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When Lytton Strachey set out to write “Eminent Victorians” in 1918, he sought to enliven the stuffy Victorian conventions of biographical writing by portraying his subjects with warts and all.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Removing books from library shelves is no longer just a story of objections from a local community or an individual parent, the American Library Association says.

PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — Democratic Sen.

Former Michigan State forward Xavier Booker wrote Friday that he’s transferring to UCLA, confirming earlier reports with a post on his social media account.

Arkells frontman Max Kerman is hitting the road — this time to celebrate the release of his first book. Part memoir, part self-help book, “Try Hard: Creative Work in Promise” is due to hit store shelves on April 22.

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Journalist Tanya Talaga and former health minister Jane Philpott are among the authors shortlisted for this year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor, the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a feat of determination, New Jersey Democratic Sen.