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Arts Jul 21

12 books to dive into this summer, according to our literary experts

By Jeffrey Brown, Azhar Merchant, Anne Azzi Davenport

Arts Jun 26

FILE PHOTO: Meta Connect conference in Menlo Park
Judge tosses authors’ AI training copyright lawsuit against Meta

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria found that 13 authors who sued Meta “made the wrong arguments.” But the judge also said that the ruling is limited to the authors in the case and does not mean that Meta’s use of…

By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

Arts Jun 04

Edmund White Portrait Session
Edmund White, groundbreaking bard of gay literature, dies at 85

White documented and imagined the gay revolution through journalism, essays, plays and such novels as “A Boy’s Own Story” and “The Beautiful Room is Empty.”…

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

Arts May 28

Kenyan author Ngugi Wa Thiong'o shows his newly launched book "Wizard of the Crow" at a bookshop in downtown Nairobi
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan dissident and author who was giant of global literature, dies at 87

The Kenyan man of letters wrote dozens of fiction and nonfiction books that traced his country's history from British imperialism to home-ruled tyranny and challenged not only the stories told but the language used to tell them.

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

Arts May 05

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Novelist Percival Everett, playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts

Everett’s Pulitzer confirmed the million-selling “James” as the most celebrated and popular U.S. literary novel of 2024, and accelerated the 68-year-old author’s remarkable rise after decades of being little known to the general public.

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

Apr 14

Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel laureate, dies at 89

By Franklin Briceno, Ciarán Giles, Associated Press

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died.

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Dec 30

10 of the best books of 2024, according to these experts

By Jeffrey Brown

Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air, and Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, recap their highlights.

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Oct 06

WATCH: South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for literature

By Daniel Niemann, Jill Lawless, Mike Corder, Associated Press

Nobel committee chairman Anders Olsson praised Han's "physical empathy for the vulnerable, often female lives" of her characters.

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Jun 20

Need a summer read? Here are 17 books from our experts

By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson

If you’re lucky enough to have a quiet place to retreat from the heat this summer, we’ve got a symphony of suggestions for novels and nonfiction to keep you entertained.

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May 01

Paul Auster, celebrated and experimental author, dies at 77

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

Called the “dean of American post-modernists” and “the most meta of American meta-fictional writers,” Auster blended history, politics, genre experiments, existential quests and self-conscious references to writers and writing.

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