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Tess Gunty, Imani Perry among National Book Awards winners

Tess Gunty, Imani Perry among National Book Awards winners

NEW YORK (AP) — Tess Gunty’s “The Rabbit Hutch,” a sweeping debut novel set in a low-income housing community in Indiana, has won the National Book Award for fiction.
Review: 'The Last Campaign' straightforward but dramatic

Review: 'The Last Campaign' straightforward but dramatic

“The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America,” by H.W. Brands (Doubleday) Though they're mentioned in the subtitle, William Tecumseh Sherman and Geronimo often feel more like supporting players in H.W.

Sheila Heti wins $25,000 Governor General’s fiction prize for ‘Pure Colour’

TORONTO — Acclaimed writer Sheila Heti has won this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction. She picked up the $25,000 prize for her novel “Pure Colour,” a strange and meditative book about love and grief in a pre-apocalyptic time.
'Did not end well': New Pence book details split with Trump

'Did not end well': New Pence book details split with Trump

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence blames Donald Trump for endangering his family “and all those serving at the Capitol” on Jan. 6 in a new memoir released Tuesday.

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Review: Steve Martin slips with funny but thin movie memoir

Review: Steve Martin slips with funny but thin movie memoir

“Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions,” by Steve Martin with drawings by Harry Bliss (Celadon): Between the covers of this surprisingly thin memoir are truffles of humor from comedian Steve Martin’s movie career illustrat
Review: Nick Hornby has affable romp in 'Dickens and Prince'

Review: Nick Hornby has affable romp in 'Dickens and Prince'

“Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius,” by Nick Hornby (Riverhead Books) Nick Hornby has been writing about pop culture since the 1990s, most famously his obsessive love of soccer in 1992’s “Fever Pitch” and of music in “High Fidelity,” th
Book award finalists are 'debut novelists' in name only

Book award finalists are 'debut novelists' in name only

NEW YORK (AP) — In the minds and official records of the publishing community, Sarah Thankham Mathews is a first-time author.
6 popular Black authors co-write teen romance 'Whiteout'

6 popular Black authors co-write teen romance 'Whiteout'

NEW YORK (AP) — Dhonielle Clayton is not just a bestselling author of young adult fiction. She's an organizer, a former teacher and a founder of the grassroots publishing movement We Need Diverse Books.
Deuxmoi, Instagram's Gossip Girl, talks new novel 'Anon Pls'

Deuxmoi, Instagram's Gossip Girl, talks new novel 'Anon Pls'

These days, people hungry for a status update on Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson or Shawn Mendes' Starbucks order are skipping old standbys like TMZ and People and instead turning to Deuxmoi . The Instagram account boasting 1.