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Playwright who inspired ‘Moonlight’ wins PEN awardFeb 23, 2017The playwright who inspired the Oscar-nominated movie “Moonlight” has won a prize from PEN America, the literary and human rights organization. Tarell Alvin McCraney received an award for best midca...
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Books on conservatism and rural whites up for Lukas PrizeFeb 22, 2017Jane Mayer’s “Dark Money” and Zachary Roth’s “The Great Suppression” are among several works about the modern conservative movement and rural whites that are on the short list for the J. Anthony Luka...
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Diaz, Nguyen contributing to book about age of TrumpFeb 14, 2017Pulitzer Prize winners Junot Diaz, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Jane Smiley are among 32 writers contributing to a book of letters responding to the election of President Donald Trump. Vintage Books told T...
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Margaret Atwood says Trump win boosted sales of her dystopian classicFeb 13, 2017Canada‘s best-known writer Margaret Atwood said it was largely worries about women’s issues after the US election that made her book “The Handmaid’s Tale” the latest dystopian novel to shoot back up ... -
Stephen King and son Owen King to team up at book conventionFeb 8, 2017NEW YORK (AP) -- This year’s BookExpo will feature a popular father-and-son combination: Stephen and Owen King. Convention organizers ReedPop told the Associated Press on Tuesday that the authors w...
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UK newspaper to spotlight Korean poems in regular featureFeb 7, 2017Korean poems will become a regular feature in the Guardian newspaper this year. The poems -- selected in partnership with Asymptote, a website specializing in translations of literature -- will be f... -
New book details old New Orleans’ hooker directoriesFeb 5, 2017NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- “Josie came to this city ... to have a good time and she is going to have it while she lasts,” one madam advertised in a 1903 directory of Storyville, then New Orleans’ flourishin... -
Coelho, local authors slam books seizure in east LibyaJan 25, 2017TRIPOLI (AFP) - Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho joined more than 100 Libyan writers and intellectuals Monday in condemning security forces for seizing books deemed “erotic” or anti-Islamic. Coelho’s...
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Tips on using newspapers to learn EnglishJan 23, 2017“English Learning Tips Based on English Newspapers ENIE” by Yang Sung-jin; Surprise Publishing (272 pages, 15,000 won) English newspapers in South Korea have a long history. The Korea Herald, for in... -
Book spurs rising above theological comfort zoneJan 20, 2017Evangelical Christians and reform-minded Protestants have reason to celebrate the recent publication of “Thinking the Think,” a book that critically engages their cherished beliefs and encourages the... -
Korean novelist evokes horrors of Gwangju massacreJan 20, 2017“Human Acts: A Novel” by Han Kang; Hogarth (224 pages, $22) In May of 1980, the South Korean government turned its guns on its own people, murdering hundreds in the city of Gwangju who had been prot... -
Audiobooks boom in digital, multitasking ageJan 19, 2017NEW YORK (AFP) -- Curling up with a paperback may be a forgotten luxury for many thanks to today’s busy lifestyles, but listening to a book on the go, while shopping or jogging, is fast becoming the ... -
‘Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films’ Review -- Molly Haskell trains her keen eye on the directorJan 13, 2017“Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films” By Molly Haskell Yale University Press (228 pages, $25) Film critics are not usually celebrated for their sense of charity. They’re not usually celebrated at al... -
Korean edition of Playboy to be launched in JuneJan 11, 2017US magazine “Playboy” will start issuing a Korean version from June, a South Korean magazine publisher said Tuesday. Playboy Enterprises, the owner of the magazine, has signed a contract with Korea’... -
Korean poet Ko Un to be honored by Italy's Fondazione RomaJan 11, 2017Poet Ko Un will receive an award from Italy-based Fondazione Roma, Changbi Publishers said Wednesday. According to the publisher, the poet was chosen as the recipient of the annual award presented t...
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