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Nashville turns Poetry in Motion program into contest for local poetsPrevious years saw cities draping buses and subway cars with text from poems by famous writers. Now the Music City is asking a panel to choose works by local writers for display.
Six books compete for the prize of Oddest Book Title of the YearThe Bookseller magazine will be giving out the award for the thirty-fifth year in a row, with competitors including 'Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop' and 'How To Sharpen Pencils.'
"The Double V" and "The Slaves' Gamble"Two recent releases chronicle the contentious history of blacks in the US military.
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Three indie bookstores file lawsuit against Amazon and Big Six publishersThe stores charge that secret agreements made between the publishers and Amazon give Amazon the advantage in selling e-books, but some industry observers find flaws in their logic.
'The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend': 8 stories from the set In "The Searchers," writer Glenn Frankel explores the making of the movie which is often called the best Western of all time.
Patricia Cornwell wins lawsuit against financial firmPatricia Cornwell 鈥� thriller author and creator of Kay Scarpetta 鈥� was awarded $51 million in damages from the financial firm that she says caused her to miss a book deadline.
Bill O'Reilly book: 'Killing Jesus' due out in SeptemberBill O'Reilly book: 'Killing Jesus: A History' is due out in September says publisher. Bill O'Reilly has also written books titled "Killing Lincoln" and "Killing Kennedy."
Ron Paul will pen book advocating a free-market approach to educationThe former congressman's book, titled 'New School Manifesto,' is scheduled for a September release.
Russian meteorite: Not the first strange event in the skies of SiberiaScience writer Surendra Verma looks back at the 'Tunguska event,' a mysterious occurrence in Siberia in 1908 which, like the 2013 meteorite, caused injuries and damage when the sky exploded.
A new work by Haruki Murakami is arriving in April 鈥� but only in JapaneseMurakami's Japanese publisher Bungeishunju and his US representation, Knopf, have not indicated when the book will be translated into English.
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David Foster Wallace: 10 quotes on his birthday Here, from modern literary master David Foster Wallace, are 10 quotes to celebrate his life.
CitizenvilleGavin Newsom wants social media to reinvent government.
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New James Bond novel will arrive this fallBooker Prize-nominated author William Boyd is the newest writer to be asked to pen a Bond adventure by the estate of the original spy author, Ian Fleming.
Debbie Ford, author of 'The Dark Side of the Light Chasers,' diesDebbie Ford wrote 'The Dark side of the Light Chasers,' a self-help book. Debbie Ford built on her self-help books to become a lecturer, teacher, self-help coach at the The Ford Institute for Transformational Training. Ford passed on Sunday.
Kate Middleton criticized by Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize winnerKate Middleton was verbally attacked by Hilary Mantel, the first Briton to twice win the coveted Man Booker prize for fiction. In her attack, Hilary Mantel described Kate Middleton as 'a shop-window mannequin, with no personality.'
The Myth of MartyrdomSuicide bombers are the opposite of brave, argues Adam Lankford.
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