The tech giant must pay $3,000 per pirated book that it used to train its chatbot. Many authors fear they could lose funds to others in the book business.
Category: Books and Literature
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Lizzo Wants to Write a Great American Novel
The New York Times – Music:But first, she’s publishing a children’s book, “Lil Lizzo Meets Sasha B. Flootin,’” because “I wanted to inspire young people to fall in love with music.”
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Putin Is Coming for Russian Literature
The New York Times – On the Runway:The Kremlin is redefining what it means to be a writer in Russia.
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How Marlon James Confronted ‘the Story I Was Not Allowed to Live’
The New York Times – On the Runway:With “The Disappearers,” the Booker Prize-winning author has written his most personal novel yet.
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Book Review: ‘The Disappearers,’ by Marlon James
The New York Times – On the Runway:Marlon James’s story of gay experience and murderous homophobia in Jamaica is a maximalist’s banquet — and the Booker Prize winner’s finest book yet.
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“The Invisible Hand of Maria Edgeworth”: An Economist, Erased
The New York Times – Business:Maria Edgeworth sneaked economic theory into her best-selling novels. Two centuries later, a new book finally gives her the credit she deserves.
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The ‘Odyssey’ Scholar Emily Wilson, a Critic of the Movie, Is Redoing Her Translation
The New York Times – Movies:Wilson, who was the first woman to translate the Homeric tale into English, caused a firestorm when she criticized Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film.
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Roy Cohn, Robert Mapplethorpe and a Trump-Era Dilemma Over Free Speech
The New York Times – Business:When a respected biographer tried to use a Mapplethorpe photograph of Roy Cohn for a book cover, worries about the wrath of Mr. Cohn’s protégé, President Trump, intervened.
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As a Storyteller, Tim Curry Had the Gift
The New York Times – Movies:He was a blast to watch, whether playing a mad scientist in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” a butler in “Clue” or a singing King Arthur in “Spamalot.”
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Dolly Parton’s Other Legacy: A Fortune Given Away, Dollar by Dollar
The New York Times – Business:The country star supported early childhood literacy, disaster relief, the development of the Covid-19 vaccine and more.
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How Should ‘Huckleberry Finn’ Be Taught?
The New York Times – On the Runway:I traveled around the country to find out if “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” still has a place in the classroom.