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SoapboxA Personal Tale of #MeToo in Kid Lit
Author Bethany Hagen speaks out about being sexually harassed by a major figure in YA literature.
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Open Book
Open Book: A Siege, a Soldier, A Jihadi, a Love Story
During the 1979 siege of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, a jihadi and a French officer she takes hostage form an unlikely bond in Raja Alem's new novel, 'Sarab.'
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Soapbox
Let’s Stop Writing Books About 'Girls'
A college writing teacher questions the abundance of books with the word 'girl' in their titles.
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Open Book
Open Book: A Good Book, a Great City, and a Dead Prostitute
Young women are gruesomely murdered in a medical mystery that brings 1847 Edinburgh to life.
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Soapbox
On Writing What You Know
An editor and writer talks about the pitfalls of creating fiction from fact.
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Editorials
From the Archives: On the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In the April 15, 1968, issue of 'Publishers Weekly,' then editor-in-chief Chandler B. Grannis wrote an editorial called "Can Violence Be Denied Its Victory?," in response to the April 4, 1968, assassination of Dr. King.
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Soapbox
On Cowardice in Publishing
A writer struggles to sell her memoir about incest.
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Open Book
Open Book: When a Stranger Calls
An unexpected message draws an L.A. writer back 25 years to his uninhibited youth in Paris.
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Soapbox
Playing the Name Game in Fiction
A mystery writer contemplates what’s in a character’s name.
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Soapbox
A Memorable (and Fuzzy) Encounter with Mickey Spillane
An author recalls an interview he conducted with Mickey Spillane, who would have been 100 years old this month.
