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Pope Francis arrives at the window of his studio for the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday. Alessandra Tarantino/AP hide caption

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'Even As We Breathe': A First Novel From A Teacher Who Writes For Her Students

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Pepetka

2020's National Book Awards Strive For Inclusivity

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The 'I Survived' Books Are Perfect Reads For An Anxious Age

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William Shakespeare's First Folio is displayed at Christie's auction rooms in London earlier this year. The book was published in 1623 and contains 36 of Shakespeare's plays. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption

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Shakespeare's Original First Folio Sells For Almost $10 Million

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The LatinxPitch for Kid Lit group just held their first Twitter event where writers and illustrators pitched ideas. Illustration by Tatiana Gardel/www.tatianagardel.com hide caption

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New Groups Aim To Get More Latinx Stories To Young Readers

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Copies of The Room Where it Happened, a memoir by former national security adviser John Bolton, are seen at a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Glendale, Calif., in June. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The House by the Lake: The True Story of a House, Its History, and the Four Families Who Made It Home, by Thomas Harding. Illustrated by Britta Teckentrup Candlewick Studio hide caption

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Freeman Vines and his guitars in 2015. Timothy Duffy hide caption

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Hanging Tree Guitars: The Wood's 'Not Good, Not Bad, Not Ugly — Just Strange'

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Trump Fired A 'Faux-Bama,' Michael Cohen Says In Tell-All Memoir

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Former Top NRA Exec Says Greed, Corruption Pushed Gun Group Into 'Death Spiral'

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