AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoAI & Publishing: DOJ backs OpenAI fair use in the AI copyright fight, while India’s copyright office says AI can write but can’t be the author—two signals that creators and publishers are heading into a tougher, clearer era of rights. Books & Culture: Ann Patchett’s Whistler returns to loss and art through a Met encounter, and Abd al-Hadi al-Madadha’s Darat Balqis uses place, memory, and real-estate pressure to interrogate identity. Local Book World: Liberty Hill’s Laura De La Cruz debuts Disney-published Lowrider for Sale, and Georgia Writers Museum welcomes Michael Lucker for Rule One. Literary Loss: Feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92, with tributes highlighting her decades of activism and storytelling. Policy & Libraries: Somerset County’s move to restrict young adult books faces a state-law and First Amendment challenge. New Fiction Spotlight: By Any Means (Elegance Bratton) dramatizes Vernon Dahmer’s NAACP poll-tax fight, bringing 1960s voter suppression into a thriller framework.
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