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These students, teachers, and authors want to ban bigotry, not books.

Banu Mushtaq’s “Heart Lamp,” translated by Deepa Bhasthi, had received little notice in Britain or the United States before Tuesday. Now, it’s won the major award for translated fiction.

Beginning with a reading by Dylan Thomas, she and a friend found unlikely commercial success in the 1950s with recordings of famous writers reciting their work.

She was already a prominent hostess in the nation’s capital when her uninhibited, best-selling 1973 memoir, “Laughing All the Way,” made her a star.

In her 60s, she hit the open road on a hulking Harley-Davidson and found a new area of academic research: bikers, and in particular, women bikers.

In her 60s, she set off on a hulking Harley-Davidson and found a new area of anthropological research: bikers, and in particular, female bikers.

One Pulitzer Prize, two book tours, 54 weeks on the best-seller list and many admiring messages later, the author reflects on “Demon Copperhead.”

Barbara Kingsolver has put royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to work in the region it portrayed, starting a home for women in recovery.

Barbara Kingsolver has put royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to work in the region it portrayed, starting a home for women in recovery.

Including a custom Vivienne Westwood corset gown.