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American author Paul Auster, prolific and experimental man of letters and filmmaker, dead at 77

Auster was known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as The New York Trilogy and 4321.

Brittney Griner working on memoir about 'unfathomable' Russian captivity

Saying she is ready to share the "unfathomable" experience of being arrested and incarcerated in Russia, basketball star Brittney Griner is working on a memoir that is scheduled for spring 2024.

Rally for author Salman Rushdie draws hundreds of supporters in New York

Friends and fellow authors spoke out on Salman Rushdie's behalf during a rally Friday on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library, one week after he was attacked onstage in the western part of the state and hospitalized with stab wounds.

Mo Ostin, music industry giant, dies at 95

Mo Ostin, who presided over Warner Bros. Records' rise to a sprawling, billion-dollar empire and helped discover and nurture artists from Jimi Hendrix to Green Day, has died.

Michelle Obama's book The Light We Carry coming this fall

The former first lady of the United States and bestselling author of the memoir Becoming is back with a new book. The Light We Carry reflects on her experiences and shares insights on navigating an increasingly stressful world. It will be available on Nov. 15, 2022.

Joy Harjo's new picture book Remember to come out in spring 2023

The picture book Remember,adapted from the American poet's celebrated poem of the same name, is scheduled for March 21, 2023. Harjo is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and a former U.S. poet laureate.

Ada Limn named the 24th U.S. poet laureate

The American poet and author of The Hurting Kind and the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning book The Carrying has been named the 24th U.S. poet laureate, officially called the poet laureate consultant in poetry.

Nobel Literature Prize winning poet Louise Glck to publish her first prose narrative this fall

American poet, essayist and 2010 Griffin Poetry Prize finalist Louise Glcks next book is a work of prose. Marigold and Rose: A Fiction will be published on Oct. 11, 2022.

U.S. poet Sonia Sanchez to receive Edwin MacDowell Medal

The American poet is this years winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, a lifetime achievement honour started in 1960 and previously given to Robert Frost, Toni Morrison and Stephen Sondheim among others.

Elliot Page memoir, Pageboy, coming in 2023

Elliot Page is working on a memoir, in which he will write about everything from his Oscar-nominated film career to becoming a prominent transgender person.