The StraightForward Foundation helps Russian authors publish abroad. Here are the French and Russian edition covers of a book about the Russian mercenary Wagner Group, by Ilia Barabanov and Denis Korotkov. Edition Flammarion; Meduza.io hide caption
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Gabriel García Márquez greets journalists and neighbors on his birthday outside his house in Mexico City on March 6, 2014. Edgard Garrido/Reuters hide caption
Gabriel García Márquez's last novel is published against his wishes
Meg Medina was named a national youth ambassador by the Library of Congress. Scott Elmquist hide caption
Meg Medina is the first Latinx ambassador for young people's literature
Jason Reynolds, pictured at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2019, has spent the last three years speaking with students across the United States in his role as national ambassador for young people's literature. Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images hide caption
Literature ambassador Jason Reynolds knows young people have a story of their own
A still from the 1961 Hindi film Kabuliwala, directed by Hemen Gupta. Kabuliwala (1961) hide caption
This 19th-century short story might help combat racism against refugees today
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The National Book Foundation released its annual book award longlists on Friday. Pornsawan Sangmanee / EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm hide caption
Author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. Talya Zemach-Bersin hide caption
Pakistani author Mohammed Hanif says copies of the Urdu translation of his irreverent novel, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, were seized from his publisher's office this week. The book was published in English in 2008 to wide international acclaim and was translated into Urdu in September. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
Quilp, the epitome of evil in Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop, seen here with Little Nell, is a dwarf with the head of a giant and a "few discolored fangs" for teeth. But his most grotesque trait is his trick of drinking "boiling tea without winking" and eating "hard eggs, shell and all." Culture Club/Getty Images hide caption
Israeli writer Amos Oz, shown here in 2015, died Friday at age 79. picture alliance via Getty Image hide caption
Attendees peruse the books available at last weekend's Karachi Literary Festival. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
Ah yes, the erotic color variation of an aged bathtub. Robert Easton/Flickr hide caption
Tavon Tanner tears up before his surgery at Lurie Children's Hospital in October 2016. This photograph is part of the Chicago Tribune series that earned E. Jason Wambsgans the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Courtesy of Columbia University hide caption
#ThanksForTyping began a conversation on the uncredited female labor in academia. askmenow/Getty Images hide caption