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Joan Didion, whose 'electric anxiety' inspired a generation, has died at 87

Dec 23 2021: American novelist, journalist and essayist Joan Didion died on Thursday at her home in New York at age 87 from Parkinson's disease, according to Knopf publicist Paul Bogaards. The bestselling writer began describing her home state, California, for magazines in the 1960s...

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Some school librarians fed up with book bans are organizing and fighting back

Dec 22 2021: Carolyn Foote was shocked and angry when hundreds of books about race, equality or sexuality in Texas school libraries were targeted by Republican lawmakers. She and other librarians focused on making their collections more reflective of the increasingly diverse ...

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Obituary Note: bell hooks

Dec 16 2021: bell hooks, the renowned author, scholar, feminist and activist whose work examined race, class, gender and the ways they intersect, died on December 15 at the age of 69, the Lexington Herald reported. She died at her home in Berea, Ky., surrounded by friends and family...

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Penguin Random House defends effort to buy Simon & Schuster

Dec 13 2021: Penguin Random House, the largest book publisher in the United States, said in a court filing on Monday that its plan to buy a competitor, Simon & Schuster, would be a boon for the industry, benefiting authors, booksellers and readers.

The Justice Department has ...

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'Interview with the Vampire' author Anne Rice dies at age 80

Dec 12 2021: Anne Rice, author of the best-selling Vampire Chronicles novel series, died December 11 from complications resulting from a stroke, her son Christopher announced on social media. She was 80 years old.

Rice's biggest success was her first novel, Interview with the ...

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AAP sues to block Maryland, New York library e-book laws

Dec 10 2021: The Association of American Publishers filed suit December 9 to stop a new library e-book law in Maryland from taking effect on January 1, claiming that the law, which would require publishers who offer to license e-books to consumers in the state to also offer to ...

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Iowa legislators target books and teachers for upcoming session

Dec 06 2021: Two Iowa Republican leaders said they want to pursue legislation that makes it a felony offense for school officials, including teachers, to provide "obscene materials" to students.

Prior to November's school board elections, community members in Iowa and across the ...

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Alice Sebold apologizes to exonerated man who spent years in prison for her rape

Dec 01 2021: Author Alice Sebold apologized to a man who last week was exonerated of her rape, a crime she wrote about in her memoir Lucky, but the writer also appeared to place as much blame on a "flawed legal system" as she did on the role she played in his conviction...

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