For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why ...

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Poetry in the Natural World,” features 50 poems by 50 poets from across the country edited by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.

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The fight against book bans and the effort to preserve the sharing of knowledge for America's children fuel Kim A. Snyder's ...

"Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally ...