February 20 – Allen Ginsberg makes a final public appearance at the NYU Poetry Slam.[1] He continues to write through his final illness, his last poem being "Things I'll Not Do (Nostalgias)" written on March 30.[2]
Tom Clancy signs a deal with Pearson Custom Publishing and Penguin Putnam Inc. giving him US $50 million for the world English rights to two new books. A second agreement pays another $25 million for a four-year book/multimedia deal, and a third, with Berkley Books for 24 paperbacks to tie in with an ABC television miniseries for $22 million.
Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. ISBN 9780198715542.
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