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Judy Blume discusses the joys of writing at Lit Fest
Flannery O'Connor once observed that, "Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay." One can imagine quite a few poets, playwrights, memoirists and other nonfiction authors nodding their heads at...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Authors, Entertainment, Immigration, Music
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Withholding Homicide Photos Wrong Choice
The Hartford CourantIt was a lot to suggest –- that Newtown parents voluntarily show the gruesome pictures of their slaughtered children. But several weeks after Newtown, I suggested it as one way to ensure that the Newtown killings made an indelible mark on the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Politics, Police Arrests
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Light Must Shine On Government Secrecy
The Hartford CourantMamie Till did the unspeakable almost 60 years ago. She opened the casket at her son Emmett's funeral so the world could see how this 14-year-old was shot, bludgeoned, mutilated and then drowned in Mississippi's Tallahatchie River with a cotton gin fan...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Dannel P. Malloy , Interior Policy, Gun Control
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For candy-maker, Nelly endorsement could be sweet or sour
Hip-hop endorsements have taken a couple of high-profile hits lately, with major companies cutting ties to artists whose work has been criticized as degrading to women. But Just Born Inc. is embracing the culture, touting on Tuesday its new marketing...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Celebrities, Just Born, Inc., Entertainment, PepsiCo Inc.
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Kanye West renounces celebrity status at New York City concert
Someone alert the paparazzi: Kanye West is not a celebrity, and you guys can pack up and go home. Nothing to see here. That was the intended takeaway, at least, from another classic-Kanye monologue during West's set Thursday night at the Roseland...
Tags: Kanye West, Celebrities, Entertainment, Roseland, MTV (tv network)
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PepsiCo-Lil Wayne split marks shaky alliance of rappers, business
Corporations are quick to recruit rappers to sell their soft drinks, shoes and smartphones — but the moment there's a whiff of controversy, they are just as quick to cut them loose. The latest example is PepsiCo and Lil Wayne. Last week, the...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Entertainment, Promethazine (drug), Food Industry, Twitter, Inc.
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Culture clash: New history of Chicago taps into our malaise
Thomas Dyja looked at me with abject horror, then humor, then, as his face crumbled in defeat, resignation. A face that said, "See? This is why I wrote a 412-page cultural history of Chicago at midcentury that — as much as it pulls together...
Tags: Willis Tower, Mahalia Jackson, New York City, Hugh Hefner, Bank of America Corp.
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Cool Classics! hits close to home with schoolchildren
Mara Tapp was driving through the North Kenwood neighborhood on Jan. 29 when she saw a swarm of police cars. She knew something was wrong but continued to the after-school class she teaches at nearby Reavis Elementary. She would later learn that the...
Tags: Shootings, Students, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, University of Chicago, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois)
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Orlando marketer works to bring recognition to slain civil-rights icon Medgar Evers
"Man has not until this day, done what God would have us do. That is, love our neighbor as ourselves, especially if one neighbor happens to be black, and the other neighbor white." — Medgar Evers 1963 was an eventful year in America — one...Tags: Human Interest, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, Christianity, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lil Wayne, PepsiCo's Mountain Dew part ways after controversy
In a week that has already seen PepsiCo pull an ad developed by Odd Future ringleader Tyler, the Creator, the beverage giant is severing ties with another rapper, Lil Wayne. PepsiCo announced it has ended its partnership with the rapper over a vulgar...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Poetry, OFWGKTA (music group), Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Kanye West reveals June 18 as ... something
Kanye West took to Twitter on Thursday morning for a major announcement: "June Eighteen." And that's it -- no context, no explanation, no additional clues as to what that date might bring. Is it the release date for his new album, which Pop & Hiss...
Tags: Kanye West, Twitter, Inc., Saturday Night Live (tv program), Kim Kardashian
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Lil Wayne apologizes to Emmett Till family
Months after Lil Wayne created a firestorm for lyrics that name-dropped slain civil rights figure Emmett Till along with a vulgar sexual reference, the rapper has formally apologized to Till’s family. In a letter sent to the Till family, which...Tags: Poetry, Crime, Law and Justice, Entertainment, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights
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