Called ‘dostadning,’ from the words for cleaning and death, it is part of Swedish culture.
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Author Nora Johnson, best known for ‘World of Henry Orient,’ dies
She also wrote stories of her father, Hollywood screenwriter, producer and director Nunnally Johnson.
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Viola Davis writing new ‘Corduroy’ children’s book
‘Corduroy Takes a Bow’ comes out Sept. 11, 2018, marking the original book’s 50th anniversary.
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In Joan Dempsey’s debut, an art history professor faces secrets of past as a WWII resistance fighter
Frighteningly, her modern-day world begins to resemble that of the Nazi-occupied Poland she used to know.
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From fantasy novelist Elizabeth Bear, yet another universe with an irresistible mix of politics, sorcery and derring-do
Though surrounded by powerful enemies, the young queen in ‘The Skull in the Stone,’ is no pushover.
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‘Remains of the Day’ author Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize for Literature
The choice of the British novelist marks a return to conventional literature after 2 consecutive years in which the prize went to non-traditional recipients.
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National Book Awards boss brings quest to ‘de-snob’ literature to Portland
Lisa Lucas is coming to town Thursday to talk about the cultural vitality of books.
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Unlikely fellow travelers take to the open road in ‘Paradox Bound’
A small-town Maine guy and car-driving, gun-toting time-traveler team up in Peter Clines’s rewarding fantasy.
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Scarred by a childhood of abuse, author makes a liberating break from her unrepentant parents
Jessica Berger Gross chronicles the abuse, and her journey past it, in her new memoir.
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Maine children’s author Andrew Clements is an expert on elementary school
His latest middle-grade novel, ‘The Losers Club,’ about a boy who gets in trouble for reading too much, came out in August.