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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?... -
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: Religion and Belief, Steven Spielberg, J.K. Rowling , Gaming, University of Oxford
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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: Astoria, Greenwich Village, Tour Operations Industry, Richard Wilbur, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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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.... -
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: Chile, Richard Wilbur, Nicaragua, Robert Bly, Gabriela Mistral
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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: Armed Conflicts, History, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Book
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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: Landforms, Ulysses S. Grant, Slavery, Mark Twain, Hal Holbrook
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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, Philip Roth, Anthony Bourdain, Naguib Mahfouz, Clubs and Associations
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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... -
Storybook living in the Moody sisters cottages
L.A. at HomeIt's pretty much impossible to lead with any other photo than this: As Christine Hoehner heads up the stairs of her cottage, her dog, Emily Dickinson, sticks around for the photo op. Lucky girl. She lives in a Moody sisters......
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Original site for Emily Dickinson topic gallery.
