Posted on May 8, 2026 at 3:00 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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PEN America is hosting a “Name a Character” auction to fundraise for its author saefty program; you can bid through May 15 for naming rights for works by such authors as Jodi Picoult, David Baldacci, Jennifer Egan, Sarah MacLean, Rebecca Makkai, and Lee and Andrew Child (People).
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Here's another way to stand up to attacks on the literary world: follow Kelly Jensen's tips on preparing for and helping track censorship attempts during Pride month, which is the lead item in her weekly roundup of book ban and challenge news (Book Riot).
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A federal judge has ruled that Trump administration’s cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and other organizations was unconstitutional (The Associated Press).
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This Sunday will mark thirty years since a deadly storm hit Jon Krakauer's expedition on Mount Everest, inspiring his book Into Thin Air; the author said in a recent interview that attempting the climb is "probably the one thing in my life that I really regret" (People).
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Philip Caputo — a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who also wrote A Rumor of War, a bestselling memoir about his military service in Vietnam — died Thursday at age eighty-four (The New York Times).
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