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Author Junot Diaz cleared to teach at US university after investigation
Source: The GuardianMIT finds no evidence to prevent writer returning to teach following misconduct allegations by author Zinzi Clemmons A Massachusetts Institute of Technology investigation cleared Pulitzer Prize-winnin... Read More
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What does a father most want for his children? James Wood’s novel shows us.
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Books of The Times: Pedaling Uphill, on a Bike and in a Marriage
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Pithy And Pointed 'There There' Puts Native American Voices Front And Center
Source: NPRCritic Maureen Corrigan says Tommy Orange's novel, which centers on a cast of native and mixed-race characters whose lives intersect at a powwow, features "a literary authority rare in a debut." (Imag... Read More
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Obama shares his June reading list, but don't expect any beach reads
Source: L.A TimesFormer President Obama is out of office but he’s keeping up on politics and social issues with the books he’s reading. Obama shared a list of books he's been reading on Facebook on Saturday. The... Read More
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Hanif Kureishi should get off his high horse | Letters
Source: The GuardianTeacher Linda Calvey was ‘astonished and upset’ by the author’s ‘intemperate’ article, which she found divisive and unnecessary I consider myself liberal, unprejudiced, unbiased. In my capacity as a... Read More
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Female role models to inspire change in society | Letters
Source: The GuardianWe need more books for both boys and girls that normalise girls as adventurous, confident and capable leaders, writes Jean Pollard . And why can no one remember the work of Eleanor Marx? asks John A... Read More
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Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week?
Source: The GuardianYour space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them Are you on Instagram? Then you can be featured here by tagging your books-related posts with #GuardianBooks Scroll down for ... Read More
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Lively narrators, rich context make these middle-grade books shine
Source: CS MonitorLively narrators, rich context make these middle-grade books shine... Read More
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Carnegie medal winner slams children’s book publishers for ‘accessible’ prose
Source: The GuardianGeraldine McCaughrean, accepting award for Where the World Ends, warned that restricting the language children read risks creating a future underclass who are ‘easy to manipulate’ Carnegie medal winne... Read More
