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  1. NBC Orders an Amy Poehler-Produced Pilot from Aseem BatraAmy Poehler is producing a single-cam pilot in the works at NBC. According to Deadline, the network has given a pilot order to an untitled […]
    By Megh Wright
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    Will Zadie Smith Ever Feel Free?Her new collection of essays brings to an end a 15-year psychodrama period for her writing.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  3. Trevor Noah Is Writing a Follow-Up to His 2016 Memoir ‘Born a Crime’Trevor Noah is writing a follow-up to his 2016 memoir Born a Crime. Deadline reports that the Daily Show host has another memoir in the works, […]
    By Megh Wright
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    A Timeline of What Happened to Rose McGowan Immediately After Her Alleged RapeThe actress details responses from her agent, managers: “I just had an exposé about him killed in the L.A. Times; he owes it to me to not do this.â€
    By Hunter Harris
  5. Bill Nye’s 10 Favorite BooksJust as science-y as you hoped.
    By Bill Nye
  7. Ursula K. Le Guin Broke Down Walls With Her WritingScience fiction would never be the same.
    By Christian Lorentzen
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    Ursula K. Le Guin, Fantasy and Science-Fiction Pioneer, Dead at 88Le Guin was the author of the Earthsea books and The Left Hand of Darkness.
    By Jackson McHenry
  9. Rafael de Cárdenas’s 10 Favorite BooksHow to read like an architect.
    By Rafael de Cárdenas and Rafael de Cardenas
  10. Governor Cuomo Calls to ‘Rescind’ New York Prisons’ Controversial Book Policy“Concerns from families need to be addressed, while we redouble efforts to fight prison contraband.â€
    By Lila Shapiro
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    All the Ways Netflix’s The End of the F***ing World Is Different From the ComicThe Netflix show is much more pessimistic and bloody.
    By Abraham Riesman
  12. Will This New Policy Stop New York’s Inmates From Reading?“Why would you restrict access to this thing that’s universally considered a positive?â€
    By Lila Shapiro
  13. Hulu Orders ‘Search and Destroy’ Comedy Pilot from Carrie BrownsteinCarrie Brownstein has a new comedy series in development. According to Deadline, Hulu has given a pilot order to a half-hour comedy written and […]
    By Megh Wright
  14. 10 of the Most Exciting Book Releases for 2018Get ready for Zadie Smith, Meg Wolitzer, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
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    Denis Johnson Left Us With One Final — and Terrific — BookWith a new, posthumous short-story collection, the author of Jesus’ Son still haunts the culture, for good reason.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  16. Tom Hanks’s 10 Favorite BooksIncluding the one that prompted the actor to say, “You will never see NYC the same.â€
    By Tom Hanks
  17. Laurie Kilmartin’s Book ‘Dead People Suck’ Is Out Next MonthStandup, podcaster, and Conan writer Laurie Kilmartin has a new book out next month. Titled Dead People Suck: A Guide for Survivors of the […]
    By Megh Wright
  18. 8 New Books You Need to Read This JanuaryIncluding titles by Dave Eggers, Mira Lee, and Denis Johnson, plus Michael Wolff’s look inside Trump’s wild White House.
    By Boris Kachka
  19. Gabrielle Union’s 10 Favorite BooksAlice Walker, Toni Morrison, and more.
    By Gabrielle Union
  20. Sue Grafton Was a Master at Subverting the Detective NovelA true trailblazer of the genre.
    By Sarah Weinman
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    Mystery Author Sue Grafton Dies at 77Her famous Kinsey Millhone series will end with 2017’s Y Is For Yesterday.
    By Nate Jones
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    Milo Yiannopoulos’s Book Editor Had the Most Savage Comments on His Manuscript“This is a stupid way to end a terrible chapter.â€
    By Dee Lockett
  23. Chip Kidd’s 10 Favorite BooksJohn Updike, J.D. Salinger, and more.
    By Chip Kidd
  24. The Best Comedy Books of 2017 Do you like volumes of comic essays that you’ll end up reading entirely in one sitting? How about amusingly embarrassing memoirs, […]
    By Brian Boone
  25. The 10 Best Thriller Books of 2017The most unsettling of escapism.
    By Maris Kreizman
  26. The 10 Best Book Covers of 2017Culminating with “a brightly bonkers cover that seems just about right for an ‘existential masterpiece.’â€
    By Margaret Rhodes
  27. The 10 Best Romance Books of 2017Dukes! Small towns! Meet-cutes!
    By Jaime Green
  28. book deals
    Writer of Viral Short Story ‘Cat Person’ Scores Tasty Treat: 7-Figure Book DealMeow!
    By Hunter Harris
  29. Cillian Murphy’s 10 Favorite BooksJohn Updike, Ernest Hemingway, and more.
    By Cillian Murphy
  30. The 10 Best YA Books of 2017From historical fiction to stories about Tumblr fandom and Black Lives Matter.
    By Maris Kreizman
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    New Zora Neale Hurston Book Barracoon to Be Published for the First Time in 2018The author’s previously unpublished work is based on the firsthand account of Cudjo Lewis, a 95-year-old survivor of the transatlantic slave trade.
    By Halle Kiefer
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    The 10 Best Fantasy Books of 2017Philip Pullman, Mohsin Hamid, and more.
    By Jaime Green
  33. Nell Scovell’s Memoir ‘Just the Funny Parts’ Is Out Next YearLongtime television writer, producer, director, and show creator Nell Scovell has written a book about her career working on shows like The […]
    By Megh Wright
  34. 27 Book Suggestions Sure to Make Your Holiday Gift-Giving EasierFiction, nonfiction, and art favorites from the Vulture staff.
    By Vulture Editors
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    9 Men on Seeing Themselves in ‘Cat Person’“I hate Robert and deeply hope that I’m not him, but I think we — men — all are.â€
    By Anna Silman
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    Alert Angela Bassett: We’re Getting a New Tina Turner MemoirIt’ll delve into her remarriage and will disclose a previous battle with a “life-threatening illness.â€
    By Dee Lockett
  37. The 10 Best Books of 2017Including titles by Percival Everett, Patricia Lockwood, and Elif Batuman.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  38. Call Me by Your Name Author André Aciman on Writing Sex Scenes and Those Sequels“When I heard that Luca was involved, I was extremely happy because I figured, here’s an Italian, he gets it.â€
    By Jackson McHenry
  39. Fall Comedy Reads: A Look Back at the Firesign TheatreWelcome to our Fall Comedy Reads series, where we take a closer look at some of the newly released comedy-related books worth checking out this […]
    By Harry Waksberg
  40. Why Did a Texas School District Ban the Year’s Most Popular YA Book?Katy Independent School District superintendent Lance Hindt appears to have flouted his district’s policies to pull the book from shelves.
    By Kat Rosenfield
  41. Ask an Expert: Can the Plagiarism Charges Against Emma Cline Hold Up in Court?It’s unlikely.
    By Lila Shapiro
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    Jenny Slate Is Writing a Book of Feminist FablesOne of the stories is about “a globe of fruit plucked from its branch.â€
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  43. Jenny Slate Is Writing a Book of Feminist Essays and FablesJenny Slate has a book in the works. According to Entertainment Weekly, Little, Brown and Company is set to publish a book by Slate described […]
    By Megh Wright
  44. Van Jones’s 10 Favorite BooksFrom John Lewis to Newt Gingrich
    By Van Jones
  45. Talking Funny or Die and ‘Not Quite a Genius’ with Nate DernFrom humble beginnings as a participant in season 3 of The CW’s Beauty and the Geek to becoming the artistic director of UCB’s New York theater […]
    By Clint Corey
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    Call Me by Your Name Book Club Part 3: Can You Ever Say Good-bye?No, you’re crying.
    By E. Alex Jung and Hunter Harris
  47. Dan Stevens’s 10 Favorite BooksFrom Walt Whitman to Monty Python.
    By Dan Stevens
  48. Annie Proulx Gave One of the Best National Book Award Speeches in Recent MemoryAt last night’s 2017 National Book Awards.
    By Boris Kachka
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    The Strange Task of Researching a Book About the Apocalypse in 2017Over a year ago, I began inquiring into the matter of the apocalypse. Since then, my project has taken on a more dire and immediate aspect.
    By Mark O’Connell
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    Call Me by Your Name Book Club, Part Two: Boundaries Begin to BlurWe’re talking boyfriend twins, total synchronicity, and, yes, that peach scene.
    By Hunter Harris and E. Alex Jung
  51. Exploring “Humamnity†with Jonny Sun Jonny Sun released his first book this year: Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur an Aliebn Too. The book is an illustrated account following the […]
    By Philip Stamato
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