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Book Review: Isabel Allende's 'The Wind Knows My Name' explores lives of 2 children adrift alone
PHOENIX (AP) — "The Wind Knows My Name" by Isabel Allende (Ballantine Books) Prolific Latin American-born author Isabel Allende skillfully braids the traumatic stories of two young children separated from each other by decades and thousands of miles
Jun 5, 2023 9:48 AM
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Book Review: Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell pens powerful graphic memoir 'The Talk'
“The Talk” by Darrin Bell (Henry Holt & Company) Seeing the other children at the park playing with water guns, Darrin asks his mom for one. Her immediate response: No.
Jun 5, 2023 8:06 AM
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Book Review: 'George,' a memoir by Frieda Hughes, is about saving and being saved by a wild bird
“George: A Magpie Memoir,” by Frieda Hughes (Avid Reader Press) Frieda Hughes in an English poet and painter who has built a following on birding Instagram (@friedahughes) with her beguiling videos of owls.
Jun 5, 2023 7:59 AM
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Book Review: ‘Mozart in Motion’ by Patrick Mackie seeks to bring composer to life in new ways
“Mozart in Motion: His Work and His World in Pieces” by Patrick Mackie (Macmillan Publishers). Writing a biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart nowadays is no easy task.
Jun 5, 2023 7:33 AM
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How much of yourself do you reveal in a poem? Griffin Poetry Prize nominees weigh in
TORONTO — All five poets shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize this year write in the first person, oftentimes about their lives. But they say it would be a mistake to take their work as non-fiction.
Jun 5, 2023 3:00 AM
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Suit challenges Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over 'harmful' materials
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Friday challenges an Arkansas law that would subject librarians and booksellers to criminal charges if they provide “harmful” materials to minors.
Jun 2, 2023 1:12 PM
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Connecticut board votes against banning books after acrimonious debate over sexual content
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut board of education has voted two keep two books on its town's high school shelves after weeks of acrimonious debate over book-banning that culminated in the resignation of two Republican board members.
Jun 2, 2023 12:50 PM
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Book Review: 'The Celebrants' by Steven Rowley will make you want to call an old friend
“The Celebrants” by Steven Rowley (G.P. Putnam's Sons) Steven Rowley is one of those authors where if you read one of his novels, his name gets added to a mental “TBR” (to-be read) list.
Jun 1, 2023 10:17 AM
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Jasmine Sealy's 'The Island of Forgetting' wins Amazon Canada First Novel Award
TORONTO — An intergenerational saga about a family that runs a beachfront hotel has won the Amazon Canada First Novel Award. Jasmine Sealy took home the $60,000 prize for "The Island of Forgetting.
Jun 1, 2023 8:56 AM
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Adaptation or recreation? The art of translating poetry into another language
TORONTO — Among the five works nominated for this year's Griffin Poetry Prize is a collection from Iman Mersal, whose unflinching poems put in stark terms the realities of everyday life.
May 31, 2023 8:42 AM
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