Ritchie Valens' sister sends a message to songwriter Don McLean describing how she really felt about his folk-rock anthem "American Pie." ...

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Seth Poppel, a lifelong collector, is the media’s go-to guy for yearbooks of the stars—from Patti Smith (“Class Clown”) to Ruth Bader Ginsburg (“twirler”) to Leonardo DiCaprio (“Most Bizarre”).

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The latest Michael Bennett thriller finds the Irish-American NYPD detective covertly investigating a spate of deaths of his fellow cops on special assignment. Brooks, the acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize ...

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Boyle’s novel “Saint of the Narrows Street” captures the feel of a Brooklyn neighborhood and the characters whose lives are shaped by violence. “I Dream of Joni” by Henry Alford and ...

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