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Newman Tribute on TCM: Oct.12
The TV ZoneYup, that's the big important date to remember, when TCM will devote its full Sunday schedule to Paul Newman classics, including ...Cool Hand Luke (1967), Somebody up There Likes Me (1956), Torn Curtain (1966), Exodus (1960), Hud (1963), and......Tags: Julie Andrews, Eva Marie Saint, Joanne Woodward, Movies, Literature
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'Always Apprentices' edited by Sheila Heti, Ross Simonini and Vendela Vida
In "Always Apprentices: The Believer Magazine Presents Twenty-Two Conversations Between Writers," we learn that when Joan Didion was learning to write, she would retype the beginning passages from Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" on her standard...Tags: Ernest Hemingway
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'Mary Coin' by Marisa Silver
Though it may be accurate to say that Marisa Silver's novel "Mary Coin" was inspired by Dorothea Lange's iconic Depression-era "Migrant Mother" photograph, it does not do justice to this extraordinary work of fiction. Silver infuses the vague outlines... -
Man About Town: In the Valley with one tight-knit group
Don't think of it as rush hour. Think of all those burning brake lights on the 101 as your own little red-light district, as beacons to fun and conviviality. Follow them to Ventura Boulevard, off Coldwater, then left, to a nondescript storefront,...
Tags: Festivus, Two and a Half Men (tv program), Dakota Fanning, Target, Betty White
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'Sticks and Stones' by Emily Bazelon
While sticks and stones may break bones, words really can hurt. But what's the responsibility of everyone in the orbit of teenage drama? Emily Bazelon wrestles that question to the ground in her important new book, "Sticks and Stones: Defeating the... -
Divas que no cantan pero lo saben todo
Wikipedia, que va camino a convertirse en el gran diccionario universal, dice que "diva" es el "nombre que se le asigna a las cantantes de ópera". Pero se queda muy corto, porque si se hiciera una encuesta colectiva sobre divas de la ópera, la mayoría...Tags: Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman, Glenda Jackson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Greta Garbo
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Author Ford's 'Canada' reads like Midwest
Viewed casually, the event featuring author Richard Ford on Sunday night might have seemed a series of dislocations. Under a projection proclaiming "America" — the theme of this year's Chicago Humanities Festival — Ford talked about and...
Tags: Bank Robbery, Chicago Tribune, Awards and Prizes, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Michigan State University
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'Canada' by Richard Ford
This is a hard book to read, because while the story compels readers to read with urgency, the linguistic prowess is so stunning that one is forced to slow down and reread passages. Narrated by Dell Parsons, surely one of the most memorable characters in...Tags: Bank Robbery, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Northwestern University, Fiction, Awards and Prizes
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'The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012'
As a devoted fan of this series (this is the 11th volume), I can report that this year's anthology of 32 selections might be the best yet. High school students from 826Michigan and 826 Valencia, parts of Dave Eggers' network of nonprofit writing and...Tags: FEMA, Occupy Wall Street, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Dave Eggers, Steve Jobs
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'The Other America' by Michael Harrington
A new edition of Michael Harrington's "The Other America: Poverty in the United States," an eloquent appeal to the American conscience, has been published on the occasion of the book's 50th anniversary. "The Other America" is a masterpiece, a powerful...Tags: Poverty, Charles Dickens
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'In the House of the Interpreter' by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Returning from his first term at boarding school by train, proudly wearing his uniform and eager to share the news with his mother that he is among the top in his class, Ngugi wa Thiong'o arrives home in Kenya, but his family is not there. He learns...Tags: Kenya, Arts and Culture, Literature
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'Magical Journey' by Katrina Kenison
In this moving memoir, Katrina Kenison beckons readers into her world and proves to be an insightful guide and companion through the vicissitudes of life. After the death of a friend, and when her youngest son leaves their rural New Hampshire home to...Tags: Authors, John Updike, Book
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