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Publisher Scholastic Backtracks on Isolating Works on Race and Gender
The company was faulted for the practice, which it said was an effort to help schools navigate new laws restricting…
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News
The Taylor and Travis Fan Fiction That’s Tearing TikTok Apart
“Roughing the Princess,” an erotic e-book inspired by an actual relationship, veered too close to reality for many of Taylor…
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Visit the Library From the Comfort of Your Own Phone
With a free library card and the right app, you can check out e-books, audiobooks and more from your local…
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Opinion
With War in Israel, the Cancel Culture Debate Comes Full Circle
Nathan Thrall’s searing new book, “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama,” struck me as important even before the…
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Opinion
Natalie Zemon Davis, Historian of the Marginalized, Dies at 94
She wrote of peasants, unsung women, border crossers and, most popularly, Martin Guerre, a 16th-century village impostor recalled in a…
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News
Since the War, Events About Palestinian Culture Have Been Called Off
Some fear that the raft of cancellations at this moment of war and tragedy is limiting opportunities to foster dialogue…
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Opinion
Eve Bunting, 94, Dies; Tackled Adult Themes in Children’s Books
Many of the more than 250 books she published explored contemporary social issues; others retold fables from her native Northern…
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Books
Helen Garner Keeps ‘Paradise Lost’ and a Bible Close at Hand
What books are on your night stand? “Urn Burial,” by Sir Thomas Browne, “Paradise Lost,” by John Milton, the King…
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Opinion
Stephen Rubin, ‘Quintessential Hitmaker’ of the Book World, Dies at 81
He entered publishing when he was 43, then published many of the most popular books of recent decades, including “The…
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For Book Fairs, Scholastic Will Separate Titles That Deal With Race and Gender
Schools can opt to display these books — or not. The list includes biographies of the civil rights icon John…