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April 19, 2011

Read Jon Krakauer's long-form report on the Three Cups of Tea scandal AND help stop human trafficking of girls
Via GalleyCat. Literary scandals, a showdown between two bestselling authors, dueling Asian charities, a revolutionary new electronic reading platform startup, and a free content promotional giveaway straight out of… 4 / Read more »
Amy Sonnie on the ALA's "Most Frequently Challenged" list
Last week the American Library Association (ALA) released their Top Ten List of the Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2010. As we mentioned in our report, Melville House author, librarian, blogger,… Read more »
How Hendrik Hertzberg came to the New Yorker
A profile of Hendrik Hertzberg in Current Biography tells the tale of how the famed essayist came to the New Yorker. Like many New Yorker stories, the tale begins at… Read more »
Newly discovered Christian codices both timely and fake
In the realm of biblical scholarship the big find often turns out to be more dubious than Judas Iscariot’s presence at a dinner party. In recent years we’ve seen a… 5 / Read more »
Day in Review
Greg Mortenson’s publisher to “carefully review” 60 minute report Jon Krakauer publishes Greg Mortenson expose The Gatsby House goes down 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners are announced Winners of the Lukas… Read more »

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