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Unemployed, living in a caravan - and now, winner of a $165,000 literary prize

Unemployed, living in a caravan - and now, winner of a $165,000 literary prize

Ali Cobby Eckermann, an Australian indigenous poet forcibly taken from her family as a child, discovered without warning last week she had just won one of the richest literary prizes in the world.
by Colin Dwyer

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America's 'complacent class': How self-segregation is leading to stagnation

America's 'complacent class': How self-segregation is leading to stagnation

Economist and author Tyler Cowen worries that Americans' desire to keep changing has gone away. "The forward march of progress," he says, "is not the main story today."
by Heidi Glenn

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So presidential: Alec Baldwin working on Trump satire

Actor Alec Baldwin is teaming with author Kurt Andersen on the satirical book "You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump."
by Associated Press

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Penguin Random House announces book deal with the Obamas

Penguin Random House announces book deal with the Obamas

In a statement Tuesday the publisher said it was "very much looking forward" to working with the former president and former first lady, who will each be writing a book.
by Maggie Penman

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'Lincoln in the Bardo' sets president among the dead

'Lincoln in the Bardo' sets president among the dead

George Saunders' novel opens with Lincoln visiting his dead son, in a crypt.
by Euan Kerr

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The perfect bookish response to the Oscars mix-up

The perfect bookish response to the Oscars mix-up

Lydia Sigwarth, a library assistant in Platteville, Wis., had the best response -- in books.
by Tracy Mumford

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'The Poky Little Puppy' and his fellow Little Golden Books are turning 75

'The Poky Little Puppy' and his fellow Little Golden Books are turning 75

Sold in supermarkets for just 25 cents, these inexpensive picture books -- with cheerful illustrations and golden spines -- were designed to democratize the children's book market.
by Lynn Neary

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'Dear Friend' is a fraught and unusual memoir

'Dear Friend' is a fraught and unusual memoir

Yiyun Li's first book of nonfiction is an unusual memoir -- one that examines her depression and suicidal thoughts by drifting through her memories and thoughts on literature.
by Mina Tavakoli

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