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News Mon Jun 22 2009
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- Studs Terkel has been selected for posthumous induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame.
- Some local publishing honchos, including Doug Seibold, president of Agate Publishing in Evanston, Garrett Kiely, the director of the University of Chicago Press, and Jonathan Messinger of Time Out Chicago and featherproof books, discuss whether Chicago can be a hub for independent publishing.
- Jeffrey Eugenides tells NPR that he "that he's recently realized the deterioration of Michigan's auto industry" inspired his novel The Virgin Suicides.
- David Sedaris is touring to promote the paperback release of When You Are Engulfed in Flames, but this time he's making stops in small towns.
- The annual Newberry Library Book Fair is just one month away, but you can read the book fair blog now and find out all kinds of cool facts about the fair written with a surprising amount of snark.