Listed alphabetically by author Beauvoir, Simone de. The Second Sex Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby Goldberg, Natalie. Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir Hood, Ann. Comfort: A Journey through Grief O’Farrell, Maggie. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox Saks, Elyn R. The Center Cannot Hold: […]
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Maureen Corrigan’s Best Books Of 2008 : NPR: Yes, yet another “best books” list. This one contains both fiction and nonfiction.
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Madoff Case Echoes Rich Lode of Swindler Literature – NYTimes.com: In the “there’s nothing new under the sun” department, this article points out some of the literary predecessors to the Bernie Madoff financial scandal: ‘You must realize that money making is one thing, religion another, and family life a third,’ Mr. Voysey matter-of-factly tells his
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Harold Pinter, Nobel-Winning Playwright, Is Dead at 78 – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com: Harold Pinter, the British playwright whose gifts for finding the ominous in the everyday and the noise within silence made him the most influential and imitated dramatist of his generation, died on Wednesday. He was 78 and lived in London.
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End of the book? – Los Angeles Times: From his perspective of more than 30 years in the publishing industry, Tom Engelhardt speculates on the current state of the industry: In scale, even the largest of modern publishers isn’t exactly a General Motors or a Citigroup or an AIG, in part because unlike cars, banking
These are both from The Seattle Times: Our Picks for the Best Books of 2008 “Our reviewers have nominated . . . books that informed, inspired and delighted them,” announces the newspaper’s book editor. The list includes both fiction and nonfiction. Our Critic’s Top Ten Fiction Books of 2008 Critic Michael Upchurch’s list of “eight
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The Big Read is a national page-turner – Los Angeles Times: Developed by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Big Read funds projects nationwide in an effort, NEA literature director David Kipen explains, ‘to restore reading to the heart of American life.’ This newspaper article, which understandably focuses on Southern California, may pique your
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Literary Map of Maine | Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram: What a delight! The Literary Map of Maine is a partnership between the Maine Sunday Telegram newspaper and several of the state’s libraries and humanities groups. Here you can read about such classic authors of American literature as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sarah Orne Jewett, Harriet
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