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UNDERRATED 'The Pitch' on AMC: Like a real-life "Mad Men" with far less interesting furnishings, this reality show captures the drama behind today's ad game and transcends the cliches while doing it. Sure, it's a little unsettling to consider the...Tags: Mad Men (tv program), AMC (tv network), Advice Columns and Columnists, Television Industry, Radiohead (music group)
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Home Theater: 'Kevin,' 'Rampart' disturbing yet compelling
24 Frames"We Need to Talk About Kevin" and "Rampart" are among the films newly available on VOD and DVD and Blu-ray; both movies offer compelling portraits of deeply disturbing behavior.... -
Book designer Chip Kidd at TED [video]
Jacket CopyGifted designer Chip Kidd, who doesn't take himself too seriously, makes a case for print books.... -
The Bad Sex in Fiction Award goes to David Guterson
Jacket Copy2011's Bad Sex in Fiction award went to David Guterson's "Ed King," a modern retelling of the Oedpius story.... -
The Bad Sex in Fiction Award goes to David Guterson's "Ed King"
Tribune NewspapersDavid Guterson has won 2011's Bad Sex in Fiction Award. The tongue-in-cheek prize was presented at a ceremony in London on Tuesday. As in years past, the award-winning author was not in attendance. Guterson was awarded the prize for writing a marathon...Tags: Religion and Belief, Tom Wolfe, James Frey, Stephen King, Literature
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Holiday books: Fiction
Aleph
A Novel
Paulo Coelho
Alfred A. Knopf, $24.95
A crisis of faith prompts a man to begin a journey of self-discovery from Africa to Asia.
The Angel Esmeralda
Nine Stories
Don DeLillo
Scribner, $24
The first collection of short stories from a...Tags: Michael Ondaatje, Jeffrey Eugenides, Langston Hughes, World War I (1914-1918), Awards and Prizes
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Like Haruki Murakami? Do it on Facebook and read Ch. 1 of '1Q84
Jacket CopyThe first chapter of Haruki Murakami's novel "1Q84" is online now, even though the book won't be out until late October.... -
Handicapping the Nobel Prize in literature: a guide
Jacket CopyWho is Assia Djebar and why is she considered among the top contenders for the Nobel Prize in literature? This handy guide can help.... -
Critic's Notebook: Tomas Tranströmer's spare, elegant genius
I was hoping for Bob Dylan. Briefly, on Wednesday afternoon, the singer was favored to win the Nobel Prize for literature by the British odds-maker Ladbrokes, which has handicapped the Nobels for many years. In second place was the Japanese novelist...Tags: Bob Dylan, Arts, Poetry, Awards and Prizes, France
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Believe it: Bob Dylan is favored to win Nobel Prize in literature
Jacket CopyBob Dylan as Nobel prize-winner? Bob Dylan is the odds-on favorite to win the Nobel Prize for literature.... -
Designing '1Q84': Chip Kidd on Haruki Murakami's latest
Jacket CopyIn a video, Chip Kidd explains his design of Haruki Murakami's new novel "1Q84."... -
Book review: '1Q84' by Haruki Murakami
1Q84
A Novel
Haruki Murakami, translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel
Alfred A. Knopf: 926 pp., $30.50
Here's an unorthodox suggestion: Try to read Haruki Murakami's "1Q84" in as close to a single sitting as you can. It won't be...Tags: Religion and Belief, Defense, Literature, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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