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Two topics that don't go together: The inspired Mixed Taste series
Jacket CopyIn the Mixed Taste series, presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, there are combined presentations by two speakers, each of whom talks on their separate field of expertise.... -
Is that a poem in your pocket, or are you happy to see me?
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25 literary resolutions for 2012. What's yours?
Jacket Copy25 authors and editors share their literary resolutions for 2012. What's yours?... -
A new dawn for Tori Amos with 'Night of Hunters'
Creating something genuinely new in the classical crossover genre is, for many reasons, an endeavor fraught with peril. Classical fans are notoriously unkind to pop artists who want to have a go while pop fans often attack their icons for putting on airs....Tags: Classical Music (genre), Peabody Conservatory, Popular Music (genre), YouTube, Tori Amos
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Coffee-table books
Art Nouveau
Norbert Wolf
Prestel, $75
The Art Nouveau movement covered it all — decorative arts, architecture, fashion, dance, advertising and more — and this book seeks to restore the movement's prominence in the discussion of modern art....Tags: Standards, Toni Morrison, Entertainment Events, Maya Angelou, Animals
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A literary stamp to these three houses
In 1937, poet Edna St. Vincent Millay came close to refusing an honorary degree from New York University when she learned she had been excluded from a reception for male recipients of the doctorate at the Waldorf-Astoria and instead was to have a quiet...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Richard Wilbur, Tour Operations Industry, New York University, Peter Bergman
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Emily Dickinson and "these modern literati"
Jacket CopyA charming collection of Emily Dickinson's letters shows her father teasing her about liking "modern literati" -- modern, circa 1854.... -
A visit to Mark Twain's Hannibal, Mo.
Los Angeles TimesIt was long after dark when Henry Sweets brought me to Hannibal's Old Baptist Cemetery, "a graveyard of the old-fashioned Western kind." No moon. Ragged weeds, crumbling gravestones. We tried to tread lightly, but it had been raining, and mud grabbed...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Norman Rockwell, John Steinbeck, Caves and Caverns, William Faulkner
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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: Columbus, Anthony Bourdain, Book, William Faulkner, Bill Bryson
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Book review: 'The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry'
Los Angeles TimesThe FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry An Anthology Edited by Ilan Stavans Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 729 pp., $50 Here's the answer to a hypothetical "Jeopardy" query: "Who are Pablo Neruda and, um…?" And now, the question:...Tags: Samuel Beckett, Richard Wilbur, Book, Mexico, Robert Bly
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Book review: 'The Red Garden' by Alice Hoffman
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Red Garden A Novel Alice Hoffman Crown: 275 pp., $25 "The Red Garden" is a fantastical history of Blackwell, Mass., from 1750 to the present, replete with intermarried families, melancholic bears and altruistic mermaids. If you have trouble with...Tags: Bear (animal), Book, History, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945)
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John Leverence's guide to giving a great Emmy acceptance speech
Gold DerbyOne of the highlights of the 2010 Emmys' Creative Arts ceremony was John Leverence's acceptance of the TV academy's Syd Cassyd Founder's Award. It's about time Leverence received a trophy. He is the king of Hollywood kudos. No one knows awards better, and...
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