O’Reilly sticks up for ‘Old School’

O’Reilly sticks up for ‘Old School’

NEW YORK

Bill O’Reilly’s next book won’t be a story of military wars but of the culture wars.

The Fox News host and author of “Killing Japan” and other best-sellers has teamed with “Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche” author Bruce Feirstein for “Old School: Life in the Sane Lane.”

Publisher Henry Holt told The Associated Press the book is scheduled for March 28.

Holt says “Old School” asks readers whether they’re on team Old School or Team Snowflake. Old School means “can-do spirit and principles.” Snow Flake means whining about “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings.”

‘Birds of Opulence’ author wins Gaines award

NEW ORLEANS

When author Crystal Wilkinson of Kentucky learned she won the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, she said she reverted to her 12-year-old self, shrieking and squealing with glee.

“I am over the moon,” Wilkinson told The Associated Press about winning the nationally acclaimed prize for “Birds of Opulence,” her novel exploring generations of troubled women in the fictional Southern black township of Opulence.

The Gaines Award and its $10,000 prize were created by a philanthropic group, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, to recognize outstanding work by rising African-American fiction writers.

Prison bans 2 books on manipulation

SALT LAKE CITY

Utah prisoners can read violence-laced literature such as “Games of Thrones” but are barred from accessing two guidebooks on manipulation.

Robert Greene’s “The 48 Laws of Power” and “The Art of Seduction” are the only two books specifically banned at Utah State Prison’s five libraries, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.

Prison officials were concerned they could instruct inmates how to negatively manipulate people, librarian Christie Jensen said.

All reading material is screened before reaching inmates, who can ask the library to stock certain books.

Associated Press