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    May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Would novelists want to be friends with Humbert Humbert?

    In a widely circulated <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/56848-an-unseemly-emotion-pw-talks-with-claire-messud.html">interview</a> with Publishers Weekly, writer Claire Messud was asked if she would want to be friends with the protagonist of her new novel, "The Woman Upstairs." She responded with frustration: "For heaven&rsquo;s sake, what kind of question is that? Would you want to be friends with Humbert Humbert?"
    In a widely circulated interview with Publishers Weekly, writer Claire Messud was asked if she would want to be friends with the protagonist of her new novel, "The Woman Upstairs." She responded with frustration: "For heaven’s sake, what kind of...

    Tags: Donald Antrim, Authors, Social Media

    2. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Review: 'How to Live With Your Parents' is a by-the-manual comedy

    Some fine actors have contracted to appear in "How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)," a multi-generational family comedy premiering Wednesday night on ABC. It should do their careers no lasting harm.
    Some fine actors have contracted to appear in "How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)," a multi-generational family comedy premiering Wednesday night on ABC. It should do their careers no lasting harm. It is the sort of neither-here-...

    Tags: ABC (tv network), Elizabeth Perkins, Brad Garrett, Entertainment, Sarah Chalke

    3. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Philip Roth gets 'Unmasked' on PBS -- or does he?

    I&rsquo;m of two minds about &ldquo;Philip Roth: Unmasked,&rdquo; the &ldquo;American Masters&rdquo; documentary that airs Friday night on PBS.
    I’m of two minds about “Philip Roth: Unmasked,” the “American Masters” documentary that airs Friday night on PBS. On the one hand, it’s always a pleasure to hear Roth, who turned 80 this month and recently announced...

    Tags: Nazi Party, Judaism, Germany, Mia Farrow, Chinua Achebe

    4. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Jodi Picoult on 'The Storyteller'

    Don't mess with Jodi Picoult. The author of a string of best-selling popular novels with weighty themes ripped from the headlines, Picoult pulls no punches. Her latest book, out this month, is "The Storyteller," which is about a young woman who finds herself on the horns of a moral dilemma when she meets a nice old man, Josef Weber, who turns out to have been a Nazi war criminal.
    Don't mess with Jodi Picoult. The author of a string of best-selling popular novels with weighty themes ripped from the headlines, Picoult pulls no punches. Her latest book, out this month, is "The Storyteller," which is about a young woman who finds...

    Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Glenn Beck, Judaism, Literature, The Washington Post

    5. Feb 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. The book jacket 'Bell Jar'

    This is kind of embarrassing to admit, but until just recently I was under the misguided impression that a Pulitzer Prize in poetry might actually entitle a gal to a little literary respect.
    This is kind of embarrassing to admit, but until just recently I was under the misguided impression that a Pulitzer Prize in poetry might actually entitle a gal to a little literary respect. Good thing I had the nice folks at British publisher Faber and...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Literature, United Kingdom, Feminism, Chicago Tribune

    6. Jan 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Catherine Opie's documentary photography is on display

    The room is arranged like a gallery, hung with photographs of various sizes and shapes, framed and unframed, surrounding the artist Catherine Opie, who looks pleased as she observes from a rocking chair.
    The room is arranged like a gallery, hung with photographs of various sizes and shapes, framed and unframed, surrounding the artist Catherine Opie, who looks pleased as she observes from a rocking chair. This studio built behind her house in West...

    Tags: Fine Artists, Apple iPhone, Long Beach Museum of Art, Arts, Arts and Culture

    7. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. George Saunders hasn't written a novel, and I don't care

    When I was a 30-year-old MFA student just starting the Creative Writing program in fiction at UC Irvine, I sat down with my advisor.
    When I was a 30-year-old MFA student just starting the Creative Writing program in fiction at UC Irvine, I sat down with my advisor. So, she asked me, what are your plans for your two years here? Well, I said, I figure I’ll write a collection of...

    Tags: Sundance Film Festival, University of California, Irvine, Authors, Oprah Winfrey, George Saunders

    8. Nov 16, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Munrovian women

    Whenever a new collection of stories by Alice Munro appears, which is often enough, reviewers compete to see who can gush about her most hyperbolically. She is "the living writer most likely to be read in a hundred years" (The Atlantic), "the best fiction writer now working in North America" (Jonathan Franzen in The New York Times). Her stories make you remember "why you eat, read, make love, whatever" (The Washington Post). Munro is routinely compared to Anton Chekhov, but you get the sense that if Chekhov himself came back to life and started writing again at the top of his game, the critics would sigh, "This is great, but he's no Alice Munro."
    Whenever a new collection of stories by Alice Munro appears, which is often enough, reviewers compete to see who can gush about her most hyperbolically. She is "the living writer most likely to be read in a hundred years" (The Atlantic), "the best fiction...

    Tags: Movies, The Washington Post, Tuberculosis, Chicago Tribune, Entertainment

    9. Oct 26, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Why you should read genre books

    I'm usually reading four or five books at a time. At the moment, I'm in the middle of Husain Haddawy's enchanting translation of &ldquo;The Arabian Nights&rdquo; (forget Cervantes and Sterne &mdash; this is where postmodernism begins); Jean-Luc Marion's anti-ontotheological &ldquo;God without Being&rdquo;; Guy Davenport's essays; a few books of poems I switch among; and Daniel O'Malley's &ldquo;The Rook.&rdquo;
    I'm usually reading four or five books at a time. At the moment, I'm in the middle of Husain Haddawy's enchanting translation of “The Arabian Nights” (forget Cervantes and Sterne — this is where postmodernism begins); Jean-Luc Marion's...

    Tags: Stephen King, Politics, Lee Child, Romance (genre), Chicago Tribune

    10. Oct 26, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Attenberg's domestic tragedy

    Jami Attenberg&rsquo;s family tragedy arrives bearing the imprimatur of Jonathan Franzen, who has praised the author&rsquo;s &ldquo;sympathy&rdquo; and &ldquo;artistry.&rdquo; Franzen&rsquo;s endorsement makes a fair amount of sense.
    Jami Attenberg’s family tragedy arrives bearing the imprimatur of Jonathan Franzen, who has praised the author’s “sympathy” and “artistry.” Franzen’s endorsement makes a fair amount of sense. True, "The...

    Tags: Overweight, Literature, Medical Procedures and Tests, Chicago Tribune, Saul Bellow

    11. Oct 12, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  11. Harbor Springs teen pens novel

    HARBOR SPRINGS &mdash; Go to National Honors Society meetings.
    HARBOR SPRINGS — Go to National Honors Society meetings. Narrow down college choices. Volunteer. Write a 300-page novel. You know, typical 15-year-old high school student things. In July of 2011, Kate Liska, now 16, started a project. She...

    Tags: Ray Bradbury, Music, Fiction, Authors, Harry Potter (fictional character)

    12. Sep 14, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. From page to small screen

    Some of the biggest blockbuster movies in the last 10 years are based on books. (That means you, Harry Potter and &ldquo;The Hunger Games&rdquo;). But the annual television lineup has always included its share of book adaptations as well, dating back to at least the 1960s with &ldquo;Peyton Place.&rdquo;
    Some of the biggest blockbuster movies in the last 10 years are based on books. (That means you, Harry Potter and “The Hunger Games”). But the annual television lineup has always included its share of book adaptations as well, dating back to...

    Tags: Television, Justified (tv program), The Huffington Post, Timothy Olyphant, ABC (tv network)

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