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Manuscripts among rare Hemingway items shown at JFK library

BOSTON (AP) — Ernest Hemingway and John F. Kennedy never met, but the author's most extensive personal collection is housed at JFK's presidential library and is now on public display. The exhibition opening this week in Boston includes original manuscripts of some of his most famous literary

racism

Harper Lee, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author, has died at 89

NEW YORK (AP) — Harper Lee, the elusive novelist whose child's-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, "To Kill a Mockingbird," became standard reading for millions of young people and an Oscar-winning film, has died. She was 89. HarperCollins spokeswoman Tina Andreadis confirmed the

Faith

President Obama nominates Rachel Held Evans, others as faith advisers

The White House has announced plans to add a popular evangelical writer, a Ferguson, Mo., activist and a Methodist megachurch pastor to President Obama's list of faith-based advisers. They are: Rachel Held Evans

Immigration

Q&A: author Jennifer de Leon on her short story “Home Movie”

The 2015 Boston Book Festival has selected author Jennifer de Leon's short story "Home Movie" for this year's 'One City One Story' read. The story centers on a Guatemalan wife and husband living in Boston with their three children. The plot is

Massachusetts

Kerouac’s knickknacks go on the road back to Lowell

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — The eclectic bric-a-brac that comforted and inspired writer Jack Kerouac is going on the road. "Kerouac Retrieved," an exhibition of the clutter that surrounded Kerouac at the simple wooden desk in Florida where he wrote many of his works, opens Thursday in the author'