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One hundred years after its publication, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel, The Great Gatsby – the story of nouveau riche Jay Gatsby’s obsessive quest to win back his lost love, Daisy Buchanan – is best remembered for its depiction of America’s Jazz Age excess, especially through Gatsby’s wildly extravagant parties.

Poet and scholar who promoted the work of John Ruskin and edited a selection of Thom Gunn’s essays

Last year 72% of demands to censor books were initiated by pressure groups and government entities; with just 16% of ban attempts made by parents

A new book by a national expert explores the failures of the United States’ favored execution method.

Selection features stories that offer ‘a miraculous lens through which to view human experience’

From Muslim Indian women’s lives to a Danish time looper, all six contenders for the £50,000 prize are from independent presses, as translator Sophie Hughes earns an unprecedented third nomination

In focusing on the multilateral bonds that were forged to defeat Hitler, this entertaining account offers fresh disclosures about the course of the war

Series of events mark 165th anniversary of birth of forgotten pacifist who exposed conditions in British concentration camps

Robert Caro, Salman Rushdie and Sandra Cisneros were honored Monday night at an Authors Guild dinner gala that celebrated the written word and its vital role in the preservation of democracy

The trial over Charles Vallow’s death will mark the first of two criminal trials in Arizona for Lori Vallow Daybell

Only 16 percent of book challenges came from parents themselves