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C.J. Box’s Joe Pickett is back in new novel ‘Long Range’

The opening of “Long Range,” C.J. Box’s 20th Joe Pickett adventure, is reminiscent of the beginning of his triple award winning debut novel, “Open Range.” Pickett is a Wyoming game warden ba...

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

Winfrey chooses ‘Hidden Valley Road’ for book club

NEW YORK – Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick is Robert Kolker’s “Hidden Valley Road,” an in-depth account of a 1950s family in which six of 12 children were diagnosed with schizophrenia. Wi...

DATE: Apr 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

James Patterson sets up fund to help indie booksellers

NEW YORK – James Patterson has a history of helping independent bookstores. The best-selling novelist has donated millions in recent years to booksellers, while also giving millio...

DATE: Apr 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

‘Half Broke’ relives an important journey

Author Ginger Gaffney talks about debut memoir

DATE: Mar 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

Publisher cancels plans to release Woody Allen memoir

NEW YORK – Woody Allen’s publisher has decided to cancel the planned release of his memoir “Apropos of Nothing.” The announcement Friday by Hachette Book Group came after days of ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

Review: Author Pam Houston finds ‘hope in the high country’

Pam Houston’s newest book, “Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country,” is a magical blend of essays that are somehow both memoir and autobiography. She manages to beautifully marry her l...

DATE: Feb 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

Winfrey holds TV discussion about ‘American Dirt’ in Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz. – Oprah Winfrey’s soon-to-be televised discussion about the controversial novel “American Dirt” is drawing scrutiny for not inviting some of the book’s harshest Latino critics....

DATE: Feb 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

Focus turns to Latino authors amid ‘American Dirt’ debate

ALBUQUERQUE – When Oprah Winfrey endorsed the novel “American Dirt” for her book club last month, many Latinos took to social media to decry the selection for its stereotypes and caricatures...

DATE: Feb 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

Cuban writer honored for murder mystery

HOBBS, N.M. (AP) – When Teresa Dovalpage learned that her murder mystery “Queen of Bones” had been chosen by NBC News as one of the top “10 books from 2019 by and about Latinos,” she was sur...

DATE: Feb 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

Author Sandra Cisneros digs in on support of ‘American Dirt’

ALBUQUERQUE – Celebrated Mexican American author Sandra Cisneros is refusing to back down from her support for the novel, “American Dirt,” despite outcry from other Latino writers amid charg...

DATE: Feb 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

Baker who sparked Supreme Court case has book deal

NEW YORK – The Colorado baker whose refusal to design a wedding cake for a gay couple led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling and made him a conservative hero now has a book deal. ...

DATE: Jan 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

‘American Dirt’ Latino backlash part of long publishing war

During a trip to Mexico to visit family, writer Myriam Gurba took “American Dirt,” a novel about immigration and cartel violence that was being touted as one of the biggest U.S. releases of ...

DATE: Jan 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books