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Slutty Vegan is an Atlanta-based chain of vegan restaurants, including this location on Atlanta's Edgewood Avenue.

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Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole discusses her new book, addresses lawsuits

Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole talks with GPB's Peter Biello about her new book and addresses lawsuits accusing the company of wage violations.

October 16, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
John Grisham at his office in Charlottesville, Va. His new book is a sequel to <em>The Firm</em>, the book that turned him into a star.

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What is certain in life? Death, taxes — and a new book by John Grisham

The Firm was the book that turned John Grisham into a writing superstar. Now three decades later, he's returned to the characters that made him, with his follow up book The Exchange.

October 16, 2023
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  • Andrew Limbong
Louise Glück attends the National Book Awards on Nov. 19, 2014, in New York City.

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Nobel Prize-winning poet Louise Glück dies at 80

The winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature and Poet Laureate of the United States from 2003-2004 was 80 years old.

October 14, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman
In <em>Blackouts, </em>Justin Torres plays with fact and fiction.

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In 'Blackouts,' one writer brings America's hidden queer history to the forefront

In Blackouts, Justin Torres plays with fact and fiction, and calls into question whose story gets told.

October 13, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
GPB News NPR

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Quan Millz is out to make a buck, one street lit book at a time

His writing is meant to flip you out and put some cash in his pocket.

October 13, 2023
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  • Alana Wise

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'Curlfriends: New In Town' reminds us that there can be positives of middle school

The first volume in author-artist Sharee Miller's debut YA graphic novel series reminds us of the many possibilities and excitements interwoven within the challenging years of early teenagerhood.

October 13, 2023
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  • Tahneer Oksman
LeVar Burton hosted the National Book Awards in 2019. He'll host again this year, replacing Drew Barrymore.

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LeVar Burton to replace Drew Barrymore as host of National Book Awards

Barrymore was originally set to host American literature's glitziest night, until she announced her talk show would be returning during the Writers Guild strike.

October 13, 2023
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  • Andrew Limbong
GPB News NPR

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'A Man of Two Faces' is a riveting, one-stop primer on Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer author's memoir is cocky and riveting — self-consciously constructed as if written for a standup audience and serving as a generous, one-stop primer for his fiction and scholarly work.

October 13, 2023
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  • Thúy Đinh
The front page of <em>The Washington Post</em> newspaper from Aug. 6, 2013, the day after it was announced that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had agreed to purchase the newspaper from the Graham family.

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Legendary editor Marty Baron describes his 'Collision of Power' with Trump and Bezos

Baron became executive editor of The Washington Post in 2013, just a few months before Jeff Bezos bought the paper. He predicts a second Trump presidency would be a "government of vengeance."

October 12, 2023
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  • Tonya Mosley
The cover of Daniel Clowes' latest graphic novel.

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Graphic novelist Daniel Clowes makes his otherworldly return in 'Monica'

It's his first work in seven years, with a protagonist he says has allowed him to process his own life.

October 12, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Helen Garner is an Australian novelist, journalist, diarist and screenwriter.

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  • Book Reviews

This Australian writer might be the greatest novelist you've never heard of

Helen Garner, 80, embraces the many-sidedness of life. Her books crackle with curiosity and unpredictability — they win big prizes, kickstart controversies and say things other people rarely dare.

October 12, 2023
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  • John Powers
Héctor Tobar, left, author of <em>Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino," </em>Ariel Aberg-Riger, author of <em><em>America Redux: Visual Stories From Our Dynamic History </em></em>and James McBride, author of <em>The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store.</em>

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It's the 10th year of the Kirkus Prize. Meet the winners of a top literary award

The Kirkus Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the U.S. This year's winners are Ariel Aberg-Riger, Héctor Tobar and James McBride.

October 11, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby

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  • Book Reviews

3 witchy books for fall that offer fright and delight

Whether the witches are good, misunderstood, or just plain wicked — some fun fall fantasy reading options include The Witches of Bone Hill, Night of the Witch, and After the Forest.

October 11, 2023
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  • Caitlyn Paxson

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  • Book Reviews

'How to Say Babylon' centers on resisting patriarchy and colonialization

Safiya Sinclair's memoir follows her journey from a scared and sheltered Rasta girl in Jamaica to a strong and self-assertive woman — exploring just how poetry became her savior.

October 11, 2023
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By:
  • Keishel Williams

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  • Book Reviews

In Jhumpa Lahiri's 'Roman Stories,' many characters are caught between two worlds

In her return to short stories, the Interpreter of Maladies author returns to fiction that powerfully conveys her characters' efforts to navigate geography and culture to find a place in the world.

October 10, 2023
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  • Heller McAlpin
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