Look inside Boehner’s book, Cuomo’s book deal

Posted on 04/02/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There’s nothing tame about today’s political-book news. John Boehner, who capped his time as a US representative for Ohio with...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Excerpt, Literary Hub, Memoir, Politics, Scandal

Book by Captain Underpants author is pulled over racist images

Posted on 03/29/2021 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The author of the Captain Underpants children’s series has apologized for the “harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery” in...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Scandal, The New York Times

Another translation of Gorman's inaugural poem comes under fire

Posted on 03/11/2021 at 11:45 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

What once sounded like a dream job is turning into a cursed one. The translator originally chosen to bring Amanda...

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Tagged As: Literature in translation, Poetry, Scandal, The Guardian

Governor Cuomo’s book deal is under newly heightened scrutiny

Posted on 03/09/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

As current scandals are wont to do, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s travails are stirring up interest in his past....

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Tagged As: Memoir, Politics, Scandal

Daughter's autobiography accuses Amos Oz of "sadistic abuse"

Posted on 02/25/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One daughter of a famous author is accusing her late father of “sadistic abuse” — a claim the rest of...

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Tagged As: Literature in translation, Scandal, The Guardian

Library employee is fired over a book-burning video

Posted on 02/19/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here’s a table-turning story of library books being destroyed: this time, it was a staffer, not a patron, who did...

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Tagged As: Libraries, Literary Hub, Scandal

Book about transgender boy causes stir in Utah elementary school

Posted on 02/12/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A Utah school district has suspended its Diversity Equity Council and a book-bundle program that the council oversaw … over...

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Tagged As: BookRiot, Children's literature, Scandal

DOJ drops lawsuit over a tell-all book about Melania Trump

Posted on 02/11/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Department of Justice has dropped a lawsuit against the author of a tell-all memoir about Melania Trump. The Huffington...

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Tagged As: Lawsuit, Memoir, Politics, Scandal

Historians: Revised version of "Outrages" is still inaccurate

Posted on 02/08/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Naomi Wolf may not have been thinking about the reaction to her book Outrages when she chose its title. By...

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Tagged As: History, Nonfiction, Scandal, The Guardian

Poetry magazine's incarcerated-poets issue draws criticism

Posted on 02/05/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Poetry Foundation is in the public eye for not-so-good reasons once again. Last year, the president and board chair...

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Tagged As: Poetry, Scandal, The Guardian