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Poet Mary Oliver speaks at the 2010 Women's Conference in California. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption
Beloved Poet Mary Oliver, Who Believed Poetry 'Mustn't Be Fancy,' Dies At 83
When the Gran Splendid Theater in Buenos Aires was converted into a branch of the Ateneo bookstore, the stage became a cafe. It was just named "the world's most beautiful bookstore" by National Geographic. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
In Red Dead Redemption 2, you don't exactly level up. Courtesy of Rockstar Games hide caption
Robert Bly, pictured here in 1980, is known as the chief proponent of the Men's Movement of the 1990s. But in the poetry world, he's known for emotionally charged work about nature, the Vietnam War and personal unburdening. Alan Gilbert Purcell/Fairfax Media via Getty Images hide caption
In the story "The Mole and the Sun," Mole's mother is sick. A medical seer tells him she will recover if his friend Ya Sun can orbit the earth in the opposite direction that it's rotating. The sobering moral is that you can't go against the rules of nature. Pieter Henket hide caption
Blue flag blooming along Walden Pond in early fall. Screenshot courtesy of USC Game Innovation Lab hide caption
Author Glory Edim uses her literary society to signal boost emerging black women writers. Jai Lennard/Courtesy of Penguin Random House hide caption
Kate DiCamillo's career as an author of children's literature took off after she moved from Florida to Minnesota. Catherine Smith/Courtesy of Candlewick Press hide caption
The Aspen Words literary prize is given to works of fiction that address contemporary issues. Erin Baiano hide caption
Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor, publisher and former President of Marvel Comics, attends the premiere of Doctor Strange in 2016. Lee died Monday at the age of 95. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
Comic book legend Stan Lee poses at the opening reception for "Stan Lee: A Retrospective" presented by the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art on Feb. 23, 2007 in New York City. Mat Szwajkos/Getty Images hide caption
NPR host Audie Cornish interviews former first lady Michelle Obama about her memoir Becoming in Chicago, Ill., Nov. 2. Chuck Kennedy for NPR hide caption
Michelle Obama on Princeton
Glory Edim, the founder of the Well-Read Black Girl book club and community, has edited a new collection of essays by black woman authors. Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Instagram hide caption
Haruki Murakami, appearing at Waseda University in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2018. The author was there to announce that he will donate his archives to the school, his alma mater. Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
In the jacket art for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry faces off against Voldemort. It's among the items on display in a new exhibit at the New-York Historical Society. Mary GrandPré/Courtesy of Warner Bros. Corporate Archive hide caption
The 2018 Kirkus Prize winners (from left to right): Severance, by Ling Ma; Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James; Call Them by Their True Names, by Rebecca Solnit. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Agate Bolden; Haymarket Books hide caption
