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Blaine Lotz of Edna, Kan., is this year's winner of the prestigious World Livestock Auctioneer Championship, hosted by the Livestock Marketing Association. Morgan Leigh Meisenheimer/Livestock Marketing Association hide caption
Sarah Sense embodies the Cowgirl and Indian princess roles in her art. Sarah Sense hide caption
Lee Child is the author of 19 Jack Reacher novels — and is currently working on the 20th. Sigrid Estrada/AP/Random House hide caption
This Time It's 'Personal': Lee Child Writes His 19th Jack Reacher Novel
David Mitchell's previous books include The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet and Cloud Atlas. Paul Stuart hide caption
'Why Not?' David Mitchell On Mixing Fantasy And Reality In 'Bone Clocks'
Saturday
Singer Ian Curtis on stage in 1980 with Joy Division, whose song "Transmission" is among those explored in Greil Marcus' book The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs. Rob Verhorst/Redferns hide caption
A great white shark swims near Guadalupe Island off the coast of Mexico in a promotional image for Discovery Channel's Shark Week in 2013. The network special Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives opened Discovery's annual Shark Week programming in 2013. Andrew Brandy Casagrande/Discovery Channel/AP hide caption
Francisco Antolin, the driver and co-founder of Tell A Story, speaks to a couple of Danish tourists who purchased some books from his mobile bookstore. The converted van travels around Lisbon and sells translations of Portuguese literature. Laura Secorun Palet/Ozy.com hide caption
An informal monument to Julio Cortázar on the streets of Buenos Aires. Getty Images hide caption
Rapper Prodigy, shown above performing in New York City, published his debut novel, H.N.I.C., in 2013. Mike Lawrie/Getty Images hide caption
Hip-Hop In Print: Brooklyn Publisher Looks To 'Reverse Gentrify' Literature
Syria: The Trojan Women inserts current events into an ancient Greek tragedy, performed here in Amman, Jordan, in 2013. Lynn Alleva Lilley/Lynn Alleva Lilley hide caption
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