‘fragmentary autobiography’ called ‘The Last Dream’

January 29, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.

NEW YORK — Pedro Almodóvar has finally gotten around to that memoir irers have wanted him to write. Sort of.The Oscar-winning filmmaker has a book out Sept. 24, “The Last Dream,” that...

FILE - In this July 1, 2015 file photo, Naomi Klein arrives for a news conference at the Vatican. On Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, the critics circle announced nominees in seven competitive categories, ranging from fiction to debut book to best translation. Winners will be announced March 12. Klein, Lorrie Moore, and the Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji are among the finalists for National Book Critics Circle awards. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Lorrie Moore and Naomi Klein among nominees for National Book Critics Circle awards

January 25, 2024 at 7:57 p.m.

NEW YORK — Lorrie Moore, Naomi Klein and the Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji are among the finalists for National Book Critics Circle awards. Honorary prizes are going to Judy Blume and to...

This combination of photos shows "The Glass Constellation" by Arthur Sze, left, "The Bathysphere Book" by Brad Fox, center, and "Digging Stars" by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma. (Copper Canyon Press/Astra House/W. W. Norton & Co. via AP)

Works of poetry, fiction and nonfiction receive $10,000 “Science + Literature” awards

January 24, 2024 at 3:01 p.m.

NEW YORK — A poetry collection, a coming-of-age novel and a history of deep sea exploration are unlikely to be found in the same section of your favorite bookstore. But they all...

Visual artist and activist Ai Weiwei, left, speaks during a conversation with author Mira Jacob, right, on stage at The Town Hall theatre, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, in New York. Ai was in New York to discuss his new book, the graphic memoir “Zodiac,” structured around the animals of the Chinese Zodiac, with additional references to cats. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Artist-dissident Ai Weiwei gets ‘incorrect’ during an appearance at The Town Hall in Manhattan

January 24, 2024 at 4:01 a.m.

NEW YORK — Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist and dissident who believes it his job to be “incorrect,” was hard at work Tuesday night during an appearance at The Town Hall in...

This cover image released by Penguin Random House shows "Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI" by Yuval Noah Harari, releasing Sept. 10. (Penguin Random House via AP)

Author Yuval Noah Harari has gathered a lot of information – about information

January 23, 2024 at 2:08 p.m.

NEW YORK — Million-selling author Yuval Noah Harari has another grand theme for his next book: Information.Harari's “Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI” will be...

ARCHIVO - Norman Jewison, centro, director de la película de 1967 "In the Heat of the Night", con su esposa Lynne St. David antes de una proyección por el 50 aniversario de la película en el TCM Classic Film Festival 2017 en Los Angeles el 6 de abril de 2017. Jewison, quien fue nominado a tres Oscar y recibió un premio a la trayectoria de la Academia falleció el sábado 20 de enero de 2024, informó su publicista Jeff Sanderson. Tenía 97 años. (Foto Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, archivo)

Fallece Norman Jewison, el aclamado director de “In the Heat of the Night” y “Moonstruck”

January 22, 2024 at 11:22 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Norman Jewison, el aclamado y versátil director canadiense cuyas películas de Hollywood abarcaron desde comedias de Doris Day y “Moonstruck” (“Hechizo de luna”) hasta dramas sociales como la ganadora...

FILE - Norman Jewison, center, director of the 1967 film "In the Heat of the Night," appears with his wife Lynne St. David before a 50th anniversary screening of the film at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles on April 6, 2017. Jewison, a three-time Oscar nominee who in 1999 received an Academy Award for lifetime achievement, died “peacefully” Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, according to publicist Jeff Sanderson. He was 97. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Norman Jewison, acclaimed director of ‘In the Heat of the Night’ and ‘Moonstruck,’ dead at 97

January 23, 2024 at 2:55 a.m.

NEW YORK — Norman Jewison, the acclaimed and versatile Canadian-born director whose Hollywood films ranged from Doris Day comedies and “Moonstruck” to such social dramas as the Oscar-winning "In the Heat of...

Dave Eggers’ children’s book ‘The Eyes & the Impossible’ wins prestigious Newbery Medal

January 23, 2024 at 1:57 a.m.

NEW YORK — Dave Eggers is now an award-winning children’s author.Eggers’ “The Eyes & the Impossible,” the great adventure of a very fast dog, has received the John Newbery Medal for the...

This combination of images shows "We Were Once a Family" by Roxanna Asgarian, left, and "The Berry Pickers" by Ama (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Catapult via AP)

Roxanna Asgarian’s ‘We Were Once a Family’ and Amanda Peters’ ‘The Berry Pickers’ win library medals

January 20, 2024 at 4:09 p.m.

NEW YORK — In the childhood home of author Roxanna Asgarian, there were restrictions on how often the television could be on and which programs could be watched.Books were placed under a...

Illustrated edition of first ‘Hunger Games’ novel to come out Oct. 1

January 18, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.

NEW YORK — A new edition of “The Hunger Games,” the first novel in Suzanne Collins' dystopian series set in the land of Panem, will include words and pictures. “The Hunger Games...

FILE - From left, Yoko Ono, former Beatle John Lennon and attorney Leon Wildes leave the Immigration and Naturalization Service, at 20 West Broadway, March 16, 1972, in New York. Wildes, a prominent immigration lawyer best known for his landmark, yearslong fight in the 1970s to prevent John Lennon from being deported and enable the former Beatle to receive permanent residency in the U.S., died Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. He was 90. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano, File)

Leon Wildes, immigration lawyer who fought to prevent John Lennon’s deportation, dead at age 90

January 12, 2024 at 10:14 p.m.

Leon Wildes, a prominent immigration lawyer best known for his landmark, yearslong fight in the 1970s to prevent John Lennon from being deported and enable the former Beatle to receive...

ARCHIVO - Lisa Marie Presley llega al estreno de "Mad Max: Fury Road" en el Teatro Chino TCL, el 7 de mayo de 2015, en Los Ángeles. El libro de memorias en el que Lisa Marie Presley había trabajado en el momento de su muerte será publicado en otoño, anunciaron su editorial y su hija Riley Keough, quien ayudó a completar el libro el jueves 11 de enero de 2024. (Foto Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, archivo)

Memorias postumas de Lisa Marie Presley seran publicadas en octubre

January 11, 2024 at 5:45 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Un libro de memorias en el que Lisa Marie Presley había trabajado en el momento de su muerte se publicará a finales de año. El libro, actualmente sin título,...

FILE - Lisa Marie Presley arrives at the premiere of "Mad Max: Fury Road" at the TCL Chinese Theatre, May 7, 2015, in Los Angeles. A memoir that Lisa Marie Presley had been working on at the time of her death will be published this fall. “Few people had the opportunity to know who my mom really was, other than being Elvis’s daughter," actor Riley Keough, the eldest of Presley's four children and who helped complete the book, said in a statement released Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, by publisher Random House. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir will be published in October

January 11, 2024 at 1:30 p.m.

NEW YORK — A memoir that Lisa Marie Presley had been working on at the time of her death will be published this fall. The book, currently untitled, was completed with the...

This photo provided by Scholastic Inc. shows the cover of “When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary,” written by best-selling author Alice Hoffman. (Scholastic Inc. via AP)

Alice Hoffman’s new book will imagine Anne Frank’s life before she kept a diary

January 4, 2024 at 2:10 p.m.

NEW YORK — With the cooperation of the Anne Frank House, a novel based on Frank's life immediately before she began keeping a diary will be released in September by the children's...

Publishers association struggled to find willing recipient of Freedom to Publish Award

December 19, 2023 at 1:38 p.m.

NEW YORK — Book publishers are facing so much government pressure worldwide that one trade group was unable to find anyone willing to accept its annual International Freedom to Publish Award.Instead, the...

From emotional to business advice, winners of I Love My Librarian awards serve in many ways

December 18, 2023 at 4:16 p.m.

NEW YORK — This year's winners of the I Love My Librarian Award, $5,000 honors presented by the American Library Association, took on a lot more than selecting books and fighting bans.Diana...

FILE - Author and biographer Robert Caro appears at the New York Historical Society Museum & Library in New York on Oct. 20, 2021. Caro is still busy working on the presumed last volume of his series on Lyndon Johnson. The book which launched his publishing career, “The Power Broker,” will mark its 50th anniversary in 2024. The New-York Historical Society will host an exhibit in the fall, featuring archival materials it acquired from Caro. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Your autograph, Mr. Caro? Ahead of 50th anniversary, ‘Power Broker’ author feels like a movie star

December 18, 2023 at 3:36 p.m.

NEW YORK — Since the release a year ago of the acclaimed documentary “Turn Every Page,” Robert Caro has been feeling a bit like a movie star. “I walk up Broadway and...

FILE - This 1946 file photo shows mystery novelist and screenwriter Raymond Chandler. A rare and newly published Raymond Chandler poem is an ode to his late wife, Cissy. (AP Photo, File)

Rare Raymond Chandler poem is a tribute to his late wife, with a surprising twist

December 11, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.

NEW YORK — Near the end of 1954, the wife of Raymond Chandler died after a long battle with lung disease. The famed crime novelist fell into near-suicidal depression from which he...

This image provided by the Random House shows the cover of "Spare," Prince Harry's memoir. The book was released on Jan. 10, 2023. (Random House via AP)

2023 in books: Protests, bannings and the rise of AI helped shape the story of publishing

December 8, 2023 at 2:53 p.m.

NEW YORK — Book publishing in 2023 was a story of cooling sales and rising conflict, marked by legal action, protests, censorship and the impact of forces well beyond the industry.Print book...

FILE - Barbra Streisand performs in Toronto, on Oct. 17, 2006. Published in early November, “My Name is Barbra” is a nearly 1,000 page memoir that covers one of the epic narratives in modern show business — her uncompromising rise from working class Brooklyn in the 1940s and '50s to global fame. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Streisand talks acting, music and destiny after release of her memoir ‘My Name is Barbra’

December 5, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.

NEW YORK — Before she's ready to talk about her memoir, Barbra Streisand needs to pull herself away from current events. “I'm watching (expelled Rep.) George Santos, and worrying about the world...

FILE - The limousine carrying mortally wounded President John F. Kennedy races toward the hospital seconds after he was shot, Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas. The 60th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination, marked on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, finds his family, and the country, at a moment many would not have imagined in JFK's lifetime. (AP Photo/Justin Newman, File)

60 years after JFK’s death, today’s Kennedys choose other paths to public service

November 28, 2023 at 12:33 a.m.

NEW YORK — Patrick Kennedy, son of Sen. Ted Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, re being a young state legislator in Rhode Island some 30 years ago and hearing...

Ned Blackhawk attends the 74th National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Justin Torres and Ned Blackhawk are among the winners of National Book Awards

November 16, 2023 at 4:07 a.m.

NEW YORK — Justin Torres' novel “Blackouts,” a daring and illustrated narrative that blends history and imagination in its recounting of a censored study of gay sexuality, has won the National Book...

Author Salman Rushdie receives the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation's first ever lifetime achievement disturbing the peace award at the Vaclav Havel Center on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Salman Rushdie receives first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award

November 15, 2023 at 2:41 a.m.

NEW YORK — The latest honor for Salman Rushdie was a prize kept secret until minutes before he rose from his seat to accept it. On Tuesday night, the author received the...

Britney Spears memoir remains top seller in its second week of release

November 9, 2023 at 4:07 p.m.

Britney Spears' “The Woman in Me” remained the country's top-selling book in its second week of publication, although the pace of sales fell substantially.The singer's memoir sold just over 132,000...

FILE - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters outside the White House, Oct. 26, 2020, in Washington. The former White House chief of staff is being sued by his book publisher for breach of contract. All Seasons Press alleges that testimony he gave about the 2020 presidential election contradicts what he wrote in “The Chief’s Chief,” hurting sales and damaging the publisher’s reputation. In papers filed Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, All Seasons cited media reports from the previous month alleging that Meadows knew that former President Donald Trump had lost to Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sued by book publisher for breach of contract

November 6, 2023 at 10:33 p.m.

NEW YORK — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is being sued by his publisher for contradicting his book's claim about the the 2020 election. All Seasons Press alleges that...

ARCHIVO - Britney Spears llega al estreno en Los Angeles de "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" el 22 de julio de 2019. El libro de memorias de Spears "The Woman in Me" ha vendido más de 1 millón de ejemplares. (Foto Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, archivo)

Libro de memorias de Britney Spears vende un millon de ejemplares en una semana

November 3, 2023 at 3:25 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — Las memorias de Britney Spears, “The Woman in Me” (“La mujer que soy”), han vendido 1,1 millones de ejemplares tan sólo en Estados Unidos durante su primera semana.“Puse mi...

FILE - Britney Spears arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," on July 22, 2019. Spear’s highly anticipated memoir “The Woman in Me” will be released Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Britney Spears’ memoir a million seller after just one week since its release

November 2, 2023 at 9:17 p.m.

NEW YORK — Britney Spears' memoir “The Woman in Me” has sold 1.1 million copies in the U.S. alone through its first week.“I poured my heart and soul into my memoir, and...

Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki writes about her years in government in ‘Say More’

October 30, 2023 at 2:15 p.m.

NEW YORK — Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has a two-book deal with Scribner, starting with a book in which she will reflect on her years in government and offer...

Author Elmore Leonard appears during an interview at his Bloomfield Township, Mich., home on Sept. 17, 2012, left, and actor-comedian Amy Schumer appears at the premiere of Hulu's Original Series "Life & Beth" in New York on March 16, 2022. A new study from PEN America finds that tens of thousands of books are banned or restricted by U.S. prisons. Leonard's thriller “Cuba Libre,”is banned in Michigan and Schumer's memoir “The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo” was flagged by Florida officials for graphic sexual content and for being a threat to the security. (AP Photo)

‘The Art of War’ and Amy Schumer’s memoir are among many books banned in US prisons. Here’s why

October 26, 2023 at 2:04 p.m.

NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of books are being banned or restricted by U.S. prisons, according to a new report from PEN America. The list includes everything from self-help books to...

Oprah Winfrey selects Jesmyn Ward’s ‘Let Us Descend’ for her book club

October 24, 2023 at 12:23 p.m.

NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick highlights an author she has long ired, Jesmyn Ward. On Tuesday, Winfrey announced she had selected Ward's “Let Us Descend,” which comes out...

This cover image released by Rizzoli shows “Shakespeare's First Folio: 400th Anniversary Facsimile Edition: Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies, Published According to the Originall Copies." (Rizzoli via AP)

Exhibits and collectors editions mark 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio

October 24, 2023 at 7:26 p.m.

NEW YORK — On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio, rare originals are being displayed and publishers are offering collectors editions of Shakespeare's plays, including one that sells for $1,500.Scholars believe...

Erik Larson’s next book closely tracks the months leading up to the Civil War

October 18, 2023 at 2:28 p.m.

NEW YORK — The next book by Erik Larson, widely known for the best-selling “The Devil in the White City,” is a work of Civil War history inspired in part by current...

FILE - Serena Williams arrives at the premiere of "Creed III" on Feb. 27, 2023, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. The tennis great, who has taken a step back from the sport, has a two-book deal with the Random House Publishing Group, starting with an “intimate” memoir in which she will open up about everything from her childhood and early tennis training, dramatized in the 2021 film “King Richard,” to her extraordinary career and the obstacles and setbacks she endured along the way. The book is not yet titled and does not have a release date. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Serena Williams has a 2-book deal, starting with an ‘intimate’ and ‘open-hearted’ memoir

October 18, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.

NEW YORK — Now that she's stepped back from the sport she dominated like few others, Serena Williams is ready to reflect. The tennis great has a two-book deal with the Random...

Muere Stephen Rubin, ejecutivo editorial que lanzo exitos como “The Da Vinci Code”

October 15, 2023 at 6:36 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — Stephen Rubin, desde hace mucho tiempo un ejecutivo editorial con ojo para los éxitos y pasión por la música y la vida pública que ayudó a lanzar la carrera...

This undated photo provided by Jane Friedman shows Stephen Rubin posing for a picture in his kitchen in West Hampton, N.Y., Rubin, a longtime publishing executive with an eye for bestsellers and a ion for music and public life who helped launched the career of John Grisham, among others, and released such blockbusters as “The Da Vinci Code” and “Fire and Fury,” has died, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. He was 81. (Jane Friedman via AP)

Stephen Rubin, publisher of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and other blockbusters, dies at 81

October 15, 2023 at 7:58 p.m.

NEW YORK — Stephen Rubin, a longtime publishing executive with an eye for bestsellers and a ion for music and public life who helped launched the career of John Grisham, among others,...

ARCHIVO - La poeta Louise Gluck en una ceremonia para otorgarle la Medaa Nacional de Humanidades en la sala este de la Casa Blanca en Washington el 22 de septiembre de 2016. Glück falleció, dijo el viernes 13 de diciembre de 2023 su editor Jonathan Galassi en Farrar, Straus & Giroux. (Foto AP/Susan Walsh, archivo)

Fallece la poeta galardonada con el Nobel Louise Gluck

October 14, 2023 at 12:51 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — La poeta ganadora del Nobel Louise Glück, de una franqueza y percepción inquebrantables, que tejió alusiones clásicas, ensoñaciones filosóficas, recuerdos agridulces y comentarios humorísticos en retratos indelebles de un...

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