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Books about war, poverty among finalists for Lukas awards
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Thu,02/24/22-7:40AM , 324 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Books about war, poverty and the rule of law are among the finalists for Lukas Prizes given for work that combines literary excellence, deep research and social consciousness.
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This combination of photos shows cover art for, "The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease”" by Daisy Hernandez, left, "The Radiant Lives of Animals" by Linda Hogan, center, and "In the Field" by Rachel Pastan. (Tin House/Beacon Press/Delphinium Books via AP)

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3 authors named winners of Science + Literature awards
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Wed,02/09/22-9:01AM , 218 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — The National Book Foundation has teamed with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to honor books that wed two categories not always in harmony: technology and the arts.
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Jason Epstein sits in his home on Jan. 8, 2001, in New York. Epstein, a publishing innovator and bon vivant who helped put the classics in paperback, co-founded The New York Review of Books and worked with such novelists as E.L. Doctorow, Vladimir Nabokov and Philip Roth, has died at age 93. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, File)

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Jason Epstein, publishing editor and innovator, dead at 93
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Fri,02/04/22-3:44PM , 286 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Epstein, a publishing innovator and bon vivant who helped put the classics in paperback, co-founded The New York Review of Books and worked with such novelists as E.L. Doctorow, Vladimir Nabokov and Philip Roth, has died at age 93.
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This cover image released by Carolrhoda Books shows "Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre" by Carole Boston Weatherford with art by Floyd Cooper. The book received Coretta Scott King awards for the year's best book by a Black author and illustrator. Cooper collaborated with Weatherford on the historical work about the 1921 slaughter of a Black community in Oklahoma by a mob of white people. (Lerner Publishing Group via AP)

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'Last Cuentista,' 'Unspeakable' win children's book awards
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Mon,01/24/22-12:05PM , 236 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Donna Barba Higuera's “The Last Cuentista,” a post-apocalyptic tale of a young girl who must preserve the memory of Earth's history, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year's best children's book.
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