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Amanda Gorman says she wrote "The Hill We Climb" — which she read at President Biden's inauguration — "so that all young people could see themselves in a historical moment." Gorman is seen here in February, at the Grammy Awards. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
Kenneth Anger attends MOCA's 35th Anniversary Gala in March 2014 in Los Angeles. Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for MOCA hide caption
Ben Wang as Jin Wang and Jim Liu as Wei-Chen in American Born Chinese. Disney+ hide caption
In 'American Born Chinese,' a beloved graphic novel gets Disney-fied
Translator Angela Rodel, left, and author Georgi Gospodinov have won the 2023 International Booker Prize for Time Shelter. They are pictured above in London on May 23, 2023. David Parry/The Booker Prizes hide caption
A school district's book screening process didn't violate civil rights laws — but it should have done a better job of handling the process, the U.S. Department of Education says. Terry Vine/Getty Images hide caption
Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in the series, XO, Kitty. Park Young-Sol/Netflix hide caption
During World War II, the American Red Cross Clubmobile corps (shown here on an airfield in England in 1943) provided donuts, coffee and friendly conversation to the troops. AP hide caption
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Luis Alberto Urrea pays tribute to WWII's forgotten volunteers — including his mother
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Luis Alberto Urrea pays tribute to WWII's forgotten volunteers — including his mother
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who directed the prosecution of former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, is releasing a book about his experience. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
The AG who prosecuted George Floyd's killers has ideas for how to end police violence
Writer Martin Amis has died at 73. Tom Craig/Bill Charles Agency hide caption
Experimental therapies for cancer can be tempting when you're sick, but many fail to offer any benefit. Cavan Images/Getty Images/Cavan Images RF hide caption
Romance writer Kennedy Ryan made history in 2019 as the first Black author to win one of the most prestigious romance fiction prizes — the RITA Award in the Best Contemporary Romance: Long category, for Long Shot. Kennedy Ryan hide caption
Author Salman Rushdie responds to questions during a news interview for the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala Thursday, May 18, 2023, in New York. Frank Franklin II/AP hide caption
Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the U.S., has sued a Florida county school board over its decisions to ban and restrict access to books. Joining the lawsuit are five authors, two parents of students and the advocacy group PEN America. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Penguin Random House and 5 authors are suing a Florida school board over book bans
Andy Cohen, the face of Bravo, says being a dad is his biggest challenge yet. "Everything has changed. My axis has changed. My priorities have changed. The way I live my life every day has changed," he said. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
Andy Cohen created a reality show empire but being a dad is his biggest challenge yet
What does it mean to illustrate Steely Dan? Illustrations by Joan LeMay/Courtesy of the University of Texas Press hide caption
Kwame Alexander says his new memoir reflects what he has learned about love from parenting. Harlin Miller hide caption
Kwame Alexander's memoir began as a book of love poems but morphed into so much more
R.F. Kuang says fiction should be about imagining outside our own perspective. John Packman hide caption