Posted on September 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
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A judge has accepted the revised settlement between Anthropic and the authors whose works were used to train the artificial intelligence company's chatbots; the $1.5 billion deal amounts to about $3,000 per book (Associated Press).
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Maxine Clair, a poet and novelist who debuted in publishing at age fifty-five with Rattlebone, died September 5 at age eighty-six (The New York Times).
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Learn the literary influences on today's pet names, including huge increases in the frequency of Violet and Onyx thanks to Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing series (Trusted House Sitters).
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Watch the trailer for Wicked: For Good; this film adaptation of the musical — which itself is adapted from Gregory Maguire's book – comes to theaters November 21 (YouTube).
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