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How a Book About a Boy Wanting to Be a Mermaid Sparked Controversy at CT School
A picture book is sparking controversy and debate in a Connecticut town after it was included in a second grade class curriculum.
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Children's Book Stirs Controversy in Connecticut
Controversy in Darien over children’s book that sparks gender identity conversation. Lynda Baquero reports.
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Book Award Finalists Are ‘Debut Novelists' in Name Only
In the minds and official records of the publishing community, Sarah Thankham Mathews is a first-time author. Her novel “All This Could Be Different” has been widely praised as a promising start for the 31-year-old Indian American, whose narrative about a young immigrant’s personal and professional conflicts is a finalist for the National Book Awards. But for Mathews and...
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Matthew Perry Says He Spent $9 Million to Get Sober
Matthew Perry shared how much he spent trying to get sober amid his addiction battle, which resulted in multiple visits to rehab facilities and stomach surgeries.
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Kelly Ripa Reveals the ‘Ominous' Warning She Got Before Joining ‘Live! With Regis and Kelly'
Kelly Ripa has gotten vulnerable in her new book “Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories,” in which she unveiled details about her relationship with former co-host Regis Philbin.
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Trump Complained U.S. Generals Lacked the Loyalty German Generals Showed Hitler, Book Says
A new book describes complaints by then-President Donald Trump about American military leaders, and his aversion to having injured soldiers in a parade.
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‘Unburnable,' Flamethrower-Tested Copy of ‘The Handmaid's Tale' Is Up for Auction
The fireproof book is a joint project that includes author Margaret Atwood, who in a video demonstrated its effectiveness. Here’s how and why the book was made.
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Here Are the Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books in 2021, According to the ALA
Every year, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom tracks and records the most banned and challenged books in the U.S. Here’s the top 10 most banned books for 2021.
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Book Showcases How The COVID Pandemic Changed NYC Through Striking Photos
It’s New York City unlike you’ve ever seen it before. A new book titled “On Pause” takes readers on a journey through the streets of NYC in the months after former NY governor Andrew Cuomo ordered residents to stay at home and all non-essential businesses close their doors. 42nd & 5th Avenue The “coffee-table book,” as photographer and co-creator...
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‘On Pause' Chronicles NYC During Pandemic in Spring 2020
A new book features stunning photos documenting the shutdown in New York City,
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Fantasy Author Raises $19 Million on Kickstarter in Two Days to Self-Publish New Novels
Brandon Sanderson asked folks on Kickstarter for $1 million to self-publish four novels he wrote during the pandemic. They funded him in 35 minutes.
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Is Book Banning a One-Sided Political Issue?
Book banning is far from a new phenomenon, but incidents have been on the rise across the country the past two years. As Nora Pelizzari of the National Coalition Against Censorship points out, “Everybody is guilty at some point of trying to control the information that other people have access to.”
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Missouri School District Bans Toni Morrison's ‘The Bluest Eye'
In a 4-3 vote, the Wentzville School board voted to pull Toni Morrison’s first book, “The Bluest Eye” from every district school’s library.
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‘Maus' Is an Amazon Bestseller After Tennessee School Ban – Author Art Spiegelman Compares Board to Putin
“Maus” is a decades old book about Holocaust survivors. Its ban by a Tennessee school board has sparked renewed interest in it.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Library Sells for Nearly $2.4 Million in Auction
The auction of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s library ended the same day that Justice Stephen Breyer confirmed he will retire this year.
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Former Trump Aide Kellyanne Conway Coming Out With Memoir ‘Here's the Deal'
Up to now, her most famous words are likely “alternative facts”
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Tennessee School Board Bans Holocaust Graphic Novel ‘Maus' – Author Art Spiegelman Condemns the Move as ‘Orwellian'
‘Maus’ author Art Spiegelman spoke to CNBC after a school board in Tennessee voted to ban his landmark graphic novel about the Nazis’ persecution of Jews.
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Buyers Are Bidding Thousands of Dollars for Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Books in an Online Auction
The highest bid so far: $18,000, for a signed copy of “My Life on the Road,” the memoir of leading feminist activist Gloria Steinem.
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‘It's Basic Human Dignity': Groups Work to Get Books to Incarcerated People
Grassroots organizations across the country battle prison restrictions and pandemic struggles to send books to incarcerated people.
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Companies Shouldn't Waste This Chance to Make Work More Humane, Says Author of New Book on Remote Work
If the roughly 42% of Americans who do their jobs remotely could get their work done from home, what’s the reason for going back to the office?