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Percival Everett's 'James' is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner prize for fiction

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Percival Everett’s “James” is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.

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Claire Jiménez’s “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez" wins the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Read full article: Claire Jiménez’s “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez" wins the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Claire Jiménez’s “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez,” a hard-hitting and comic novel set in New York City about a Puerto Rican family’s search for a missing girl, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

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Alice McDermott and Claire Jiménez are among 5 finalists for PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction

Read full article: Alice McDermott and Claire Jiménez are among 5 finalists for PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction

Alice McDermott’s novel about military wives in Vietnam, “Absolution,” and the Jamel Brinkley story collection “Witness” are among the finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award.

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Beloved author Kate DiCamillo talks writing and healing herself with new middle-grade novel 'Ferris'

Read full article: Beloved author Kate DiCamillo talks writing and healing herself with new middle-grade novel 'Ferris'

Children’s author Kate DiCamillo, known for “The Tale of Despereaux” and “Because of Winn-Dixie,” has a new book debuting this week called “Ferris.”.

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James McBride, Alice McDermott among authors on PEN/Faulkner award longlist

Read full article: James McBride, Alice McDermott among authors on PEN/Faulkner award longlist

Novels by James McBride and Alice McDermott and a short story collection by Jamel Brinkley are among the 10 books on the longlist for one of the literary world’s top prizes, the PEN/Faulkner award for fiction.

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Anthony Freud to retire as head of Lyric Opera of Chicago at end of 2023-24 season

Read full article: Anthony Freud to retire as head of Lyric Opera of Chicago at end of 2023-24 season

Anthony Freud will retire as general director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago at the end of the season, ending a 13-year tenure.

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Springsteen, Kaling, Louis-Dreyfus among 22 honored by Biden

Read full article: Springsteen, Kaling, Louis-Dreyfus among 22 honored by Biden

President Joe Biden welcomed a high-wattage collection of singers, authors, artists and humanitarians to the White House on Tuesday to present them with medals — and then stole the show himself with a quip about seeking reelection.

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Penguin Random House, PEN America team up to Book the Vote

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NEW YORK – Neil Gaiman, Anita Hill and Ann Patchett will be among the contributors to Book the Vote, an online initiative to provide information on the electoral system, voting registration and civic topics. Book the Vote is a collaboration among Penguin Random House, PEN America, the non-profit organization When We All Vote and the literary retailer Out of Print, which is owned by Penguin Random House. One feature is called “How America Works” and covers four topics: the right to vote, voting for the president, the Supreme Court and the electoral college. “Truth, facts, press freedom, and the future of open discourse are all on the ballot this November,” PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said in a statement. Noseel and Penguin Random House U.S. CEO Madeline McIntosh said they were pleased to be working together to provide credible and authoritative information about the U.S. election and voting rights.

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Novelist Patchett has Nashville bookstore customers swooning

Read full article: Novelist Patchett has Nashville bookstore customers swooning

(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Nashville bookstore that opened and thrived while others were closing their doors is once again defying the odds, thanks, in part, to its famous novelist co-owner. How could pandemic-stressed book purchasers resist a read she describes as a cross between a puppy and a warm bath? In addition to the book-related customer comments, a lot of posts also ask where Patchett gets her dresses. Parnassus opened in 2011, shortly after two large Nashville bookstores the once-independent Davis-Kidd and the chain store Borders shut down in quick succession. Despite the naysayers, Parnassus thrived.

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