Posted on December 6, 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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Irvine Welsh is writing a sequel to Trainspotting; Men in Love, out July 3, follows the characters as they try to leave heroin behind and seek romance (The Guardian).
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Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Book sold 814,000 print copies in its first week, putting it second behind the all-time adult nonfiction high set by Barack Obama’s A Promised Land (The New York Times).
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Leading poets were invited to write poems in response to any song in Taylor Swift's oeuvre, without using direct lyrics or titles (Literary Hub).
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Kelly Jensen's weekly roundup of book censorship news begins with a prediction of some of the book ban trends she anticipates we'll see next year (Book Riot).
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Read the short story "Endlings" by Carmen Maria Machado (Literary Hub).
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