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Author James Patterson speaks during the "Audio Publishers Association" panel at the BookExpo 2017 at Javits Center on June 2, 2017 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

James Patterson's racism PR stunt?

Alison Stine
A blue bird standing on a newspaper (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Not everyone is able to leave Twitter

Alison Stine
Pages from the Art Spiegelman book. (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The "Maus" book ban is different

Jon Skolnik
The voyage of the Argonauts, Medea gives the magic herb to Jason, 1892, Liebig figurine (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

What does a witch smell like?

Britta Ager - The Conversation
Dante and Virgil meet Sapia amongst the envious, Second Terrace of Purgatory, engraving by Gustave Dore in the 1869 edition of Dante's "Divine Comedy" (Getty Images/DEA/BIBLIOTECA AMBROSIANA)

Justice for women in "Divine Comedy"

Laura Ingallinella - The Conversation
"The Metamorphosis" novel or "Die Verwandlung" in German by Franz Kafka (Marka/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Unsettling facts about The Metamorphosis

Jeff Wells - Mental Floss
American writer and biographer Blake Bailey (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Philip Roth biographer accused of rape

Ashlie D. Stevens
Collage of paperback version of "Generation X" by Douglas Coupland (Fawcett Gold Medal Book)

Coupland's "Gen X" is still relevant

Diletta De Cristofaro - The Conversation
High school boy in uniform in classroom (Getty Images)

Gender bias in the all-boys' curriculum

Cody Reynolds - The Conversation
Couple reading a book (Getty Images)

Reading aloud can be an act of seduction

Kiera Vaclavik - The Conversation
The Featherington clan in "Bridgerton" (Netflix)

Defending Bridgerton's fashion faux pas

Danielle Dove - The Conversation
Friends discussing books together (Getty Images)

Five tips for getting back into reading

Alexandra Paddock, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr - The Conversation
(Nicole Young)

Symbolic use of barrier contraceptives

Donna J. Drucker - MIT Press Reader
A person wearing a protective mask looks on as homeless, informal vendors, Venezuelan migrants and people displaced by the armed conflict protest demanding humanitarian aid during the COVID-19 quarantine. (Guillermo Legaria Schweizer/Getty Images)

From here to dystopia

John Feffer - TomDispatch.com
Anya Taylor-Joy in "Emma." (Focus Features)

Perfection comes at a price in "Emma"

Inger S. B. Brodey - The Conversation
Open book and glasses on wood desk in the library room (Getty Images/ Konstantin Maslak)

Implosion of the RWA

Christine Larson - The Conversation
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

A world envisioned by Flaubert

Susanna Lee - The Conversation

On gender, visibility, and Wikipedia

Kirsten Menger-Anderson - Undark
(Getty Images/eyeem)

Similar classics to "Little Women"

Sheila Cordner - The Conversation
(Getty/Tasos Katopodis)

Is Donald Trump Big Brother?

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com
FILE - In this Jan. 27, 1993 file photo, American author Toni Morrison is shown at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. Her novels, such as 1987's "Beloved," have shone a light on the racial prejudices that have afflicted her homeland. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) (AP)

Toni Morrison's radical ambiguity

Paul Giles - The Conversation
The study of the Finca Vigia colonial residence, 21 km from Havana, where US writer Ernest Hemingway lived for 21 years, as seen 15 January, 2007. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Searching for Ernest Hemingway in Cuba

Andrew Feldman
Toni Morrison on set in "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am," directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (Timothy Greenfield-Sanders / Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)

Inside "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am"

Gary M. Kramer
(Getty/thomaguery)

Finding great books, a bite at a time

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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