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Stephen Rubin, ‘Quintessential Hitmaker’ of the Book World, Dies at 81

He entered publishing when he was 43, then published many of the most popular books of recent decades, including “The…

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For Book Fairs, Scholastic Will Separate Titles That Deal With Race and Gender

Schools can opt to display these books — or not. The list includes biographies of the civil rights icon John…

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Teju Cole Knows His New Novel Resembles Autofiction. Please Don’t Be Tempted.

“Tremor,” his first novel in over a decade, is set in Massachusetts and Lagos, and came from a desire to…

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Five Louise Glück Poems to Get You Started

The American writer, who won a Nobel Prize in 2020, wrote with cool clarity and often puckish wit.

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Louise Meriwether Dies at 100; in 1970, a New, Black Literary Voice

Writing of life in Harlem, she emerged at the same time as Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou but never achieved…

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Behind the Most Famous Men in Economics There Have Always Been Women

When the Nobel Committee awarded its prize in economics on Monday to the Harvard professor Claudia Goldin — the first…

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She Didn’t Even Have an Agent. Her Debut is a National Book Award Finalist.

“Temple Folk,” Aaliyah Bilal’s collection of stories featuring Black American Muslims, was inspired by her family’s experiences with the Nation…

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Justin Torres Finds Inspiration in the Erasures of Queer History

Any sense of anonymity that Justin Torres had enjoyed as an author was on the verge of vanishing. Shortly before…

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The First Magazine for Black Children Is Revisited, Its Message Still Resonant

An anthology that combines new work with selections from The Brownies’ Book, a children’s magazine launched by W.E.B. Du Bois,…

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Ann Patchett Isn’t Parting With WordPerfect

The best-selling novelist refuses to yield when it comes to writing software, but she’s had a bit of a change…

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