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Languages of Love: 3 Children’s Books About Sight, Sound and the Written Word
What children who face eyesight, hearing and literacy challenges can decipher may be limited, but what they appreciate and celebrate knows no bounds.
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Another Battle Royale in the Windsor War
In “Endgame,” Harry and Meghan’s sympathetic biographer, Omid Scobie, takes on the in-laws — and takes no prisoners.
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World
Paul Lynch Wins Booker Prize for ‘Prophet Song’
The judges for the prestigious award were not unanimous in their decision to select this novel, which depicts an Ireland descending into totalitarianism.
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World
South Korea’s City of Books
A satellite city 22 miles northwest of Seoul, South Korea, Paju is small, with a population of around half a million. The streets are quieter than those of the bustling capital, the air cleaner and the pace of life half a beat slower. While many ...
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My First Trip to ‘Rubyfruit Jungle’
Molly Bolt may not be as renowned as Holden Caulfield, but to those who know her name, she is as much (if not more) of a literary hero. The precocious and fearless protagonist of Rita Mae Brown’s 1973 novel “Rubyfruit Jungle” has served as a model of ...
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Mick Herron Has Made a Blockbuster Career Writing About Foul-Ups and Has-Beens
The author of the “Slow Horses” series says he relates more with failures. With millions of books sold and the third season of the series airing next month, he may have to wrap his head around success.
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A Masterpiece About a Masterpiece, for All Ages
An enchanting work by Italy’s foremost living children’s author is finally available in English.
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World
A.S. Byatt, Scholar Who Found Literary Fame With Fiction, Dies at 87
One of Britain’s most ambitious and intellectual novelists, she won the Booker Prize with “Possession,” her 1990 tale of illicit love spanning two centuries.
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Roger Kastel, ‘Jaws’ Poster Artist, Dies at 92
A prolific illustrator, he was most closely associated with the image that made the “Jaws” paperback a runaway best seller, and the blockbuster film it inspired an enduring classic.
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Justin Torres, Author of ‘Blackouts,’ Wins National Book Award for Fiction
Ned Blackhawk received the nonfiction award, with “The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History.”