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Edwards and the art of denial: Pols are a breed apart
Spin CycleJohn Edwards could have put it this way: "I did not have kids with that woman!" Had he done this bit of Bill Clinton revision, Edwards would have given Friday's show of admission and refutation a bit of historical......Tags: John Edwards, Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy, Larry Craig, Eliot Spitzer
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When the college admission essay becomes a family affair
With tickets just impossible to get, I propose to the family that we hold our own inaugural ball. "You mean a dance?" Posh says. "I never said that." "What about dinner?" she asks. "Tonight?" I say. "I mean at the ball," she says. "We're having a...Tags: Family, School Examinations, Government, Colleges and Universities, Sports
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Remote, picturesque Mazama, Wash., to host book festival
Jacket CopyA new book festival will launch this summer in a hard-to-reach but beautiful part of Washington state.... -
Philip Roth to headline National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Jacket CopyThe lineup for the 2012 National Book Festival in Washington DC has been announced.... -
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.... -
Streep, James Taylor, Quincy Jones, Sonny Rollins, Van Cliburn, Philip Roth among national arts and humanities medalists
Culture MonsterNational Medal of Arts, Humanities winners include Streep, Quincy Jones, James Taylor, Sonny Rollins, Van Cliburn and Philip Roth... -
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.... -
AFI Fest 2011: The literate anxieties of 'The Color Wheel'
24 FramesA ruefully acid-dipped send-up of the indie family comedy, "The Color Wheel" plays Saturday and Monday as part of AFI Fest. It will also screen on the UCLA campus on Tuesday as a double bill with Perry's first feature, 2009's "Impolex."... -
Robert Brustein lauded for contribution to American theater
Orlando Theater BlogPresident Barack Obama presented the National Medal of Arts to Robert Brustein during a White House ceremony today, citing his contribution to the American theater and to the development of theater artists. The citation read at the East Room ceremony as... -
The birth of a Twitter trend: #replacebooktitleswithbacon
Jacket CopyLots of great book titles with bacon! And if you've seen too many go by on Twitter lately, blame Carolyn Kellogg and Elissa Schappell.... -
Harper Lee to receive National Medal of Arts
Jacket CopyThe new National Medal of Arts & Humanities Medal honorees include writers Harper Lee, Joyce Carol Oates, Philip Roth and poets Donald Hall and Wendell Berry.... -
2011 PEN/Faulkner Award finalists announced
Jacket CopyThe five finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction were announced Wednesday, and included National Book Award winner "Lords of Misrule" by Jaimy Gordon. Southern California writer Eric Puchner's "Model Home" is the only other traditionally...
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