Posted on October 1, 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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Jimmy Carter, who turned one hundred today, holds many top honors — the longest-lived US president, the US president who wrote the most bestselling books, and the US president with the fewest books written about him (The New York Times).
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Visitors to the Jane Austen House can, for the next few months, meet an interactive avatar of Pride and Prejudice's Elizabeth Bennet (Literary Hub).
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The 2024 TS Eliot Prize shortlist has been released; the winner of this poetry award will be announced January 13 and receive £25,000 (about $27,700) (The Guardian).
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Morning Edition's Michel Martin interviewed Colin Kaepernick and Nessa Diab about their new children's book, We Are Free, You And Me, which hit shelves today (NPR).
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