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Health
Cheri Pies, Author of “Considering Parenthood,” Dies at 73
Public health professor Cheri Pais, who broke barriers with her groundbreaking 1985 book Thinking Custody: A Workbook for Lesbians that…
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Mary Ann Hoberman, Rhyming Children’s Author, Dies at 92
Mary Ann Hoberman has published dozens of rhyme-filled books aimed at encouraging children to read, especially aloud, and to help…
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Elizabeth Gilbert, Author of ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ Pulls New Book Set In Russia
Best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert announced Monday that she will postpone the publication of her forthcoming book indefinitely after receiving criticism…
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Asked to Delete References to Racism From Her Book, an Author Refused
The most personal story Maggie Tokuda Hall has ever written about how her grandparents met and fell in love in…
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Book Review: ‘Death of an Author,’ by Aidan Marchine
Detectives disguised as Firmin scholars are hanging around. His AI program, which Firmin and Gibson were working on, begins impersonating…
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Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, Reassuring Best-Selling Author, Dies at 88
God is endowed with infinite love and justice, but because he wields only limited power to prevent evil, he is…
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Movies
Nicholas Evans, Author of ‘The Horse Whisperer,’ Dies at 72
British journalist-turned-author Nicholas Evans broke publishing and film records with his novel-turned-film The Horse Whisperer, along with readers’ hearts that…
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Elana Dykewomon, Author Who Explored Lesbian Lives, Dies at 72
(“I wish I had called myself Daikewomon,” she joked earlier this year in an interview with J: Northern California Jewish…
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Peter Beagle, Author of ‘The Last Unicorn,’ Is Back In Control
“My only other job was borrowing from people,” he said. “The point was to survive.” Beagle has been married three…
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Melissa Bank, Author Whose ‘Girls’ Guide’ Was a Phenomenon, Dies at 61
Melissa Bank, the witty and acerbic author whose first book, A Girl’s Guide to Hunting and Fishing, became a global…
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