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New American Quarter plays will feature Maya Angelou, Sally Ride, and other historic women
The United States Mint began shipping the first coins of the American Women Quarters (AWQ) program. These outstanding quarters honoring Maya Angelou are manufactured at the Mint's facilities in Philadelphia and Denver. Pieces featuring…
Record-breaking publishing deal for Ratan Tata’s authorized biography
Authorized Biography of Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata, one of India's best-known industrialists and philanthropists, set record in non-fiction publishing in India, with HarperCollins winning global…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The future-proof worker, illustrated
Research from the McKinsey Global Institute looked at the type of jobs that will be lost, as well as those that will be created, as automation, AI and robotics take hold. And he deduced the type of high level skills that will become…
Ujamaa, a Columbus Black-owned bookstore, centers the Black experience
The fourth principle of Kwanzaa is "ujamaa", the Swahili word for cooperative economy.Beyond sharing the name, the Ujamaa bookstore is an appropriate representation of the practice.For example, Mustafaa Shabazz opened the Driving Park store…
5 new books by Cape Cod authors
The holidays are over, the weather is cold, and there are a myriad of other reasons you want to stay indoors and snuggle up with a book. Local authors have some ideas, with books published on a variety of topics published in recent…
Rehana Munir’s humor: the bright sparks of 2021
Day 2 of 2022. We crawled out of our hangovers, found homes for all our leftovers, and renewed our vows to be model citizens in the event of a pandemic. The past year has been troubling, and I have my foot on the pedal, but not without a…
Obituary: Charles P. Conrad | Montclair local news
Charles P. "Charlie" Conrad de Montclair, whose long career in book publishing included editing some of the biggest names in fiction and non-fiction, died on November 21, 2021 at his home of complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.…
11 St. Louis-Based Books to Put on Your 2022 List
The best part of my job is that I read a lot. If a St. Louis author has a new book - or even a non-St. Louis' author's new book touches the city so much that it almost always ends up in my mailbox.…
Joan Didion’s 7 best books, from essays to fiction
On Thursday, it was announced that prolific writer Joan Didion had passed away at the age of 87. An executive at her publisher, Knopf, confirmed the author's death to TODAY in an email and said Didion died at her Manhattan home from…
Winter’s Tale: Iron County reporter 2022 news contest | Iron River Publications, Inc.
The Reporter is excited to present their first short story writing competition. The contest titled "A Winter's Tale: 2022 Iron County Reporter Short Story Contest" is the first of its kind at The Reporter.
Entries for…