Posted on September 27, 2024 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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The accent mark on the E in Brontë has been added to a plaque honoring the three literary sisters in the Poets’ Corner of Westminster Abbey (The New York Times).
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Author Jhumpa Lahiri refused to accept an honor from the Noguchi Museum, which fired three workers for wearing kaffiyehs in support of Palestinians; the institution had implemented a dress code that forbid political speech (Literary Hub).
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This week's news of book bans and challenges includes news that the Wisconsin Books to Prisoners program is no longer allowed to donate books to inmates and an update from Llano County, Texas, whose library is at the center of a high-profile court case (Book Riot).
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Neil King Jr., author of the book American Ramble, has died at the age of sixty-five (The New York Times).
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Read an excerpt from Val McDermid's new release, Queen Macbeth, which reimagines the title character as something far more complex than a Shakespearean villain (Literary Hub).
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