Poet Amanda Gorman performs "The Hill We Climb" during the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden. Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images hide caption
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When F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby in 1925, it didn't sell many copies. Now it's sold nearly 30 million. AP hide caption
Opinion: 'The Great Gatsby' Enters Public Domain But It Already Entered Our Hearts
Barry Lopez won the National Book Award in 1986 for Arctic Dreams. John W. Clark hide caption
Barry Lopez, Acclaimed Author And Traveler Beyond Many Horizons, Dies At 75
Arush Nand plays the young Arjie at his make-believe wedding in Funny Boy. ARRAY hide caption
In 'Funny Boy,' A Young Sri Lankan Gay Man Comes Of Age As Ethnic Tensions Explode
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Latinx Authors Celebrate Children's Literature In Virtual Festival
The Tattered Cover's location in Littleton, Colo. Andy Cross/Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption
Bob Woodward's book Rage was one of a wave of highly publicized books Simon & Schuster published this year critical of President Trump. Jim Watson/Getty Images hide caption
Author R.F. Kuang grounded her Poppy War books in her own interpretations of history, and her family's history. Kobi C. Felton hide caption
Pope Francis arrives at the window of his studio for the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday. Alessandra Tarantino/AP hide caption
An archival postcard of the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C., where much of the novel Even As We Breathe is set. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images hide caption
'Even As We Breathe': A First Novel From A Teacher Who Writes For Her Students
The Aspen Words Literary Prize honors fiction that "illuminates a vital contemporary issue." Erin Baiano/Aspen Words hide caption
William Shakespeare's First Folio is displayed at Christie's auction rooms in London earlier this year. The book was published in 1623 and contains 36 of Shakespeare's plays. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
Poet Louise Glück received the the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama in 2016. On Wednesday, Glück was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
The LatinxPitch for Kid Lit group just held their first Twitter event where writers and illustrators pitched ideas. Illustration by Tatiana Gardel/www.tatianagardel.com hide caption
Copies of The Room Where it Happened, a memoir by former national security adviser John Bolton, are seen at a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Glendale, Calif., in June. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption