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Master of Quirk:
At Quirk Books in Philadelphia, Jason Rekulak has produced—and helped write—a
string of bizarre bestsellers. Now he's written a novel under his own name.
Jhalak Prize
Shortlist Announced: David Olusoga and Gary Younge head the
inaugural shortlist for a new award honoring minority writers in the U.K.
Haruki
Murakami’s Metaphysics of Food: How meals and cooking are the
Japanese novelist's most deeply intimate subjects.
1950s Batman
Comic Stresses Equality: "Don’t believe those crackpot lies
about people who worship differently, or whose skin is of a different
color," says the Caped Crusader.
Auster: Free
Speech Is 'Black and White': Paul Auster on his first novel in
seven years, the future of good books, and how free speech is a "black and
white" issue.
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