"It's not just about taking a book off a shelf,%u201D said Tasslyn Magnusson, an author and teacher from Wisconsin who tracks book censorship across the U.S.

Libraries had changed since I was a kid. They were now more like a community service center than just a home for books. Older people signed up to learn basic co ...

Percival Everett, the prolific author of dozens of books, won the fiction prize Wednesday at this year's National Book Awards. He won for his book James, w ...