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    Apr 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Bring on the aerial ant sex

    For those who think spring is all about robins arriving, or window cleaning or crocuses budding, I have two words for you: ant sex.
    For those who think spring is all about robins arriving, or window cleaning or crocuses budding, I have two words for you: ant sex. Now, I know what you're thinking: Those tiny black creatures marching relentlessly toward the sugar bowl or streaming...

    Tags: Genes and Chromosomes

    2. Aug 28, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. The Saturday Read: 'Bitter in the Mouth' by Monique Truong

    In "The Writing Life," Annie Dillard advises would-be writers to find their bone, the thing that drives them to write, and to work as closely to that bone as possible. Dillard also instructs writers — with another corporeal metaphor — to work as closely along the nerve as possible.
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    In "The Writing Life," Annie Dillard advises would-be writers to find their bone, the thing that drives them to write, and to work as closely to that bone as possible. Dillard also instructs writers — with another corporeal metaphor — to...

    Tags: Salt, Gays and Lesbians, Dolly Parton, Minority Groups, Children

    3. Mar 21, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Off the Shelf: Trouble seeing the line between fact and fiction

    A new biography of the Polish war correspondent Ryszard Kapuscinski alleges that he frequently forged details, invented images and claimed to have witnessed events that he didn't, in fact, witness. Gerald Posner resigned from the Daily Beast after admitting that he had lifted sentences from a Miami Herald editorial, a Miami Herald blog, Texas Lawyer magazine and a health journalism blog; Posner blamed the "warp speed of the net" and his "master electronic files system."
    A new biography of the Polish war correspondent Ryszard Kapuscinski alleges that he frequently forged details, invented images and claimed to have witnessed events that he didn't, in fact, witness. Gerald Posner resigned from the Daily Beast after...

    Tags: Lawyers, Documentary (genre), Books and Magazines, Justice System, Literature

    4. Jan 11, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. In 'Lark and Termite,' Jayne Anne Phillips continues to explore human vulnerabilities and the lasting effects of war on memory

    Falling in love with a writer requires commitment; the long haul, thick and thin. They get old, you get old. The relationship waxes and wanes. Most readers can recall times of perfect synchronicity -- when the book was the necessary enzyme, the catalyst, the missing piece. "Black Tickets," Jayne Anne Phillips' first collection of stories, published in 1979, was, for more than one earnest English major, such a book.
    Falling in love with a writer requires commitment; the long haul, thick and thin. They get old, you get old. The relationship waxes and wanes. Most readers can recall times of perfect synchronicity -- when the book was the necessary enzyme, the catalyst,...

    Tags: Rutgers University, Culture, Crimes, Nadine Gordimer, William Styron

    5. Sep 14, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 'Two Marriages: Novellas' by Phillip Lopate

    Two Marriages
    Two Marriages Novellas Phillip Lopate Other Press: 272 pp., $24.95 THE publication of new fictions -- the first in more than 20 years -- by one of our most reliable men of letters is an occasion worth marking and measuring. Phillip Lopate is best...

    Tags: Dyker Heights, Marriage, Death, H.L. Mencken, Joan Didion

    6. May 24, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. 'Will You Take Me as I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period' by Michelle Mercer

    Will You Take Me as I Am Joni Mitchell's Blue Period Michelle Mercer Free Press: 240 pp., $24.99 When Joni Mitchell thinks about confession, two things come to mind: witch hunts and Catholic priests. To be held up as the exemplar of confessional...

    Tags: Politics, Norman Mailer, Jackson Browne, Freedom of the Press, James Taylor

    7. Mar 22, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  7. David Shields recommends 26 shifting nonfictions

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    David Shields, the author of "Reality Hunger," couldn't help but notice the buzz when a new biography of Polish writer Ryszard Kapuscinski, above, said he invented some of his nonfiction. It's the latest in a series of small turmoils about......
    8. Apr 29, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Chatting with authors Janet Fitch and Denise Hamilton

    Administrator: Welcome to our online chat with Janet Fitch and Denise Hamilton. raul: hi Denise, how do you research your books? ellen Ulken: Janet, At what stage in life did you know you wanted to be a writer? Denise Hamilton: I was a Los Angeles...

    Tags: Crimes, Janet Fitch, Stephenie Meyer, Death, Carl Hiaasen

    9. Jun 24, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. All you need is love

    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    EVERY so often, a novel comes along that describes a relationship with such thoroughness that you almost feel better about love. Maybe, just maybe, it's a worthy use of our time alive. Annie Dillard's "The Maytrees" is such a novel. It is also a reservoir...

    Tags: Ingrid Bergman, Rivers, Death, Bodies of Water, Pulitzer Prize Awards

    10. Apr 20, 2004 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Stone. Water. Insect. Fish. Sunlight.

    Big Two-Hearted River: Part I
    Big Two-Hearted River: Part I Nick looked down into the pool from the bridge. It was a hot day. A kingfisher flew up the stream. It was a long time since Nick had looked into a stream and seen trout. They were very satisfactory. As the shadow of the...

    Tags: Conservation, Rivers, Plastic Surgeons, Wesleyan University, Science and Technology

    11. Nov 28, 2011 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  11. Literary pilgrimage to Virginia vistas is done in honor of author Dillard

    DALEVILLE, Va. — It is a tough uphill hike to Tinker Cliffs.
    DALEVILLE, Va. — It is a tough uphill hike to Tinker Cliffs. The distinctive cliffs of light-colored sandstone stretch nearly half a mile atop Tinker Mountain at an elevation of 3,000 feet along the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. The cliffs...

    Tags: Botetourt County, Entertainment Events, Forestry and Timber, McAfee Incorporated, Tourism and Leisure

    12. Nov 21, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Chicago's Feltre School

    Chicago's Feltre School offers discussion of the great works, in a no-commitment setting.
    Chicago's Feltre School offers discussion of the great works, in a no-commitment setting. One thing to know about our book club: The discussions are intelligent without being fussy, and fun without being frivolous. Author we'd most like to meet: Yann...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Clubs and Associations, Zora Neale Hurston, John Steinbeck, Lifestyle and Leisure

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