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Arts & Entertainment, Books

Mad magazine illustrator Mort Drucker dies at 91

by Katherine Lee April 9, 2020April 9, 2020

Mad magazine was a cultural institution for millions of baby boomers, and Drucker was an institution at Mad.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Novelist James Patterson sets up fund to help indie booksellers

by HILLEL ITALIE April 2, 2020April 2, 2020

Patterson announced #SaveIndieBookstores, a partnership with the American Booksellers Association and the Book Industry Charitable Foundation.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

New online store offers help to shuttered indie booksellers

by HILLEL ITALIE March 31, 2020March 31, 2020

With independent bookstores shut down nationwide, a new online seller is offering help

Michael Schur, Manny Jacinto, Jameela Jamil, Ted Danson, Kristen Bell

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Michael Schur’s `How to Be Good’ will be published in 2021

by Katherine Lee March 10, 2020March 10, 2020

The creator of “The Good Place’ is here to help.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Barbara Neely, creator of 1st black female series sleuth, dies at 78

by MARK KENNEDY March 9, 2020March 9, 2020

She was named the 2020 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Nation & World, Politics

Trump says he knows identity of ‘Anonymous’ tell-all writer

by AAMER MADHANI February 18, 2020February 18, 2020

The senior administration official wrote an inside-the-White House account that painted the president as inept and dangerous.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

‘True Grit’ novelist Charles Portis dies at age 86

by HILLEL ITALIE February 17, 2020February 18, 2020

Portis, a former newspaper reporter who apparently learned enough to swear off talking to the media, had been suffering from Alzheimer’s in recent years.

Books, Nation & World, News, Sports

Colin Kaepernick to release memoir through his own new publishing company

by Dorany Pineda February 13, 2020February 13, 2020

Audible will release the spoken-word version and will partner with the Kaepernick Publishing imprint to create original content from and about influential figures.