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Mark Synnott admits in the introduction to his new book that “it is out in the high and wild places in this world that I’ve always felt the closest to whoever it is that I really am.

In 1985, a sitcom about four women who were considered past their prime debuted in prime time. “The Golden Girls” turned out to be a ratings hit for NBC for seven seasons.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ten emerging writers, from an author of speculative fiction to a poet rooted in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, have received $50,000 grants from the Whiting Foundation .

NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Yusef Komunyakaa is to receive an Anisfeld-Wolf Award for lifetime achievement. Komunyakaa, 77, is known for such collections as “Neon Vernacular” and for exploring race, music and his Vietnam War experiences.

TORONTO — David Foster says writing music for a new Broadway musical starring Betty Boop has been filled with highs notes and "a lot of drudgery.

Ian Leslie's “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,” takes a detailed look — 426 pages — at how John Lennon and Paul McCartney worked together from their meeting as teenagers until John’s death.

A Holocaust survivor who dedicated her life to raising awareness about the horrors her family endured before moving to Canada has received a special honour in Vancouver.

NEW YORK (AP) — One month shy of his 88th birthday, Thomas Pynchon is set to publish his first book in 12 years. “Shadow Ticket” is scheduled for Oct. 7, Penguin Press announced Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Even after publishing a handful of memoirs, including the classic “Just Kids,” Patti Smith has a lot more to say about her life. The poet-writer-musician’s “Bread of Angels” will be published Nov. 4, Random House announced Wednesday.