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Not All ‘HEA’ (Happily Ever After) titles at Library William Gwin/Reader's Guide One reader described a book’s ending as not “HEA” or “Happily Ever After.” I found this term interesting, suggesting all kinds of short-hand personal and cultural references, and I could foresee an extended use of “HEA” beyond describing a less than sanguine plot ending. For example, I can imagine replying to a parent’s query: “How did the soccer game turn out?” “Well, not very ‘HEA.’ Let’s just say that!” From the dystopian genre, (certainly not “HEA”) you might enjoy “Att...

January 20, 2021 THE WASHINGTON POST – Last week, the copyright on F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby expired, so anyone can now use its characters and particulars to fashion their own version, much as Jean Rhys did in Wide Sargasso Sea, based on Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. That’s why we just saw the release of Nick, by Michael Farris Smith, in which the narrator of Fitzgerald’s classic novel, Nick Carraway, tells his own backstory. But no one needs to wait for copyright expiration to use Fitzgerald’s plot, that time-honoured story in which a person on the fringe of high...