Andres Martinez, serving time for attempted murder and robbery at the Secured Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison in California, is free to read his werewolf-human erotica novel, according to a decision handed down by the First District Court of Appeal
Today in books and publishing: Fantasy author reflects on a significant encounter; Turkey's obscenity trial grinds on; Jared Diamond says Romney misinterpreted his book; first-edition Shakespeare goes digital.
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