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Philip Roth, fearless and celebrated author, dies at 85

NEW YORK – Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of Portnoy’s Complaint to the elegiac lyricism of Americ...

DATE: May 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Books

Sherman Alexie declines literary award

NEW YORK – Sherman Alexie has declined the Carnegie Medal he received last month, the American Library Association told The Associated Press on Friday. Alexie was given the $5,000...

DATE: Mar 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Books

Teen idol David Cassidy, ‘Partridge Family’ star, dies at 67

NEW YORK – David Cassidy, the teen and pre-teen idol who starred in the 1970s sitcom “The Partridge Family” and sold millions of records as the musical group’s lead singer, died Tuesday at a...

DATE: Nov 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Toni Morrison, Joan Didion among those in PEN online archive

NEW YORK – Toni Morrison moderating a discussion about writing in the Soviet Union. Joan Didion defending Salman Rushdie against an Iranian death decree. Pablo Neruda explaining the role of ...

DATE: Jul 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

Oprah picks debut novel Behold the Dreamers for book club

NEW YORK – Imbolo Mbue, whose debut novel Behold the Dreamers is Oprah Winfrey’s latest selection, owes her career in part to the talk-show host. “Years ago, I went to the library...

DATE: Jul 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

Ed Victor, literary agent for Clapton, Richards, dead at 77

NEW YORK – Ed Victor, an A-list literary agent whose colorful personality was well-matched by such clients as Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Andrew Lloyd Webber, has died. Victo...

DATE: Jun 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

New American Writers Museum narrates Great American Story

In Chicago, American Writers Museum tells the country’s story

DATE: Jun 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Denis Johnson, author of Jesus’ Son, dead at 67

NEW YORK – Denis Johnson, the prize-winning fiction writer, poet and playwright best known for his surreal and transcendent story collection Jesus’ Son, has died. He was 67. Johns...

DATE: May 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

Jann Wenner reflects on Rolling Stone at 50

NEW YORK – Fifty years after he launched an underground newspaper that changed music journalism and a great deal more, Jann S. Wenner finds Rolling Stone being showcased in a once-unthinkabl...

DATE: May 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

Jeff Kinney marks 10th anniversary of ‘Wimpy Kid’ series

NEW YORK – Jeff Kinney remembers when his goal was to write a book, one big book, for grown-ups. “I thought I’d write about a year in the life of a typical kid,” says the children...

DATE: Apr 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

Carrie Fisher dies at 60

NEW YORK – No one could make us laugh through the pain like Carrie Fisher. The daughter of Hollywood stars Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, and a survivor of early fame, drug add...

DATE: Dec 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Magazine prints never-before-published H.G. Wells ghost story

NEW YORK – Here’s an odd story, from long ago: A man by the name of Meredith has converted a room in his house to a cluttered, dirty study. Meredith has a taste for Scotch whisky, and one da...

DATE: Nov 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Books