http://www.mail.com/people/59532-toni-morrison.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/59532-toni-morrison.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2021136-zadie-smith-granta-best-young-novelists-list.html LONDON (AP) — Newcomer Taiye Selasi and established best-seller Zadie Smith have been named to Granta magazine's list of best young British novelists — a once-a-decade roster with a reputation for predicting literary stars. The lineup of 20 writers under 40 announced Monday also includes Sarah Hall, Adam Foulds, Kamila Shamsie, Adam Thirlwell and Helen Oy... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:22:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2021136-zadie-smith-granta-best-young-novelists-list.html 2013-04-15T19:22:11Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2019686-fifty-shades-to-to-blacklist.html NEW YORK (AP) — Here's a list "Fifty Shades of Grey" was destined to make: The books most likely to be removed from school and library shelves. On Monday, E L James' multimillion selling erotic trilogy placed No. 4 on the American Library Association's annual study of "challenged books," works subject to complaints from parents, educators and other member... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:26:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2019686-fifty-shades-to-to-blacklist.html 2013-04-15T04:26:24Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1972562-chinua-achebe-author-things-fall-apart-dies.html NEW YORK (AP) — The opening sentence was as simple, declarative and revolutionary as a line out of Hemingway: "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond," Chinua Achebe wrote in "Things Fall Apart." Africans, the Nigerian author announced more than 50 years ago, had their own history, their own celebrities and reputations. Centur... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:03:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1972562-chinua-achebe-author-things-fall-apart-dies.html 2013-03-22T18:03:13Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1920436-toni-morrison-talks-to-google-creativity.html NEW YORK (AP) — Novelist Toni Morrison, speaking Wednesday to dozens of Google employees holding laptops and smartphones, shared her vision for how she would turn the search engine leader into a literary character. "It's like a big, metal, claw-y machine in 'Transformers,'" she said, to much laughter, during a lunchtime gathering at Google's Manhattan off... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:38:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1920436-toni-morrison-talks-to-google-creativity.html 2013-02-28T00:38:01Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758414-fifty-shades-dominates-publishing-2012.html NEW YORK (AP) — The story of 2012 in publishing was the story of "Fifty Shades of Grey," in more ways than one. E L James' erotic trilogy was easily the year's biggest hit, selling more than 35 million copies in the U.S. alone and topping bestseller lists for months. Rival publishers hurried to sign up similar books and debates started over who should sta... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758414-fifty-shades-dominates-publishing-2012.html 2012-12-11T16:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1745002-winfrey-picks-mathis-debut-novel-book-club.html NEW YORK (AP) — Add another book for possible holiday gifts: Oprah Winfrey's latest 2.0 selection. Winfrey announced Wednesday that she has chosen Ayana Mathis' debut novel, "The Twelve Tribes of Hattie," for her book club. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf moved up publication from early next year to this week, and an author interview will be aired Feb. 3 on the... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1745002-winfrey-picks-mathis-debut-novel-book-club.html 2012-12-05T19:45:00Z