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A physician decided to stop talking to patients about weight, and focus on health instead. But the new weight-loss drugs forced her to rethink how to help patients without feeding into stigma.

Since 2017, Uncle Bobbie’s in Germantown has been a self-described place for “cool people, dope books and great coffee.”

Once bitterly competitive, the literary world is now bursting with connection and collaboration. But why are authors turning to one another, and how is it changing the writing life?

Just Buffalo Literary Center has been approved for a $30,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support literary programming including the BABEL series and the Civil Writes Project.

These non-fiction memoirs from the last century include books by Joan Didion, Elie Wiesel, Margo Jefferson, Steve Martin, Michelle Zauner, Andrew Agassi and more.

New fiction, poetry, and nonfiction book titles from small, independent, and university presses received at NewPages.com. Great reading!

Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books will throw its second annual bell hooks symposium on Sept. 30 at the Green Street Friends School in Philly.

The Mississippi Book Festival is excited to welcome literature lovers of all ages to its 9th annual “literary lawn party” this Saturday, August 19th.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Book Festival will return for its ninth year on Saturday, August 19. The day will be filled with author panel discussions, live music, food, art and activities for all ages. This free event will be located on the State Capitol grounds in downtown Jackson. Many acclaimed authors will be […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

Comedian Roy Wood Jr. and fellow podcast host Michael Harriot join Panama Jackson for a special edition of Dear Culture filmed live in Birmingham, Alabama, at the National Association of Black Journalists annual conference. All three men have strong ties to Alabama, and they dig into the state's complicated past and what it means to make it out of the South. They also highlight the good-natured Black folks who take care of each other. Ironically, that point was proven just days after the ta...