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Unoriginal Alabama Legislator Wants to Ban Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye...
Today, in news that makes you wonder if you’ve time-warped back to the 1970s, an Alabama legislator is calling for the ban of Noble Prize winner Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye in the state’s schools....
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Announcing the Nominees for the 2013 National Book Awards, aka New Additions...
Book award season is upon us! Last week, under a new set of rules, the National Book Awards released four nominee longlists for the first time ever. This is fantastic news for book-lovers, as it gives...
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Dave Eggers’ New Book Accused Of Being a “Rewrite”
On Friday, author Kate Losse wrote an impassioned blog post accusing Dave Eggers’ forthcoming novel, The Circle, of being a “rewrite” of her book, The Boy Kings. She claims both that the two book’s...
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Shocking Twist In Third Bridget Jones Book Ruins Everyone’s Day
When an excerpt of Mad About The Boy, Helen Fielding’s third installment in the Bridget Jones series, was released on Sunday, fans were in for a shock. In it, Mark Darcy is dead, and Bridget is a...
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Shocking Poll Results That Might Make Book Nerds Everywhere Cry
A recent HuffPost/YouGov poll recently asked 1,000 Americans about their reading habits, and some of the results are dire enough to bring a book nerd to tears. 41% of the respondents had not read a...
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A Brief Introduction to Alice Munro, Nobel Prize Winner for Literature
Early this morning, it was announced that celebrated Canadian short story writer Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Over the course of fourteen collections of stories, Munro, who grew up...
View ArticleCurtis Sittenfeld’s Prep Will Be the HBO Prestige Comedy We Need and Deserve
Between True Blood, Game of Thrones, and The Leftovers, HBO has officially established itself as the network where good books go to become great television—even if (as with George R.R. Martin’s series)...
View ArticleOprah Names a New Book Club Selection
Twenty years ago, Oprah Winfrey launched a new feature of her legendary television show: Oprah’s Book Club, starting with inaugural pick The Deep End of the Ocean. Over the next 15 years, Oprah’s Book...
View ArticleBob Dylan Awarded 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
This year’s Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to musician and poet Bob Dylan, who rose to prominence as part of the 1960s folk music and counterculture scenes, and has since grown into the...
View Article4 Ways Barnes & Noble Can Help Students Save (or Even Make!) Money on Textbooks
Pop quiz! Do you find shopping for textbooks: a. Fun! I color-coordinate my outfits to match each book cover. b. A part of life. It has to get done, so I make sure to do in plenty of time. c. I just...
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