Books and Authors

Wisconsin school will not ban children’s book about girl with two moms

The book, "Emma and Meesha My Boy: A Two Mom Story," tells the story of a little girl who learns how to be nice to her cat with the help of her two mothers.

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Annie Proulx: ‘I wish I’d never written’ ‘Brokeback Mountain’

Proulx says that ever since her 1997 short story was adapted into a film, too many people misunderstand its message.

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Archie Comics’ Kevin Keller returning in new series in 2015

RICHMOND, Va. -- Dan Parent, creator of Archie Comics’ first gay character, Kevin Keller, says Kevin will return in a new series next year. Parent was at Virginia Comic Con on Nov. 23 and spoke about…

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Inaugural poet Richard Blanco returns to Miami in new memoir

MIAMI -- In Richard Blanco's Miami, memories linger outside coffee windows and in Cuban grocery store aisles. Barack Obama's 2013 inaugural poet grew up here, gathering experiences and stories as the son of Cuban exiles that…

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In new memoir, Robbie Rogers rues slow acceptance of gays in sports

NEW YORK -- Los Angeles Galaxy soccer star Robbie Rogers wants some company, now that he's the last man standing as an openly gay athlete in a U.S. professional league. Jason Collins recently retired from the…

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Chris Colfer signs multi-book deal

NEW YORK -- Chris Colfer is planning many return trips to the Land of Stories. Publisher Little, Brown and Company said Monday the actor best known for "Glee" has a multi-book deal. Colfer has two more "Land…

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Author and transgender activist Leslie Feinberg is dead at 65

Leslie Feinberg, the author best known for the 1993 novel "Stone Butch Blues," died Saturday at home in Syracuse, N.Y., of "complications from multiple tick-borne co-infections," according to Feinberg's partner and spouse, Minnie Bruce Pratt, a…

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Bravo host dishes the dirt in new book, ‘The Andy Cohen Diaries’

In his new book, "The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year," author and television host and executive Andy Cohen tries to explain to his rescue dog, Wacha, the luck of going from…

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Jazz Jennings: The new face of transgender youth

As the debate surrounding transgender children swirls, one girl is sharing her personal story in the hope that she can help others. By age 2, Jazz Jennings began to verbalize her feelings that "she was a…

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Nathan Lane picture book out next fall

NEW YORK -- Nathan Lane's first book is no shaggy dog story. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers announced Monday that the Broadway actor known for his starring role in "The Producers" has a deal…

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