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Benjamin Dreyer talks about his best-selling guide to writing, and Thomas Mallon discusses “Landfall,” his new novel about the presidential administration of George W. Bush.

Dolly Parton, the country music legend and longtime philanthropist, is bringing her literacy charity for children to Ireland, the Irish Times reported Thursday. Parton announced that her Imagination Library, which mails free books to children each month from their birth until their fifth birthday,

Her books were praised for their witty, honest portraits of the immigrant experience, especially of those who moved to Britain from the West Indies after World War II.

An illustrated prediction of the book world’s next big frontier.

Explore the cities, countries, regions and states in Travel’s “52 Places to Go in 2019” through these books.

Although Glory Edim submersed herself in books since childhood, it wasn’t until she published her first book that she began to accept herself as more than just a reader. Because of the popularity of her Brooklyn-based book club-turned literary festival, Edim was asked to publish a book of her own.

Perfectionism is a trap uniquely set for women. But small acts of bravery can build into a revolution.        

Urgent new reading on the subjects of race and gender disparities in America.

These writers describe a region where women can encounter great privilege and fierce repression at the same time.

His children’s books brought a refreshing jolt to the genre, but his erotica made him an outcast in some circles.

Forewords, prefaces and afterwords rank squarely among literature’s stepchildren — above marginalia and non-David Foster Wallace footnotes perhaps but below prologues and postscripts. For many readers they’re makeweight puffery, eminently skippable, a lot of throat-clearing and flapdoodle. A collection

The spotlight was on musicians at Sunday's Grammy Awards presentation, but the Recording Academy found time to honor some writers as well. Former president Jimmy Carter took home the Grammy for spoken word album, a category that includes poetry, audiobooks and storytelling. Carter won for the audiobook

Former First Lady's memoir has been reprinted 17 times in Iran. Monday marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Islamic Republic.        

Thomas Mallon’s “Landfall” imagines the goings-on inside the Bush White House.

David Bowman’s posthumously published “Big Bang” travels from 1950 to 1963, and includes appearances by nearly every boldface name of the era.

"The Night Tiger" is a magical realism story with a mysterious were-tiger.