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Lauren Myracle withdraws from National Book Award finalists – latimes.com

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Lauren Myracle withdraws from National Book Award finalists – latimes.com. This story is all over Twitter this morning. Here’s just one newspaper’s account of why this mess occurred. Apparently, the National Book Foundation doesn’t like the subject matter of Lauren Myracle’s novel Shine, which deals with a hate crime. In requesting the withdrawal of the […]

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Monday Miscellany

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Vashon Great Books club one of oldest in U.S. The Seattle Times spotlights 92-year-old Grace Crecelius: For 61 years, Grace Crecelius has cracked the books. Not just any books, mind you, but the works of Plato, Descartes and Kant, Shakespeare, Marx and Freud. At 92, Crecelius is the oldest member of what may be one

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Monday Miscellany

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Nine seems to be this week’s lucky number. Nine Pilgrimages For the Lover of Western Literature A pilgrimage is the focal point around which a journey wraps, not the raison d’etre per se (that is the journey itself) but rather the pulley on the far end of the rope that ratchets you out of your

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The greatest death scenes in literature Five judges of the 2012 Wellcome Trust book prize for medicine in literature ponder the question “What makes for a great literary death scene?” Tim Lott calls their choices “eclectic.” Take a look, and see if you have other favorite death scenes to add to the list. The 10

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Glendale school board may block ‘In Cold Blood’ – latimes.com

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Glendale school board may block ‘In Cold Blood’ – latimes.com The landmark 1966 literary nonfiction book “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote may not make it onto a high school honors reading list in Glendale after obections were raised by a committee made up of school principals. The school board must approve the book before

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Literature & Psychology | Scoop.it

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Literature & Psychology | Scoop.it. Please check out my newest undertaking and let me know what you think.

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Celebrate Banned Books Week

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    Banned Books Week this year is from September 24 through October 1. More information is available from the American Library Association: Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read

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Your Loebs! – Harvard University Press Blog

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Your Loebs! – Harvard University Press Blog. I started life as a classics major, so seeing these photos celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Loeb Classical Library, published by Harvard University Press, warmed my heart. These little green-covered (Greek) and red-covered (Latin) gems present the original text on the left page, with a translation on

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Monday Miscellany

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The 10 Most Powerful Women Authors Forbes contributor Avril David has put together a list of “10 women [who] can tell (and sell) a good story”: Although there are many more women throughout history who have proven to be powerful authors, this list is limited to those who are living, with a focus on personal

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Fall book season includes Ondaatje, Atwood – Winnipeg Free Press

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Fall book season includes Ondaatje, Atwood – Winnipeg Free Press. The United States isn’t the only fish in the publishing sea. Here’s a look at books Canadians will be reading this fall.

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