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Book NewsIndian writers unite for gay rights (Guardian)Over 100 cultural leaders in India, including Arundhati Roy, Amartya Sen, and Vikram Seth, petition a "colonial-era" law prohibiting homosexuality.
George Saunders: one lucky genius (The Post-Standard via Maud Newton)Saunders receives a phone call while writing in Marfa, Texas that his intellect has earned him a $500,000 MacArthur Award, no strings attached.
Airport security measures threatened Harry Potter's last chapter (BBC)J.K. Rowling says she'd rather take a boat than check the hand-written manuscript of the last Harry Potter.
Coming Soon: A new Tolkien epic (Guardian)Christopher Tolkien fills in some missing pieces of his father's manuscripts to publish The Children of Hurin, which details more adventures of elves and hobbits in Middle Earth.
Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz dies at 94 (BBC)The BBC recalls Mahfouz's evenings spent discussing culture and ideas with friends, fans, or the person at the next table.
Don't forget to footnote (In These Times via Arts and Letters Daily)Plagiarism is on the rise in America, from high schools to Anne Coulter.
The New Yorker's success story (Guardian)How does The New Yorker manage to be both intellectual and a best-seller?
Political fiction sometimes wears lighter masks (Bookslut)Bookslut explores how a few recent fictional works illuminate our political reality better than nonfiction.
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