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Publishing shakeup: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt CEO Barry O'Callaghan resigns
Jacket CopyPublisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's CEO Barry O'Callaghan has resigned.... -
You're so nauseously nice: Getting Insulted by Authors
Jacket CopySomewhere in New York this week, Bill Ryan might be found standing in line after an author's reading, waiting his turn for a few words and a signature. While some people get nervous waiting to speak to an author, Ryan...... -
After a decade of fear, we're connected to writing in new ways
This is a decade that ended much as it began: with anxiety over technology and a feeling that the world as we know it might be coming to an end. Remember? Ten years ago, we were dealing with Y2K anxiety, and even the most skeptical of us -- if we're...Tags: Barack Obama, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Fiction, Mass Media, Joan Didion
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Man Booker International finalists include three Americans
Jacket CopyThe Man Booker International Prize finalists include Marilynne Robinson, Philip Roth and Anne Tyler.... -
John Le Carre stirs controversy trying to withdraw from prize consideration
Jacket CopyJohn Le Carre stirs controversy trying to withdraw from consideration for the Booker Prize International. The judges say he's still on the list.... -
Philip Roth wins Man Booker International Prize, sparks controversy
Jacket CopyA judge withdraws from the Man Booker International Prize jury when the award goes to Philip Roth. "He goes on and on and on about the same subject in almost every single book," she says. "It's as though he's sitting on your face and you can't breathe."..... -
Five summers, memorable for the reading
Times Book Critic1974: Unhappy at summer camp, I holed up in my bunk and read Philip Roth's "Portnoy's Complaint" and Bernard Malamud's "The Natural." The camp might have been awful, but the books were anything but. 1980: In June, I attended a writers conference at UC...Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Walker Percy, Bernard Malamud, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Albert Camus
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Critic's Notebook: In Discover Mode
Times Book CriticFor me, summer reading has always been about freedom. Not the freedom to dumb down with mindless entertainment but the freedom to wise up, to be ambitious, to pursue the passions that, during the rest of the year, often take a backseat to the...Tags: Human Interest, University of Chicago, Walker Percy, Bernard Malamud, Health
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What's on these authors' summer 2011 reading list
Los Angeles TimesHere at Book Review, we know what looked good to us on the summer bookshelves, but we couldn't help but wonder what some of our favorite authors were looking forward to tossing in their travel bag or bringing out to the backyard or the beach for one of...Tags: Book, Human Interest, Naguib Mahfouz, Anthony Bourdain, Literature
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Wylie-Amazon e-books partnership gives in to Random House
Jacket CopyPowerful agent Andrew Wylie's plan to sell the e-book backlist of some of his best-known authors -- among them John Updike, Ralph Ellison and Philip Roth -- has come mostly undone. The e-book venture, Odyssey Editions, is a partnership with...... -
Bush vs. Palin: Which fall book are you most looking forward to?
Jacket CopyWhich fall book are you most looking forward to?survey software This fall presents a rich selection of reading choices, from the political to the personal. David L. Ulin has our preview in this Sunday's paper, and he talks to Michelle...... -
Weekend Talk Shows
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Oct. 3 - 9 in PDF format This week's TV Movies Weekly TV Listings can also be downloaded here SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews......
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