Posted on April 24, 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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The nominees for the 2026 NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award have been revealed as Ariel Courage for Bad Nature, Kyle Edwards for Small Ceremonies, Harris Lahti for Foreclosure Gothic, Carrie R. Moore for Make Your Way Home, and Stephanie Wambugu for Lonely Crowds (Literary Hub).
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Octavia E. Butler disavowed her 1978 novel Survivor and kept it out of print during her lifetime, but her publisher and her estate are re-releasing it this September (Polygon).
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Kelly Jensen revisits some of her literary activism posts from the past in the introduction to her book ban and challenge news roundup (Book Riot).
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JH Prynne, described as a maverick figure in British poetry, died Wednesday at age eighty-nine (The Guardian).
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