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Jane Yolen Wrote Over 400 Books. Her Daughter Read the Last One Aloud.

Jane Yolen, who wrote more than 400 books and changed what children's literature was allowed to be, died on June 12 at 87. Her daughter was reading Owl Moon to her at the end.

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Marjane Satrapi: Reading Her Name Was Already an Act of Resistance

Marjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis, died on June 4, 2026, at 58. She made collective trauma intimate and redefined what a graphic memoir could do. Her loss is immense.

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Philip Caputo, Author of A Rumor of War, Dies at 84

Philip Caputo, the Marine veteran who wrote the defining Vietnam War memoir, has died at 84. His voice opened a wound in American literature that never quite healed.

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Edith Eger (1927–2026): The Dancer Who Chose to Heal

Edith Eger died at ninety-eight. The Hungarian-American psychologist and author, Auschwitz survivor and writer of The Ballerina of Auschwitz, leaves behind a legacy about inner freedom and the power to choose healing.