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Yesterday — 6 November 2026NYT - World

Alberta’s Librarians Brace for a New Era of ‘Book Bans’

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By: Vjosa Isai
6 November 2026 at 14:41
A new provincial law requires public libraries to pull and restrict items with “graphic visual depictions of sexual acts.” Librarians argue the mandate opens the door to censorship.

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Sarah Meilleur is the chief executive of Calgary Public Library, the largest of Alberta’s 221 municipal library boards.
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Senji Kuroi Has Died. He Interpreted ‘the Salaried Soul.’

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By: Jonathan Kandell
4 November 2026 at 18:23
In books and essays, he captured the unease beneath Japan’s economic miracle and wrote about everyday people who might never appear in headlines.

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Senji Kuroi in 1972. He published dozens of novels, short-story collections and essays, earning major Japanese literary prizes.

Taking the Saga of a Criminal Gang From Page to Screen to Opera Stage

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By: Elisabetta Povoledo
30 October 2026 at 09:02
Italians can’t get enough of “Romanzo Criminale,” a best-selling novel that has been made into a hit film, a bigger hit TV show and now, an opera.

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“Romanzo Criminale,” an opera based on the best-selling novel, at the Maggio Musicale theater in Florence, Italy, this month.
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