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Robert Caro: ‘The more facts you collect, the closer you come to the truth’

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The great biographer on his monumental series on President Johnson, how he works – and why his task is important [ ]

Rare Manuscript Found Reveals Massive Lost World of 16th Century Books

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Hernando Colón (anglicized to Ferdinand Columbus) was born in 1488 to explorer Christopher Columbus, or Cristóbal Colón in Spanish, and his mistress [ ]

2 new Stephen King works to be adapted for the screen

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BANGOR (BDN) -- There are two more additions to the seemingly never-ending stream of Stephen King works being adapted into movies and TV series, both announced last week. “Sleeping Beauties,” the 2017 novel... [ ]

Upcoming AMAs for Apr 21 - May 05: Evie Wyld, Lauren Wilkinson, Christopher Moore, Meg Elison, Karen Gillece

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When (EDT) |Who |What | -|-|- Wednesday, Apr 24 at 11am|[Evie Wyld](http://tinyurl.com/yylwyyh8)|[*All the Birds, Singing: A... [ ]

[HELP] Name for poem with Roman Numerals?

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Hello, as part of my homework I am analysing techniques from the poem América by Richard Blanco. One technique in particular has me intrigued as I... [ ]

Controversial themes

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First post on [r/books](https://www.reddit.com/r/books) but I had to ask others what they think. ​ So my question is this: what is y'all... [ ]

Why Harry Potter and Paddington Bear are essential reading … for grown-ups

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Oxford don champions children’s books as figures show that sales to adults are soaring [ ]

Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount...

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(Reuters) - At St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Egypt's Mount ... [ ]

Susan Choi’s “Trust Exercise” and the Question of Appropriating Other People’s Lives as Fiction

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I started writing this essay in order to understand what fiction is made out of. Then something happened to change my thinking. [ ]

The Dinosaurs Rediscovered review – a transformation in our understanding

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Colour, speed, how they ate ... our knowledge of dinosaurs has undergone a revolution, as this expert survey makes clear [ ]

PlaceboPublications

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Hakone Honbako, Japan’s Book Hotel

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Hotel Hakone Honbako, the 'book hotel', is equipped with wall to wall bookshelves full to the rafters. Relaxation and reading are at the top of the agenda. [ ]

Robinson Crusoe at 300: why it’s time to let go of this colonial fairytale

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Defoe’s book has inspired novels, Hollywood movies and games – but the shipwrecked slave-trader should never have become a role model [ ]

Free Mueller report becomes No. 1 Amazon best-seller despite $10 price tag

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Versions of the Mueller report hold the No. 1, 2 and 14 spots on the Amazon best-seller list as publishers seek to profit from the document, which is available for free online. [ ]

Going against the decluttering craze: the book hoarders who defy Marie Kondo

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These bibliophiles say a book is far more than just an object [ ]

A US judge sentenced teenage vandals to read books. This is what happened next

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A prosecutor in the United States came up with a novel sentence for teenagers who sprayed racist graffiti – she made them read. [ ]

R.I.P. Lone Wolf And Cub creator Kazuo Koike

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Manga legend Kazuo Koike has died after a struggle with pneumonia, according to a post on the author’s Twitter account. The influential Lone Wolf And Cub and Lady Snowblood creator creator was 82. [ ]

Kaveh Akbar: “The Palace”

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A poet considers America, and what it means to call a country home. [ ]

Ring Containing Charlotte Brontë's Hair Discovered in Attic

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The piece of mourning jewelry includes an inscription and a little door covering a plaited lock of the Jane Eyre author's hair [ ]

The Transfixing Spell of Edward Gorey’s Life in Art

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Mark Dery’s Born to Be Posthumous meticulously tells the story of the unconventional author and artist, who amassed an ardent following yet remains unknown to many readers. [ ]

Why More People Should Read This Danish Masterpiece

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In the summer of 1937, Ernst Bloch, the redoubtable German-Jewish literary critic, utopian humanist, and exile from Nazi persecution, was browsing the paper in his new home of Czechoslovakia when a… [ ]

The Case for Rewatching, Rereading, and Repeating Experiences

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People often prize novelty in their leisure time, but research suggests that revisiting the familiar can offer unexpected pleasures. [ ]

Writing Fiction About Fact: Using Historical Figures As Characters

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Since the dawn of storytelling itself, authors have employed real life characters in their fictional work; think Shakespeare and any number of kings. The practice has ardent defenders and detractor… [ ]

Controversial writer wins France's highest honour

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President Emmanuel Macron will present the controversial writer with the Légion d'honneur. [ ]

'A pen can change the world': the duo behind the 'world's largest public library'

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Nidhin Kundathil and Manoj Pandey are using stickers and posters to create what they hope will be the largest repository of literature in public spaces [ ]

'Here is a story! Story it is': how fairytales are told in other tongues

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From Korea to Germany to Nigeria, every culture has its own versions of ‘once upon a time’ – and most are more interesting than the English [ ]

The Indelible Awfulness of E. L. James's 'The Mister'

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The author's follow-up to her 'Fifty Shades' series is hopelessly retrograde and dismally unentertaining. [ ]

Modern Library Launches Series of Classics Penned by Women

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The Modern Library Torchbearers series is an ongoing collection of trade paperbacks meant to honor a more inclusive vision of classic books beginning this May. [ ]

NYPL To Deploy A New Fleet Of Bookmobiles For First Time Since The '80s

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The mobile libraries are intended to help communities that have a dearth of libraries. [ ]

How to Get the Mueller Report on Apple Books

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Today is the day that the Mueller Report was released to the public. This is a 400-page document that has been written and released by US Attorney General William Barr, that talks about... [ ]