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The Writer's Life: A talk with Percival Everett
By Susan Salter Reynolds
On the occasion of his new novel "I Am Not Sidney Poitier," the author discusses race and identity, keeping readers on their toes and the writing process ("I can't articulate what it looks like. I begin with a sense of weight").
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JACKET COPY
Second Pass suggests weeding lesser works from the canon, but "On the Road" too?
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OFF THE SHELF
Traveling outside one's comfort zone can really set off a writer's radar.
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BOOK REVIEW
The genre drew from devilish scandals in the City of Angels in which even the city's toughest attorneys weren't free of blame.
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BOOK REVIEW
Chief Inspector Javier Falcón is back. This time, he's battling the Russian mafia, terrorists, the CIA and a deadly threat that tears at his heart. >>
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The author's multivolume chronicle of the Golden State closes with a wide-ranging, stimulating look at the pivotal years after World War II. >>
BOOK REVIEW
The writer brings his reportorial eye for detail and experience in the field to a story about a foreign correspondent in Kosovo seeking the leader of a band of Arab rebels. >>
BOOK REVIEW
The Nazis' rise to power in 1930s Germany led to an exodus of artists, writers, musicians and composers, many of whom found sanctuary in Hollywood's fledgling film industry. >>
AUTHORS
'Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne' by James Gavin reveals a woman whose life reflects the civil rights struggles of the times. >>
BOOK REVIEW
Too late to go green, says the Earth The British scientist paints a bleak future for humans. Forget buying a Prius: Better move to the north or south pole. >>
BOOK REVIEW
Forget toga parties and orgies: Our view of ancient Rome is exaggerated to an extreme, a new book suggests. >>
BOOK REVIEW
A biography of Agatha Christie examines in detail her 1926 disappearance. >>
BOOK REVIEW
The California congressman offers part memoir (drawing on his upbringing in L.A.) and part chronicle of the wheeling and dealing necessary to get anything done in government. >>
BOOK REVIEW
A conflicted pulp-fiction writer is tempted by a devil's bargain in a bid for supreme success in Zafón's absorbing follow-up to his bestseller 'The Shadow of the Wind.' >>
BOOK REVIEW
A veteran science fiction writer turns to the story of anguished Karl Shoemaker, coming of age in the turbulent 1970s. >>
BOOK REVIEW
Lynne Sharon Schwartz begins "Not Now, Voyager" with a telling recollection: She is in Orkos, on the Greek island of Naxos, when she awakens "to a darkness so thick I could breathe it in." >>
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