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What’s on the ‘manuscript wishlist’ of literary agents?

The other day, a friend sent me a link to something called “manuscript wishlist” — a Twitter thread (#MSWL) from literary agents who are looking for …

American children’s author wins Astrid Lindgren prize
American children’s author wins Astrid Lindgren prize

STOCKHOLM (AFP) — American children’s author Meg Rosoff on Tuesday won the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for young people’s literature, the …

Tina Fey talks ‘Bossypants’ and other books, zings Talese
Tina Fey talks ‘Bossypants’ and other books, zings Talese

NEW YORK (AP) — Even for someone as loved as Tina Fey, a reported $6 million advance seemed like a lot of money for a book of essays. But five years …

Intimate memoir of life in a southern coal town
Intimate memoir of life in a southern coal town

“Dimestore: A Writer’s Life” By Lee Smith Algonquin Books (202 pages, $24.95) Lee Smith’s parents raised her to leave the Appalachian town of Grundy, …

Dive into ordinary but well-crafted lives in ‘High Dive’
Dive into ordinary but well-crafted lives in ‘High Dive’

“High Dive” By Jonathan Lee Knopf (336 pages, $25.95) Jonathan Lee’s new novel “High Dive” reimagines the weeks leading up to the Grand Hotel bombing …

‘The Caped Crusade’ details the cultural history of Batman
‘The Caped Crusade’ details the cultural history of Batman

“The Caped Crusade” by Glen Weldon Simon & Schuster (325 pages, $26) Batman has been a lot of things during the past 77 years: a gun-toting vigilante, …

Global competition shows technology aids weight loss

MIAMI (AFP) – A friendly international competition to encourage exercise using pedometers and online tools was successful in helping people lose weight …

From limos to junk, quirky museums tell Beijing’s history
From limos to junk, quirky museums tell Beijing’s history

BEIJING (AP) — Stuffed into a tiny room off an alleyway are items that Wang Jinming readily admits were put out with the garbage: Paper string, a needle …

Russia’s Hermitage Museum offers help to restore Palmyra
Russia’s Hermitage Museum offers help to restore Palmyra

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) — The director of Russia’s renowned Hermitage Museum, which has an important collection of sculptures from Palmyra, has …

Refugee chefs bring their recipes to NYC food company

NEW YORK (AP) — The kitchen hums with activity. Rachana Rimal is at one table, making momos, the traditional dumplings from her native Nepal. Next to …

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