National Book Award winner about civil rights figure makes finals for new youth literary prize

New prize for young adult books announced

BOSTON — A book about civil rights heroine Claudette Colvin that won a National Book Award last month is among the five finalists for a new prize for young adult nonfiction.

SF Bay area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address other biases

SF Bay schools phase out gay-friendly curriculum

Bay Area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address more kinds of bias

Bay schools phase out gay-friendly curriculum

Rare George Washington letter and Edgar Allen Poe poems set world records at NYC auction

George Washington, Poe auction records set in NYC

Rare copy of 1st Poe book, ‘Tamerlane,’ could fetch record for American literature in NYC sale

Rare 1st Poe book could fetch record at NY auction

Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue” goes platinum just 2 weeks after release

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UK: American author wins Bad Sex in Fiction prize with bestselling epic ‘The Kindly Ones’

US author Littell wins Bad Sex in fiction prize

Fragmentary Nabokov novel published in Russia, despite author’s request that it be burned

Fragmentary Nabokov novel published in Russia

Mexico’s Jose Emilio Pacheco wins Cervantes Prize, Spanish-speaking world’s top literary honor

Mexican Pacheco wins Cervantes literary award

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AP source: Sarah Palin’s book “Going Rogue” sells 700,000 copies in its first week

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“Going Rogue” sells 300,000 copies its first day

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Maine author wins National Book Award for account of young civil rights pioneer

Winning author tells story of civil rights pioneer

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National Book Awards celebrate New York stories as honorees ponder the future of literature

Colum McCann novel wins national award for fiction

New York novel, Vanderbilt biography win National Book Awards

Novelist Colum McCann wins book award

NEW YORK — Colum McCann’s “Let the Great World Spin,” a novel about daring, luck and mortality in 1970s New York, won the fiction prize Wednesday night at the 60th annual National Book Awards.

Tales of rich and poor are featured themes at upcoming National Book Awards ceremony

Tales of rich and poor loom large at book awards

Karl Rove memoir coming in March, will be titled ‘Courage and Consequence’

Karl Rove memoir coming in March

NEW YORK — Karl Rove’s memoir has a title, “Courage and Consequence,” and a release date — March 9, 2010.

AP: In memoir, Palin says McCain aides cramped her style, but not a single word about Levi

AP: Palin book goes after McCain camp but not Levi

In new book, Palin says McCain aides kept her ‘bottled up’; Couric was ‘badgering’ and biased

Palin in book: McCain aides kept me ‘bottled up’

Palin’s book confirms there was tension between her aides and those of Sen. John McCain

Palin’s book confirms tension with McCain aides

Palin book confirms tension with McCain aides

Palin confirms tension with McCain aides

NEW YORK — The rumors are true, according to Sarah Palin: The McCain-Palin campaign was not a happy family.

Book review: British historian retells the story of WWII through 3 colorful generals

Book Review: Story of WWII told through 3 generals

Gay marriage foes win in Maine and California with message about schools

Gay marriage foes win with message about schools

New biography offers fascinating picture of President Woodrow Wilson’s life and times

New Woodrow Wilson bio presents a complex figure

‘Devil’s Dream’ tells story of Civil War general and Klan founder

Story told of contradictory Civil War general

Obama’s half brother publishes novel that describes abusive father they shared

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