Literature
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Octogenarian Sleepy Hollow poet relishes book cover flapJul 20, 2013 11:00 pm - Celebrating the publication of her first book of poetry, 80-year-old Sleepy Hollow author Norma Hass relishes the controversy she creates by using a racy image on the co...
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Filmmaker's wit enlivens 'My Lunches With Orson'Jul 20, 2013 5:00 am - Orson Welles would enter the trendy Los Angeles restaurant Ma Maison through the kitchen, thus avoiding being seen arriving by wheelchair. His girth as wide as his talen...
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Signed copy of J.K. Rowling book could mean big moneyJul 17, 2013 7:37 am - NEW YORK — Not many people owned a copy of “The Cuckoo’s Calling” before word leaked out over the weekend that author Robert Galbraith was, in fact, J.K. Rowling. But a...
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'My Education' in love and lossJul 16, 2013 6:00 am - Our first glimpse of Regina Gottlieb is as a graduate student in her first days at a prestigious university. Somewhat naïve and more than a little intimidated by the sea...
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Book notes: Libertyville native signs debut novelJul 14, 2013 6:00 am - 타 Meet author Julie Hyzy as she reads from and signs copies of her new Manor House mystery book, “Grace Takes Off,” at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 14, at Anderson’s Bookshop, 12...
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Reporters' Civil War capture, escape sagaJul 14, 2013 5:00 am - Among the tens of thousands of books written about the American Civil War, there are dense histories of campaigns, profiles of leaders, compilations of battlefield photo...
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Amy Larkin puts conservation in business termsJul 13, 2013 6:00 am - Money doesn't grow on trees, especially not when you've cut down all the trees to reap short-term profits, argues a former Greenpeace USA official pitching conservation ...
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Actress Ava Gardner's bawdy banter powers new bookJul 13, 2013 6:00 am - “I'm tired of remembering,” actress Ava Gardner laments during one of many sessions with the ghostwriter working on her memoir. “I'm sick of trying to explain myself all...
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‘Nine Years’ chronicles life in death businessJul 07, 2013 6:00 am - Sheri Booker was 15 when she got a summer job at a West Baltimore funeral home. In the beginning, she answered phones and baby-sat bodies, showing guests into the funera...
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Steve Hamilton fires up another fine 'Let It Burn'Jul 06, 2013 5:00 am - Each Alex McKnight novel has revealed a little about the part-time private detective's troubled past: his failed marriage, his work as a young Detroit street cop, the da...