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<em>Author Kate Winkler Dawson, at the former site of the Durfee Farm in Fall River, Mass.</em>

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A minister was acquitted of a brutal 1832 murder. A new book revisits the case

In the world of true crime, Fall River, Mass. is known for Lizzie Borden, but another murder 60 years earlier captivated New England. Kate Winkler Dawson tells the story in The Sinners All Bow.

January 26, 2025
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  • Melissa Gray
One man talks to another man on March 8, 2020, through a makeshift barricade wall built to control entry and exit to a residential compound in Wuhan, Hubei, China.

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  • Author Interviews

5 years after Fang Fang recorded Wuhan lockdown, 2 of her books are being translated

Chinese author Fang Fang posted notes online while being quarantined in Wuhan. They became Wuhan Diary. She talks with us about two more of her books now coming to English readers.

January 24, 2025
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  • John Ruwitch
<em>Jules Feiffer at work on proof sheets from his first book,</em> Sick, Sick, Sick <em>in New York in 1958.</em>

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Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and playwright, dies at 95

Feiffer was best known for illustrating the children's classic "The Phantom Tollbooth." His loopy lines left a lasting mark on art, literature and film.

January 21, 2025
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  • Etelka Lehoczky
A screenshot of the "Created by Humans" website.

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  • Book News & Features

Major authors hope new AI licensing site will help them keep control of their books

In the wake of several lawsuits involving authors suing AI companies for allegedly scraping their literary works to train models, some big-name writers are signing on to a new AI licensing platform.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Author Neil Gaiman at an event for Audible celebrating <em>The Sandman: Act III</em> in 2022.

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One longtime Gaiman fan on where we go from here

Pop culture critic Glen Weldon says he can't separate the art from the artist. But in light of the sexual abuse allegations against Gaiman, he will separate himself from the author's future work.

January 18, 2025
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  • Glen Weldon
Previously unknown poems show Woolf as a fun aunt. She's pictured above in 1902.

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Newly discovered poems show Virginia Woolf as a fun aunt

A researcher — who was looking for something else — stumbled onto two poems by Virginia Woolf. The silly, punny, quickly drafted poems were written for her niece and nephew sometime after March 1927.

January 17, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
A sexual assault evidence collection kit is checked in by a forensic analyst for testing in the biology lab at the Houston Forensic Science Center in 2015.

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  • Author Interviews

A woman invented the rape kit. So why was a man given credit for it?

Rape kits were widely known as "Vitullo Kits" after a Chicago police sergeant. But a new book tells the story of Marty Goddard, a community activist who worked with runaway teenagers in the 1970s.

January 16, 2025
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  • Tonya Mosley
In <em>The Half Known Life, </em>Pico Iyer traveled around the world to discover what different cultures and religions perceive as paradise<em>. </em>His new memoir is <em>Aflame: Learning from Silence.</em>

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Years ago, writer Pico Iyer lost everything in a wildfire. This is what he learned

After a 1990 wildfire destroyed his home and possessions, Iyer started over. The loss led him to a Benedictine monastery, where he found comfort and compassion in solitude. His new memoir is Aflame.

January 15, 2025
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  • Terry Gross

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  • Book Reviews

Show up to your next book club meeting with these 12 reading recommendations

Sometimes you finish a book and just have to talk about it with someone else. If your book club is looking for its next conversation-sparking title we have a dozen for you!

January 15, 2025
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  • Dhanika Pineda
Neil Gaiman attends the 73rd National Book Awards in November 2022 in New York City.

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  • Books

Neil Gaiman has responded to sexual misconduct allegations

The accusations stretch back decades and first became public last summer. Gaiman wrote, "I'm far from a perfect person, but I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone. Ever."

January 14, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Pope Francis waves from the Popemobile in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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  • Religion

Five things we learn about Pope Francis from his new memoir

In Pope Francis' autobiography Hope he reiterates themes of his papacy like hatred of war and unchecked capitalism, and a desire for the Catholic Church to be seen as a field hospital, not a fortress.

January 14, 2025
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  • Daniel Burke
Brooke Shields at the New York City Ballet in October 2024. Her new book, <em>Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old, </em>is out Jan. 14, 2025.

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  • Books

In a new book, Brooke Shields opens up about a non-consensual, intimate surgery

In Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old the actor discusses female aging and agency, and waking up from a surgery to learn the doctor made changes to her body that were unapproved.

January 10, 2025
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  • Dhanika Pineda

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  • Book Reviews

12 eye-opening reads to kick-start your 2025 reading goals

There are so many great books to look forward to in 2025. But first, you'll want to catch up on these perspective-shifting titles from 2024, exploring art, the afterlife, nuns, nuclear war — and more.

January 10, 2025
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  • Dhanika Pineda

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  • Books

We can't wait to read these 10 books hitting shelves soon

From the fictional story of a pregnant woman stuck in an IKEA during an earthquake, to in-depth reporting on Alzheimer's research, here are the books we're looking forward to in the next few months.

January 09, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
Author Zora Neale Hurston sits for a portrait.

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How Zora Neale Hurston's posthumous novel was rescued from a fire and published

Nearly lost in a fire, Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' is out more than 60 years after her death. The novel expands on her interest in the ancient king of Judea.

January 07, 2025
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  • Adriana Gallardo
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