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University of Missouri Press to close, after 54 years
Jacket CopyThe University of Missouri will pull the plug on its 54 year old press, just the latest in a string of academic publishing casualties... -
Esquire, adding fiction ebooks, goes back to the future
Jacket CopyEsquire returns to its roots with a new short fiction series while making it new, e-book style.... -
Obama makes commencement speech in Joplin, Mo.
CHICAGO -- President Obama held up storm-ravaged Joplin, Mo., as a model for the power of cooperation in a commencement speech Monday night that hit on some of the themes of his campaign. Speaking to the Joplin High School class of 2012, Obama praised...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Graduation, Students, NATO Summit, Barack Obama
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Festival of Books: Novels and the 'dream deferred'
Jacket CopyThe Los Angeles Times Festival of Books panel “The Dream Deferred” with authors Mona Simpson, Jesmyn Ward, Hector Tobar and Ayad Akhtar.... -
Adrienne Rich in the L.A. Times
Jacket CopyExcerpts from Adrienne Rich's writing that have appeared in the Los Angeles Times.... -
This Sunday: Van Vechten's Renaissance, Watergate, Szymborska and more
Jacket CopyThis week's book coverage includes Emily Bernard's book on Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance, Thomas Mallon's novel on Watergate and a remembrance of poet Wislawa Szymborska... -
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: World War I (1914-1918), John Barth, Awards and Prizes, Nobel Prize Awards, Entertainment Events
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Mulholland Books pulls 'Assassin of Secrets' over copied passages
Jacket CopyMulholland Books, an imprint of Little, Brown, has pulled its novel "Assassin of Secrets" after passages were found to be copied from James Bond novels by Ian Fleming and other thrillers.... -
An artistic dialogue about Proposition 8 at SFMOMA
Culture Monster"The Air We Breathe" at SFMOMA addresses issues of Prop. 8... -
Theater review: 'Superior Donuts' at Geffen Playhouse
Culture MonsterIn real life, odd couples can be tiresome with their bickering and bellyaching, but in the theater they’re usually a source of comic bliss. And there’s a memorable one on display right now at the Geffen Playhouse, where Tracy Letts’........ -
On the Web: A literary marriage, a writer's lessons and more book news
Jacket CopyLibrarians meet, a 75-year-old author weds and an Oscar-winning writer shares his secrets in today's book news.... -
Gil Scott-Heron dies at 62; singer and poet 'set the template' for rap music
Gil Scott-Heron, a singer, songwriter, poet and author whose social commentary and combination of spoken words with musical grooves are widely cited as a seminal influence on rap music, died Friday. He was 62.
The Associated Press reported that a friend,...Tags: Substance Abuse, Bob Dylan, Behavioral Conditions, Human Interest, Mass Media
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