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NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s “James” is up for another literary award — the PEN/Faulkner Prize for fiction. Other nominees include Louise Erdrich’s “The Mighty Red,” Rachel Kushner’s “Creation ...

the indomitable and endearing Olive Kitteridge of Oprah’s 82nd Book Club pick, Olive Again. In Tell Me Everything, Olive’s story finally intersects with those of other beloved characters in the ...

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The Simons Foundation and publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux announce the launch of Quanta Books, a partnership imprint led by Thomas Lin, the founding editor of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Quanta ...

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Cartoonist and playwright Jules Feiffer has passed away. Jules Ralph Feiffer6, 1929 – January 17, 2025 The Washington Post is ...

In 1986, Feiffer won the Pulitzer Prize for his cartoon work and, in 2004, was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame. In the 1960s, Feiffer started writing plays and movies, including ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jules Feiffer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer whose prolific output ranged from a long-running comic strip to plays, screenplays and children's books, died Friday.