• Miscellaneous

    Posted on June 22nd, 2009

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    Martin Luther King books, sermons to be published again

    Martin Luther King books, sermons to be published again

    Out-of-print books and writings by Martin Luther King will be brought back onto the shelves from next year under a deal between a U.S. publisher and the African-American civil right leader’s family.
    Beacon Press said it will print new editions of previously published King titles and compile his writings, sermons, orations, lectures, and prayers into new [...]

  • Entertainment

    Posted on June 14th, 2009

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    African-American novel wins Irish literature prize

    African-American novel wins Irish literature prize

    Michael Thomas won one of English language fiction’s richest prizes on Thursday for a novel depicting the difficulty of attaining the American Dream for an African American.
    “Man Gone Down” scooped the 100,000-euro ($140,000) International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, beating off competition from 145 titles nominated by public libraries from 41 countries.
    The unnamed first person narrator, [...]