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Book calendar: Author events for the week of November 28, 2010
Words & Ideas Compiled by Grace Krilanovich. MONDAY Christian Lander: The author of "Whiter Shades of Pale: The Stuff White People Like, Coast to Coast, From Seattle's Sweaters to Maine's Microbrews" will present and sign his new book. Book Soup,...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Adrienne Barbeau, Foods and Beverages, Billy Wilder, Society
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14 books that landed on my desk
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PASSINGS: Elaine Koster, Phelps 'Catfish' Collins, Jack Parnell, Dave Dixon, Matthew R. Simmons, Travis Harrelson
Elaine Koster
Publisher with a knack for new talent
Elaine Koster, 69, a publisher and literary agent with a knack for new talent who gave a second chance to an obscure horror writer named Stephen King and took on an unknown Khaled Hosseini and his...Tags: The Muppet Show (tv program), Homes, Consumer Goods Industries, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Parliament
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'A Jury of Her Peers' by Elaine Showalter
A Jury of Her Peers
American Women Writers
From Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
Elaine Showalter
Alfred A. Knopf: 608 pp., $30
The title of this, the "first literary history of American women writers ever written," explains Elaine Showalter, comes...Tags: Book, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Willa Cather, Crimes, Alice Walker
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Top Authors Set to Participate in 11th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, April 29-30 at UCLA
NOTE TO EDITORS: Advance registration is required for working media planning to cover the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Registration deadline is April 20. The registration form and directions are posted online at http://www.latimes.com/extras/...Tags: Barnes & Noble, Inc., Awards and Prizes, Henry Winkler, Crimes, John Lithgow
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Literary Focus Turns Westward for 11th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, April 29-30 at UCLA
NOTE TO EDITORS: Advance registration is required for working media planning to cover the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Registration deadline is April 20. The registration form and directions are posted online at http://www.latimes.com/extras/...Tags: Barnes & Noble, Inc., Awards and Prizes, Henry Winkler, Crimes, John Lithgow
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Mom, Daughter On Hilary Rosen's 'Mom' Comment
PIX11.comIn reaction to comments made by Ann Romney about being a stay-at-home mom and the comments sparked from it. Mommies are commenting and tweeting about it. We had a mother and daughter Erica Jong and Molly Jong-Fast to weign in. The mother was a single... -
'Hypothermia' and other chillers for your Halloween bag
It's the most frightening time of the year: Halloween is upon us again. Whether you dress up for a night on the town or turn out the lights to avoid trick-or-treaters, the Book Bag has you covered. Scaring up a good read will be the least of your worries....Tags: Philip Roth, Hypothermia, Halloween, Jorge Luis Borges
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Close-up on Westport
The Hartford CourantHOW IT GOT ITS NAME: After its location in the southwestern corner of Fairfield, one of three towns, along with Weston and Norwalk, from which it was incorporated. HISTORY: Settled in the mid-1600s when three farmers were given permission to settle the...Tags: Westport, Helen Hayes, Sandy Dennis, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Politics
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âFur of Flyingâ a Looney Tune NOT coming soon to a theater near you
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelWhen I saw “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole” some while back, a cartoon was attached to it. It was a new 3D Roadrunner/Wile E. Coyote ‘toon' titled “Fur of Flying.” Here's a clip of it. But it won't be showing... -
Chicago high-rise condos heighten sense of community
"Solitude," declared author Erica Jong, is "un-American." We seek the company of others.
That's easy in suburbia, where you see your neighbors while fetching the mail or mowing the lawn. But vertical living in the city can be another story.
For urban...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Leslie Mann, Dining and Drinking, Politics, Human Interest
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'Girls Like Us' links lives of 3 singers
Chicago Tribune NewspapersSisterhood—in the family and body politic—can be a beautiful abstraction and a real pain in the neck. It's an evanescent ideal that sometimes takes shape in historic movements. And it's the cosmic force behind Sheila Weller as she tries to...Tags: Anne Sexton, Joan Didion, Carole King, James Taylor, Chicago Tribune
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