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Book News: A Q&A With Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Vijay Seshadri

April 15, 2014 • Also: Willy Blackmore writes about the several identities of his grandfather, John Farrar of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and research on reading comprehension for printed vs. digital books.

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Book News: Adichie, Tartt Are Finalists For National Book Critic's Circle Awards

January 13, 2014 • Also: Hilton Als on Amiri Baraka; The Chronicle of Higher Education takes a critical look at the "graying" New York Review of Books; and the best books coming out this week.

Book News: Oscar Hijuelos Remembered As 'A Cultural Pioneer'

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Book News: Oscar Hijuelos Remembered As 'A Cultural Pioneer'

October 15, 2013 • Also: Alice Walker will publish her diaries; Donna Tartt takes aim at grammar snobs; Carl Bernstein is writing a memoir about his early days.

Book News: Kipling Admitted Plagiarizing 'Promiscuously'

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Book News: Kipling Admitted Plagiarizing 'Promiscuously'

May 29, 2013 • Also: The next Bridget Jones book; and how novelist Donna Tartt came to be missing part of her ear.

Book News: Disgraced 'New Yorker' Author Talks Plagiarism — For A $20,000 Fee

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Book News: Disgraced 'New Yorker' Author Talks Plagiarism — For A $20,000 Fee

February 13, 2013 • Also: An award for the year's most cutting book review; how it feels to hold Sylvia Plath's hair; and Donna Tartt's new book will be out this fall.