![](/graphics/articles/200807/WroblewskiEttlinger.jpg) David Wroblewski
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Jim Mitchell, co-owner of MainStreet Bookends in Warner, New Hampshire, and longtime Boston-area radio personality, died yesterday inside the bookstore he co-owned with his sister, Katharine Nevins, as reported by the New Hampshire Union Leader. Mitchell was 58.
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Jane Friedman Resigns as President and CEO of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide
On June 4, Jane Friedman, president and CEO of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, announced she was stepping down after 10 years at the helm of HarperCollins.
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There is no question: environmentalism is in. It's cool to be green these days, especially in Hollywood. But, as is so often the case in la-la land, not everything you see is real. While any number of celebrities are very good at talking the green talk, many are not so adept at walking the walk -- unless it's to their idling private jets.
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2008 Bellwether Prize Winner Announced
Heidi W. Durrow of Los Angeles has been named the 2008 winner of the Bellwether Prize for Fiction. Durrow will receive the $25,000 award for her unpublished novel, and the opportunity to work with an editor at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. The Bellwether Prize, which was established by Barbara Kingsolver, is awarded biennially to a promising first-time novelist working in the tradition of socially engaged literature.
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![](/graphics/articles/200805/amy.jpg) Amy Goodman
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