7 Must-Read YA Books by Latine Authors

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Our Shadows Have Claws edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz Last but not least, this YA horror anthology of monster scares plucked from Latin American legends and folklore is absolutely stacked. Contributors include Julia Alvarez, Ann Dávila Cardinal, Racquel Marie, Yamile Saied Méndez, Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite, Claribel A. Ortega, and Lilliam […]


State ACLU, on Behalf of Authors and Students, Sues Utah Over Book Bans

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Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View […]


The $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement for Authors is On

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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Judge Approves $1.5 Billion Settlement in Anthropic AI Suit Authors scored an important victory this week as a federal judge in California approved the terms for a $1.5 billion settlement between AI company Anthropic and […]


Trump Targets Journalists and Authors in Billion-Dollar Lawsuit

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Trump Targets Journalists and Authors in Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Trump continues his streak of lawsuits against news media companies […]


The Top 50 Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week Are by White Authors

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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. I usually don’t link to Book Riot things here on TIB in the first couple of spots, but am making an exception today. Our editor Danika Ellis does a weekly look at what books are […]


Amazon-backed Anthropic wins key ruling in AI copyright lawsuit filed by authors

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A federal judge in San Francisco ruled late on Monday that Anthropic’s use of books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system was legal under US copyright law. Siding with tech companies on a pivotal question for the AI industry, US District Judge William Alsup said Anthropic made “fair use” of books by writers Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and […]


The new Conduit Books plans to focus on male authors as a “corrective” to the literary landscape. ‹

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April 28, 2025, 2:00pm A new press will be “focusing initially” on publishing male writers, reported The Bookseller today. Finally, a space for guys to be guys. The press is called Conduit Books, and will be run by novelist and critic Jude Cook. There’s not a lot of information on their website—they’re still looking for […]


Which famous authors might go to space? (A chart.) ‹

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April 18, 2025, 1:53pm By now you’ve for sure seen the footage of the latest Blue Origin flight, this one passengered by Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez, among others. The flight technically crossed the Kármán Line into space, on a rocket courtesy of Jeff Amazon. And despite having its own mission patch, the high-flying […]


How Authors Against Book Bans helped defeat attempted library censorship in Florida. ‹

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February 12, 2025, 1:29pm If you’ve been following the right wing’s obsessive book-banning over the last few years, you’ve probably heard of Authors Against Book Bans, a coalition of writers, illustrators, and other book people who are working to fight censorship and protect access to literature across the country. Recently, AABB organized a successful letter-writing […]


Hundreds of authors have signed an open letter in support of Lisa Ko. ‹

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November 27, 2024, 1:13pm Maxine Hong Kingston, Alexander Chee, Alissa Nutting, David Henry Hwang, Eugene Lim, Rachel Khong, Susan Abulhawa, Susan Bernofsky, Laura van den Berg, R. O. Kwon, Bryan Washington, Danzy Senna, and Ha Jin are among the hundreds of authors who have signed an open letter in support of novelist Lisa Ko. After privately […]