April 23, 2014

Wednesday News: Women keeping boys from reading, men reading Romance, Comcast growing again, and Amazon planning Kindlephone

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April 9, 2014

Wednesday News: Peter Matthiessen dies, Amazon #3 in streaming video, VIDA on children’s lit, and Indian mascots in children’s lit

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Peter Matthiessen, Co-Founder Of The Paris Review, Dies At 86 – Peter Matthiessen died last week of acute myeloid leukemia. He may be best remembered for the writing he did in the wake of his world traveling, but Matthiessen was also a lifelong community and political activist, and he initially ... more >