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Not so fast: Many Nobel winners endured initial rejections

Some of the world’s most innovative ideas and creations have started out in a rejection pile. One of this year’s…

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The Latest: Atwood, Evaristo joint winners of Booker Prize

The latest on the awarding of this year’s Booker Prize for fiction (all times local): 9:55 p.m. Canadian writer Margaret…

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Kevin Smith crafts his ‘real big cinematic gravestone’

Twenty-five years after “Clerks,” Kevin Smith says he’s crafted his “real big cinematic gravestone.” The 49-year-old writer-director-actor said a major…

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Review: ‘Curious Toys’ has deliciously creepy setting

“Curious Toys,” Little, Brown and Co., by Elizabeth Hand An amusement park with its odd corners, dark mysterious rides, nefarious-looking…

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Cha’s story is about race, redemption and forgiveness

“Your House Will Pay: a Novel,” Ecco, by Steph Cha The “house” in Steph Cha’s riveting first stand-alone novel references…

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‘Good Man Gone Bad’ is dark, brooding tale

“Good Man Gone Bad: An Aaron Gunner Mystery,” Prospect Park Books, by Gar Anthony Haywood Twenty years ago, novelist Gar…

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‘Good Man Gone Bad’ is dark, brooding tale

“Good Man Gone Bad: An Aaron Gunner Mystery,” Prospect Park Books, by Gar Anthony Haywood Twenty years ago, novelist Gar…

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New stories of an aging Olive in ‘Olive, Again’

“Olive, Again,” Random House, by Elizabeth Strout It should come as no surprise that Olive Kitteridge does not mellow with…

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Calls for Trump to condemn violent parody video

Journalists covering the White House are calling on President Donald Trump to condemn a graphically violent parody video, which was…

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NY Times: Violent parody video shown at Trump resort

A graphically violent parody video, shown at a meeting of President Donald Trump’s supporters at his Miami resort, depicted a…

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