'Kite Runner' faces censorship fight in Massachusetts
By Stacie N. Galang, THE SALEM NEWS (SALEM, Mass.)
May 05, 2008 02:43 pm
A graphic sexual assault scene in the award-winning book has led to a school board member objecting to it being on the summer reading list for high school juniors. (more) >>>

Last guard out at Alcatraz
By Mark Bennett, THE TRIBUNE STAR (TERRE HAUTE, Ind.)
May 05, 2008 09:06 am
Jim Albright worked as a prison guard through the last four years that Alcatraz operated as a federal penitentiary. He escorted the last inmate, No. 1,576, off the island on March 21, 1963. He's told his story in a new book, "Last Guard Out." (more) >>>

Deaf football player pens account of rock bottom and the climb back
By Carol Cole-Frowe, THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT (NORMAN, Okla.)
April 27, 2008 09:27 am
“If you want to be successful, here’s what you need to do. You don’t sit around and complain about it. You go out and do what you say you’re going to do.”
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Bonnie and Clyde gang gunned down lawmen 75 years ago
By Wally Kennedy, THE JOPLIN GLOBE (JOPLIN, Mo.)
April 14, 2008 02:18 pm
Two new books about Bonnie and Clyde are among events surrounding the 75th anniversary of a shoot-out between law enforcement officers and the Clyde Barrow gang. (more) >>>

From fish to fiction: Former captain turns love of sea into first novel
By Victor Tine, THE DAILY NEWS (NEWBURYPORT, Mass.)
March 12, 2008 11:36 pm
“The Freedom Plant: A Novel of New England Fishermen,” is about what Kevin McCormick calls “the glory days of commercial fishing in 1970s New England,” although the “glory days” included cutthroat competition from Soviet factory ships, frustrating government regulations and the daily peril of bad weather. (more) >>>

Literacy power?
By M. Scott Carter, THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT (NORMAN, Okla.)
February 19, 2008 09:51 am
“Getting people to read can get them to talk to their neighbors again." (more) >>>

Magical world of 'Spiderwick Chronicles' comes to theaters
By Rosemary Ford, THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE (NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.)
February 13, 2008 11:56 pm
The Grace children share their fantastic world in the film version of the popular series of books, "The Spiderwick Chronicles." (more) >>>

Boston, not New York, is epicenter of sports universe
By Bill Burt, THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE (NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.)
January 24, 2008 12:09 am
Here's a place Boston has New York beat like a rented mule | professional sports. (more) >>>

New book reveals more secrets of Fitz H. Lane
By Gail McCarthy, GLOUCESTER DAILY TIMES (GLOUCESTER, Mass.)
January 18, 2008 12:07 am
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Boren's book, "A Letter to America," contains a sense of urgency
By Andy Rieger, THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT (NORMAN, Okla.)
January 05, 2008 09:20 pm
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