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Jane Yolen, a children’s author who wrote about 450 books in practically every imaginable genre, including history, how-to, science fiction and poetry, and whose immensely popular children’s books, rich in folklore and fantasy, earned her the nickname “America’s Hans Christian Andersen,” died Thursday at her home in Hatfield, a town in western Massachusetts. She was
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the stories we covered this week at Book Riot. The state of Utah is banning the book blitz in 2026. On Friday, June 5, the state added its 35th book to the list
‘TeaHere’s a place in Italy that needs someone. Why don’t you pay attention to that?” Inspired by his two-year stint directing the Writers’ Residency at the Santa Maddalena Foundation outside Florence, with these words American writer Andrew Sean Greer launches Coco, Baronessa Lisabetta, a helpless, clueless innocent into the embrace of the Tuscan hills and
I The idea of writing a book about loneliness first came to me in 2012. I was 35 years old and had just moved to New York City when I became lost in a maze of isolation and sadness. A love relationship had ended suddenly while I was still high on expectations, excited with relief
Marjan Satrapi attends La Bande des Jotas Photocall during the 7th Rome Film Festival in Rome on November 16, 2012. Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images Marjan Satrapi, author of acclaimed graphic novels Persepolis And a leading champion for women’s rights in Iran died on Thursday. She was 56