Jeffrey Brown talks to Ron Charles of the Washington Post about the year in fiction.

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The last week of September marks National Banned Books Week. Here are seven books both modern and classic that have been banned or challenged in the past decade. Each book has also been featured on the NewsHour broadcast or website.

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A roundup of NewsHour conversations with writers over the last decade about books that address, directly and indirectly, how 9/11, Osama bin Laden and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have influenced how we live today.

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As the world processes the news that Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. military operation in Pakistan, we collected some of the most insightful and informative pieces of reading on the terror leader --…

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In New York on Tuesday, federal Judge Danny Chin overturned a settlement between Google and the national trade organizations that represent American authors and publishers which dictates terms of a massive book digitalization project, led by Google.

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Art Beat talks to the Books backstage at the 9:30 Club about their live performance and about the essential role that found footage plays in their shows.

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Mike Birbiglia, a regular on PRI's "This American LIfe", has turned his one-man off-Broadway comedy show into a new book called "Sleepwalk With Me."…

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Jeffrey Brown has a conversation with W.S. Merwin, who was appointed as the 17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry by The Library of Congress.

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The scorching 93 degree heat on Saturday was not enough to deter throngs of book lovers from coming out for the 10th Annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Library of Congress. Art Beat took to the…

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Jennifer Egan's unconventional novel, "A Visit From the Goon Squad," explores the changing music industry, nostalgia, time and much more.

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