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Kiran Desai to publish first novel since ‘The Inheritance of Loss’ came out nearly 20 years ago
5 days, 4 hours ago

Kiran Desai to publish first novel since ‘The Inheritance of Loss’ came out nearly 20 years ago

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A new novel from Kiran Desai, her first fiction since the Booker Prize-winning “The Inheritance of Loss” came out nearly 20 years ago, will be published next fall. “Using the comic lens of an endlessly unresolved romance between two modern Indians, ‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’ examines Western and Eastern notions and manifestations of love and …

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Xavier Booker scores career-high 18, No. 20 Michigan State beats Oakland 77-58 for 4th straight win
5 days, 14 hours ago

Xavier Booker scores career-high 18, No. 20 Michigan State beats Oakland 77-58 for 4th straight win

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 20 Michigan State in a 77-58 win over Oakland on Tuesday night. Michigan State pulled away after halftime as Booker and Akins scored in double digits in the second half. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo and Oakland coach Greg Kampe wore matching, green Grinch sweaters. …

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Paula Abdul settles sexual assault lawsuit and Kraven the Hunter snuffs out Sony’s Spidey-verse
1 week ago

Paula Abdul settles sexual assault lawsuit and Kraven the Hunter snuffs out Sony’s Spidey-verse

ABC  

Welcome to ICYMI, where we recap the pop culture and entertainment news you might have missed over the past few days. Paula Abdul settles sexual assault lawsuit against former co-worker Singer Paula Abdul has settled her year-long legal battle with former co-worker and British television producer Nigel Lythgoe in a California court. Nigel Lythgoe steps down amid sexual assault allegations …

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Booker leads No. 6 Texas against Southern after 21-point game
1 week, 5 days ago

Booker leads No. 6 Texas against Southern after 21-point game

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Texas ranks sixth in the SEC with 16.9 assists per game led by Rori Harmon averaging 6.2. Texas averages 90.3 points, 20.9 more per game than the 69.4 Southern allows. TOP PERFORMERS: Booker is scoring 17.1 points per game with 5.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists …

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Sarah Jessica Parker joins judging panel for 2025 Booker Prize
1 week, 6 days ago

Sarah Jessica Parker joins judging panel for 2025 Booker Prize

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As the Prize opens for submissions from publishers on Tuesday, the panel will also feature …

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Booker and No. 6 Texas host Southern
1 week, 6 days ago

Booker and No. 6 Texas host Southern

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Texas is second in the SEC with 47.8 points per game in the paint led by Taylor Jones averaging 8.7. Southern is eighth in the SWAC with 20.1 defensive rebounds per game led by Aniya Gourdine averaging 4.3. Southern averages 53.3 points per game, 5.7 …

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Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey’s Orbital shows only a true talent can deliver a great short book
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey’s Orbital shows only a true talent can deliver a great short book

The Independent  

When Orbital, a tale of some 136 pages, by Samantha Harvey, the 2024 Booker Prize winner, landed on my desk, my first thought was for an old friend, an acclaimed English writer, now in the twilight of his career. How can you claim to be the premier English fiction prize if you exclude new writing from the most dynamic expression …

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Chuck Schumer Reelected Senate Democratic Leader For The Fifth Time
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Chuck Schumer Reelected Senate Democratic Leader For The Fifth Time

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Schumer on Tuesday was unanimously reelected as the Senate Democratic leader for the fifth consecutive time. “Our caucus has led the way in passing historic legislation that has improved the lives of millions of Americans and we remain laser focused on addressing the most pressing challenges facing our country.” Senate Democrats also unanimously …

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Devin Booker scores 27, Suns win 113-105 as Warriors lose their 4th straight game
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Devin Booker scores 27, Suns win 113-105 as Warriors lose their 4th straight game

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Devin Booker scored 27 points, Kevin Durant added 21 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Golden State Warriors 113-105 on Saturday night. Tyus Jones added 19 points and nine assists, making 7 of 9 shots, including 4 of 5 3-pointers. The Warriors trailed by 17 at halftime but cut the margin to 85-78 by the start of the …

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No. 5 Texas routs New Mexico State 90-50 at Gulf Coast Showcase
3 weeks, 2 days ago

No. 5 Texas routs New Mexico State 90-50 at Gulf Coast Showcase

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! FORT MYERS, Fla. — Madison Booker scored 21 points and Taylor Jones added 20 as fifth-ranked Texas pulled away from New Mexico State 90-50 in the first round of the Gulf Coast Showcase women’s basketball tournament on Friday. Texas isn’t particularly long without 6-foot-9 Abbie …

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Michigan State holds off No. 12 North Carolina 94-91 in overtime for 3rd at Maui Invitational
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Michigan State holds off No. 12 North Carolina 94-91 in overtime for 3rd at Maui Invitational

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Takeaways Michigan State: The Spartans played without freshman guard Jase Richardson, who had 18 points in the tournament semifinals against Memphis. Michigan State’s 94 points were the most allowed by North Carolina this season. Key moment After North Carolina took a 87-86 lead on a …

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Booker and Phoenix take on Brooklyn in non-conference action
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Booker and Phoenix take on Brooklyn in non-conference action

Associated Press  

Brooklyn Nets vs. Phoenix Suns Phoenix; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Suns -7; over/under is 220.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Brooklyn Nets take on the Phoenix Suns in a non-conference matchup. The Nets average 111.6 points per game, 2.0 fewer than the 113.6 the Suns allow to opponents. LAST 10 GAMES: Suns: 4-6, averaging 111.9 points, 42.9 rebounds, 26.1 …

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Unravelling Connections: A Review of Silken Gazelles by International Booker Prize winner Jokha Alharthi
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Unravelling Connections: A Review of Silken Gazelles by International Booker Prize winner Jokha Alharthi

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 26, 2024 11:01 IST - 5 MINS READ The first thing I did after turning the last page of Silken Gazelles, the third book by the Omani author Jokha Alharthi to be translated into English, was buy a copy of Celestial Bodies, her first book to be translated into English. Silken Gazelles By Jokha Alharthi, translated by …

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Michael Pollan Is Not Endorsing RFK Jr.
1 month ago

Michael Pollan Is Not Endorsing RFK Jr.

Politico  

The following transcript has been edited for length and clarity. He’s sort of in the wrong spot to make systematic food system reform; that would be easier done — not that it would be easy — at the Department of Agriculture, where they write the Farm Bill. And I think that, like me, I’m guessing Cory Booker finds a lot …

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Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan adds Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize to his trophy shelf
1 month ago

Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan adds Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize to his trophy shelf

New Indian Express  

LONDON: Australian writer Richard Flanagan completed an unprecedented literary double on Tuesday, winning Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize a decade after being awarded the Booker Prize for fiction. Flanagan was awarded the 50,000 pound Baillie Gifford Prize for his genre-bending memoir “Question 7,” which combines autobiography, family history and the story of the development of the atomic bomb. Baillie Gifford …

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How to watch Knicks vs. Suns: Devin Booker, Jalen Brunson duel in Phoenix
1 month ago

How to watch Knicks vs. Suns: Devin Booker, Jalen Brunson duel in Phoenix

New York Times  

The New York Knicks are still figuring out their defense, to the righteous fury of noted defense-lover Tom Thibodeau. How to watch New York Knicks at Phoenix Suns Venue: Footprint Center — Phoenix Time: 10 p.m. Both Bradley Beal and Jusuf Nurkić carry injury designations for Phoenix, while New York sixth-man Miles McBride is battling knee inflammation. If there were …

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Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan adds Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize to his trophy shelf
1 month ago

Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan adds Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize to his trophy shelf

Associated Press  

LONDON — Australian writer Richard Flanagan completed an unprecedented literary double on Tuesday, winning Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize a decade after being awarded the Booker Prize for fiction. Flanagan was awarded the 50,000 pound Baillie Gifford Prize for his genre-bending memoir “Question 7,” which combines autobiography, family history and the story of the development of the atomic bomb. Baillie …

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Book Box | Booker Prize-winning and other longlisted tales of the sea and sky
1 month, 1 week ago

Book Box | Booker Prize-winning and other longlisted tales of the sea and sky

Hindustan Times  

Autumn is turning into winter. Orbital by Samantha Harvey Reading the Booker Prize shortlisted quietly contemplative Stone Yard Devotional, I am comforted to find author Charlotte Wood objecting to these supermarket sachets. In Orbital, I am in outer space with four astronauts and two cosmonauts watching “the continents and oceans fall away beneath — the lavender Arctic, the eastern tip …

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Booker Prize 2024: British Writer Samantha Harvey Wins For Space Novel ‘Orbital’
1 month, 1 week ago

Booker Prize 2024: British Writer Samantha Harvey Wins For Space Novel ‘Orbital’

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 13, 2024 19:58 IST - 4 MINS READ British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on November 12 with Orbital, a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station that ponders the beauty and fragility of Earth. ‘Hopeful, timely, and timeless’ Writer and artist Edmund de Waal, who chaired the five-member judging panel, …

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Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours
1 month, 1 week ago

Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

Hindustan Times  

FGN28 US-TRUMP-LD DOGE **** Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to lead Department of Government Efficiency: Trump Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Tesla owner Elon Musk and Indian American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, aimed at improving governance and curbing wasteful expenditures. **** …

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UK writer Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker with space novel
1 month, 1 week ago

UK writer Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker with space novel

Raw Story  

British writer Samantha Harvey won the prestigious Booker Prize on Tuesday for her short novel following six astronauts as they contemplate Earth from the International Space Station. "I was not expecting that," Harvey said upon learning of her win, the first by a woman since Atwood was recognised in 2019 for "The Testaments" alongside Bernardine Evaristo for "Girl, Woman, Other". …

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Booker scores 31, leads Suns to 120-112 victory over Jazz in the teams’ NBA Cup opener
1 month, 1 week ago

Booker scores 31, leads Suns to 120-112 victory over Jazz in the teams’ NBA Cup opener

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Devin Booker scored 31 points and Bradley Beal added 24 to help the Phoenix Suns open NBA Cup pool play with a 120-112 victory over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night. Takeaways Suns: Explosive and efficient offense helped Phoenix squash multiple would-be rallies. Key moment After the Jazz pulled within five on back-to-back baskets from Markkanen …

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The inconvenient truth about this year’s Booker Prize winner
1 month, 1 week ago

The inconvenient truth about this year’s Booker Prize winner

The Independent  

The Booker Prize is billed as “the world’s most significant award for a single work of fiction”. What is hard to believe, though, is that the Booker judges would have risked the fallout from trumpeting a shortlist dominated by “the highest number of women in the prize’s 55-year history” and, being fully aware that the prize has gone only six …

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British author Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize for Orbital
1 month, 1 week ago

British author Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize for Orbital

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It was my main reference point,” she said in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s …

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