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		<title><![CDATA[Bay Area-born Free Comic Book Day marks 25 years of heroes and villains]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Calif. — Joe Field has a lot of thoughts about Free Comic
Book Day turning 25 years old in 2026. Yet, one word sums up his feeling
perhaps better than any other:

“Gratitude!” says Field, the founder and originator of Free Comic
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4086404</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 25,
compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book
wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana
BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4085561</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 25,
compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book
wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana
BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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    <pubDate>Apr/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Not Bond or Bourne, Michael Idov's insecure millennial spy is a modern hero]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Idov is the author of the spy thrillers “The
Collaborators” and this year’s “The Cormorant Hunt,” which are
part of a trilogy. A Latvian-born American raised in Riga, Idov is the
author of the novel “Ground Up” and the memoir...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4084088</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Five books we can't wait to read in May]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[How big are the books of May? So big that one of them features three
name-brand authors for the price of one.

That would be the latest from award-winning Francine Prose, whose
novel “Five Weeks in the Country” is about a real-life beef ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4084012</link>
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    <pubDate>Apr/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Adriana E. Ramírez: This isn't the story she set out to write. It's the book she needed to write]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the summer of 2007, I went to Colombia to figure out my MFA
thesis. I was working on a master’s in nonfiction writing, and after
workshopping a series of essays on my childhood and undergraduate days,
I got inspired to write a book about why ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4084003</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Column: As 'Soccer Dad' can tell you, today's youth sports are no simple fun and games]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- If memory serves, when I was starting on organized high
school sports teams, my father saw me play football once, basketball
twice and baseball not at all. An otherwise attentive and supportive
father, he was like most fathers and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4083995</link>
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    <pubDate>Apr/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 18,
compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book
wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana
BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4078753</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 18,
compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book
wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana
BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4078723</link>
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    <pubDate>Apr/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Like books? Try these 7 places to hear great conversations with authors]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are literally billions and billions of podcasts!

Don’t bother fact-checking that statement; it’s literally not
true. It just sometimes feels that way, what with the plethora
of content available on the many podcasting platforms, social ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4077264</link>
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    <pubDate>Apr/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Mixed Marriage Project' charts decades of Black-white marital unions in Chicago]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — As the year moves us closer to the months that we pay
homage on Mother’s and Father’s Day to those who birthed us,
nostalgic memories inevitably arise.

In Dorothy Roberts’ latest book, “The Mixed Marriage Project: A
Memoir of ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4077247</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A teen's mysterious death led to Patrick Radden Keefe's 'London Falling']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over a clamor of background noise, author Patrick Radden Keefe’s
voice somehow sounds clear and calm.

“I’m running around like a crazy person today
because the book just came out. So you’re finding me at the bottom of
the World Trade ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4077246</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Authors are slamming Reese Witherspoon for telling followers to learn AI]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Reese Witherspoon is hyping AI again, and American
authors have a few thoughts.

The Oscar-winning actor and producer, known for spotlighting women's
voices through her famed book club, television and screen projects, may
have been...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4073036</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 11,
compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book
wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana
BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4072187</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 11,
compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book
wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana
BookScan © 2026 Circana.

(Reprinted from ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4072149</link>
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    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Reshona Landfair, 'Jane' in the R. Kelly trial, tells her story in 'Who's Watching Shorty?']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — The Chicago Tribune covered the trial against R. Kelly
extensively.

A federal jury in Chicago convicted Kelly in 2022 on child
pornography charges for explicit videos he made of himself and his then
14-year-old goddaughter, “Jane.�...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4070401</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Louise Erdrich says her book 'Python's Kiss' took two decades to finish]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Louise Erdrich was getting help with her computer when her daughter
discovered something on the hard drive.

A short story. 

“‘Love of My Days’ was a forgotten file in my computer, and
when I found it again, I was shocked,” Erdrich ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4070400</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Review: Two comic novels from 'Arrested Development' writers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month, if you read just one former “Arrested Development”
writer’s comic novel about a woman who used to write for TV but has
shifted gears, make it “Go Gentle.”

Weirdly, two novels that fit that description are out in the span of
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4070398</link>
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    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 4,
compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book
wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana
BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4065985</link>
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    <pubDate>Apr/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 4,
compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book
wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana
BookScan © 2026 Circana.

(Reprinted from ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4065984</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/09/2026</pubDate>
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