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American authors make up almost half of the thirteen semifinalists for the Booker Prize for fiction

LONDON -- Six American writers, including Rachel Kushner, Percival Everett and Tommy Orange, are among…

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Fans of Ernest Hemingway celebrate the author’s 125th birthday in his beloved Key West

KEY WEST, Fla. -- Ernest Hemingway spent the 1930s in Key West, Florida, and more…

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Salman Rushdie’s alleged attacker does not want to see the author’s private notes before he goes on trial

MAYVILLE, NY-- Author Salman Rushdie does not have to turn over private notes about his…

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Alice Munro’s daughter alleges sexual abuse by the late author’s husband

TORONTO -- The daughter of the late Nobel laureate Alice Munro has accused the author's…

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Book review: ‘Loving Sylvia Plath’ pays more attention to the author’s polarizing circumstances than to her work

A popular form of writing today is one that re-examines the lives of people, often…

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