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T.C. Boyle archives go to Ransom Center at UT Austin
The Tea Fire was raging across the hills of Montecito, and T.C. Boyle was worried. He was worried about the safety of his home, as anyone near the flames would be, and that concern was amplified by the fact that the nearly century-old house was designed...
Tags: The Women (movie, 2008), University of Texas at Austin, Matthew Broderick, Awards and Prizes, Thomas Pynchon
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A coldly comforting Christmas with Stella Gibbons
Jacket CopyCold Comfort Farm: “Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm” by Stella Gibbons is a collection newly reissued by Penguin with an introduction by Alexander McCall Smith.... -
Dorothea Tanning dies at 101; artist and poet married Max Ernst
Over more than a century, Dorothea Tanning collided and consorted with artistic titans of the 20th century who included Pablo Picasso, John Cage and Joseph Cornell. She designed sets for George Balanchine ballets, played romantic matchmaker for poet Andre...Tags: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Peggy Guggenheim, Arts, Joseph Cornell, Museum of Modern Art
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New York City's spots for book lovers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn the third floor of a big, gray building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, silver-haired docent Julie Chelminski recently stepped up to the middle of a hushed room and faced 15 spellbound tourists. "On the walls of this room there were 9,000 drawers,"...Tags: Arts, Edward Clark, Harpo Marx, Charles Dickens, New York Public Library
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National Book Awards announce 2011's 5 under 35
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Patt Morrison Asks: The poet, W.S. Merwin
An Idaho resort hotel's verdure is not the wild tumble around W.S. Merwin's beloved Hawaiian home, but disciplined grass and orderly stands of trees. Not, perhaps, the sort of trees Merwin had in mind when he wrote, "On the last day of the world I would...Tags: W.H. Auden, Arts, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Stress, Human Interest
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9/11: Using poetry to cope with tragedy
Opinion L.A.In Patt Morrison’s interview with W.S. Merwin, who just ended his term as the nation's poet laureate, she asked him why he thinks people cope with tragedy by writing poetry.... -
Sada Thompson dies at 83; stage and TV actress known for playing matriarch on 'Family'
Sada Thompson, a Tony Award-winning actress best known to TV viewers for her Emmy Award-winning role as the matriarch in the 1970s dramatic TV series "Family," has died. She was 83.
Thompson, a resident of Southbury, Conn., died of lung disease Wednesday...Tags: Danbury, Awards and Prizes, Hal Holbrook, Human Interest, Des Moines (Polk, Iowa)
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Our 12 favorite non-book literary oddities on EBay
Jacket CopyInspired by Salinger's toilet -- which was listed for sale on EBay for $1 million -- Jacket Copy decided to see what other literary-ish items are currently for sale on the site. What we discovered? The doozy dozen. The first...... -
Your morning adorable: Energetic Pembroke Welsh corgi dances for his breakfast
L.A. UnleashedPembroke Welsh corgi Sparky, the star of the almost criminally cute video above, apparently listened when his guardian told him that breakfast was the most important meal of the day. "Sparky loves his breakfast! He always dances for a little...... -
Live review: John Cale at UCLA's Royce Hall
Pop & HissJohn Cale shows tenderness and emotion in performing his classic work at UCLA. On his 1973 orchestral-pop landmark, “Paris 1919,” John Cale pulled inspiration from all over the map: In addition to the title track and “Half Past France,” the...... -
National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 include L.A. Times staffer
Jacket CopyWhen the National Book Foundation announced the authors selected as this year's 5 under 35 Tuesday morning, the news quickly spread around our office that L.A. Times staff member Grace Krilanovich was among the honorees. Krilanovich's debut novel, "The...
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