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In this Jan. 8 2013 file photo, literary agent Sterling Lord speaks during an interview in his New York office. The uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” and over the following decades arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, has died. He had just turned 102. Lord died Saturday, Sept 3, 2022 in a Skilled Nursing home in Ocala, Florida, according to his daughter, Rebecca Lord. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)

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Sterling Lord, uniquely enduring literary agent, dies at 102
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Sun,09/04/22-1:52PM , 1,010 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” and over the following decades arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, has died. He had just turned 102.
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This combination of cover images show various novels releasing this fall, top row from left, "Bliss Montage" by Ling Ma, "The Book of Goose" by Yiyun Li, "Dinosaurs" by Lydia Millet, "It Starts with Us" by Colleen Hoover and "The Last Chairlift" by John Irving, second row from left, "Less is Lost" by Andrew Sean Greer, "Liberation Day" by George Saunders, "Lucy by the Sea" by Elizabeth Strout, "The Magic Kingdom by Russell Banks, "Natural History" by Andrea Barrett, bottom row from left, "Now is Not the Time to Panic" by Kevin Wilson, "Our Missing Hearts" by Celeste Ng, "The Passenger" by Cormac McCarthy, "Shrines of Gaiety" by Kate Atkinson and "Stella Maris" by Cormac McCarthy. (FSG/FGS/Norton/Atria/Simon & Schuster/Little Brown & Co./Random House/Random House/Knopf/Norton/Ecco/Penguin/Knopf/Doubleday/Knopf via AP)

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Fall books a broad mix of literary and commercial favorites
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Thu,08/25/22-8:59AM , 393 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Anticipation for one of the fall’s likeliest bestsellers has been growing all year.
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This combination of cover images show various novels releasing this fall, top row from left, "Bliss Montage" by Ling Ma, "The Book of Goose" by Yiyun Li, "Dinosaurs" by Lydia Millet, "It Starts with Us" by Colleen Hoover and "The Last Chairlift" by John Irving, second row from left, "Less is Lost" by Andrew Sean Greer, "Liberation Day" by George Saunders, "Lucy by the Sea" by Elizabeth Strout, "The Magic Kingdom by Russell Banks, "Natural History" by Andrea Barrett, bottom row from left, "Now is Not the Time to Panic" by Kevin Wilson, "Our Missing Hearts" by Celeste Ng, "The Passenger" by Cormac McCarthy, "Shrines of Gaiety" by Kate Atkinson and "Stella Maris" by Cormac McCarthy. (FSG/FGS/Norton/Atria/Simon & Schuster/Little Brown & Co./Random House/Random House/Knopf/Norton/Ecco/Penguin/Knopf/Doubleday/Knopf via AP)

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Fall books a broad mix of literary and commercial favorites
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Thu,08/25/22-7:48AM , 347 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Anticipation for one of the fall's likeliest bestsellers has been growing all year.
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A group of writers and supporters gather in solidarity with Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

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Authors and friends rally and read for Salman Rushdie
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Fri,08/19/22-2:32PM , 284 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Friends and fellow authors spoke out on Salman Rushdie's behalf during a rally Friday on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library, one week after he was attacked onstage in the western part of the state and hospita
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