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Prominent Chinese blogger, novelist, and newspaper reporter Xu Lai, known for his provocative and antiestablishment writings, was stabbed while giving a reading at a popular bookstore in Beijing yesterday. According… Read more »

The hoary king of French literary reviews, the Nouvelle Revue Francaise, celebrates its 100th year anniversary with a special issue fêting many of their past great contributors. Jonathan Littel writes… Read more »

Tired of reading to your kids? Can’t take another bedtime session with Goodnight, Moon? You know it’s good for the little tykes, helps them get in to Harvard and all,… Read more »

Alfred A. Knopf Jr., son of the founders of Knopf, who left the company in a dispute with his parents over their successor and founded Atheneum Publishers, died on Saturday… Read more »