In the ‘Vigilance of Stars,’ writer Patricia O’Donnell tells a tale of Mainers struggling to cope with absent fathers, dead brothers and incapacitated lovers.
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Taking a walk? Recite a poem to keep you company
A journalist vows to memorize poetry ‘maybe just for the pleasure of the language, the entirely new way of looking at the world.’
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Andrew Krivak’s ‘The Bear’ takes gentler approach to post-apocalyptic fiction
The last girl on Earth befriends a bear, but must fend for herself when winter induces him to hibernate.
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The declining fortunes of a founding family of Maine unspool with a light touch
In Jason Brown’s latest collection of linked stories, ‘A Faithful But Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed,’ everybody has plans for the family’s decaying property.
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Trump says he knows identity of ‘Anonymous’ tell-all writer
The senior administration official wrote an inside-the-White House account that painted the president as inept and dangerous.
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‘True Grit’ novelist Charles Portis dies at 86
The novel was first adapted as a film showcase for John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn. In 2010, the Coen brothers’ remake starred Jeff Bridges.
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Qandeel Baloch was dubbed Pakistan’s Kim Kardashian
A debut book by Sanam Maher explores the 26-year-old’s life and murder.
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Joan Silverman turns her acute, unsentimental lens on topics big and small
Written in graceful, unobtrusive prose, ‘Someday This Will Fit: Linked Essays, Meditations & Other Midlife Follies’ tackles chocolate-covered strawberries, home repair – and the loss of a parent.
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Colin Kaepernick to release memoir through his own new publishing company
Audible will release the spoken-word version and will partner with the Kaepernick Publishing imprint to create original content from and about influential figures.
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Missteps lead publishing industry to review diversity effort
Mexican American authors and others have cited ‘American Dirt’ as evidence of a publishing culture where white voices are valued above others.