Tom Robbins, comic novelist of US counterculture, dies aged 92 | Books

Tom Robbins, comic novelist of US counterculture, dies aged 92 | Books

Tom Robbins, whose novels read like a hit of literary LSD, filled with fantastical characters, manic metaphors and counterculture whimsy, has died aged 92. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming... Read more »
Michael Longley, prize-winning poet of ‘griefs and wonders’, dies aged 85 | Books

Michael Longley, prize-winning poet of ‘griefs and wonders’, dies aged 85 | Books

Northern Irish poet Michael Longley, whom Seamus Heaney described as “a custodian of griefs and wonders”, has died aged 85, his publisher has confirmed. The writer, who won the TS Eliot prize... Read more »
Nikki Giovanni, acclaimed poet of the Black Arts Movement, dies aged 81 | Poetry

Nikki Giovanni, acclaimed poet of the Black Arts Movement, dies aged 81 | Poetry

Nikki Giovanni, the award-winning US poet who emerged as one of the leading voices of the 1960s Black Arts movement, has died aged 81. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming... Read more »
Sandra Gilbert, co-author of The Madwoman in the Attic, dies aged 87 | Books

Sandra Gilbert, co-author of The Madwoman in the Attic, dies aged 87 | Books

Sandra Gilbert, the American poet and literary critic who co-authored the landmark second wave feminist text The Madwoman in the Attic, has died aged 87. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at... Read more »
Arthur Frommer, budget travel guide innovator, dies aged 95 | Travel

Arthur Frommer, budget travel guide innovator, dies aged 95 | Travel

Arthur Frommer, whose Europe on 5 Dollars a Day guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95. Read moreUS prisons ban reading... Read more »
Tom Robbins, comic novelist of US counterculture, dies aged 92 | Books

Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 89 | Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith, the prolific, multi-award-winning actor described by peers as being “one of a kind” and possessed of a “sharp eye, sharp wit and formidable talent”, has died aged 89. Read moreUS... Read more »
Len Riggio, trailblazing bookselling giant, dies at 83

Len Riggio, trailblazing bookselling giant, dies at 83

Book News: Len Riggio, trailblazing bookselling giant, dies at 83 Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming pace Read moreThe Best Novels for Book Clubs in 2024 Read moreBookBrowse Membership Ezines:... Read more »
Irish author Edna O’Brien dies aged 93

Irish author Edna O’Brien dies aged 93

Book News: Irish author Edna O’Brien dies aged 93 Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming pace Read moreThe Best Novels for Book Clubs in 2024 Read moreBookBrowse Membership Ezines: Current... Read more »
Irish author Edna O’Brien dies aged 93 | Edna O’Brien

Irish author Edna O’Brien dies aged 93 | Edna O’Brien

The Irish writer Edna O’Brien, who explored the complications and contradictions of women’s lives in a literary career lasting more than half a century, has died aged 93 after a long illness,... Read more »
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