Tag: books
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May 11, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
Christopher Hitchens has never been a friend to religion. The sharp-tongued British-born critic and provocateur called Mother Theresa "the Ghoul of Calcutta." He was early and loud in denouncing . . . more
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April 17, 2007 04:01 PM EDT --
Today, fans of fantasy writer JRR Tolkien will have cause to rejoice...or fear.
A new saga, "The Children of Hurin," hits the store shelves. A prequel of sorts to "The Lord of the Rings" . . . more
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April 12, 2007 10:14 AM EDT --
On Point is talking today to Seth Lerer, English and Comparative Literature professor at Stanford. He has just written a book titled "Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language," which . . . more
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June 08, 2007 11:15 AM EDT --
In an age of X-box and videogames, there still needs to be a place for skipping stones and skinning rabbits. That’s what “The Dangerous Book for Boys” argues. The boys-only manual of . . . more
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April 26, 2007 08:46 AM EDT --
From Borat to Jon Stewart and beyond, Jewish humor is alive and kvelling.
On Point spoke about Jewish humor today with William Novak and Moshe Waldoks, the authors of the 25th edition of "The . . . more
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May 17, 2007 10:20 AM EDT --
Years before Jerry Falwell, there was another Moral Majority -- the Victorian Era. It was born in a time of war, anxiety and power. It banished a romantic era of personal liberty and bawdy license, . . . more
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June 13, 2007 10:29 AM EDT --
Let's face it, summer reading has become a fashion statement, a vacationer's fetish, a marketer's dream. Sun lotion and Tuscan sun. Whole families, assiduously armed with hot paperbacks. Please, . . . more
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May 09, 2007 08:44 AM EDT --
Like many American school children, Jon Clinch read Huck Finn. But unlike the rest , Huck’s story stayed with him—in his own words: haunted him.
Huck Finn's pap was never an angel. . . . more
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June 07, 2007 09:57 AM EDT --
The celebrated novelist, poet and screenwriter Sherman Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation, a son of the Spokane and Couer d'Alene tribes.
He made it through a rough childhood and stepped . . . more
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May 08, 2007 09:23 AM EDT --
Novelist, essayist, poet and all-around London super-critic Clive James has been a fixture of Britain's cultural thrust and parry for decades. Now he's out with a warning for the world, at least . . . more
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May 02, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
You know those stories about generations of women helping the youngest to have and raise a baby, the whole "it takes a village" thing? Or tales of a mother and daughter who heal an estranged . . . more
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June 12, 2007 10:20 AM EDT --
When Roy Blount, Jr. goes looking for the soul of America, he doesn’t find it in the “heart” of the South or the “mind” of the North. He finds it in those places where . . . more
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May 02, 2007 11:53 AM EDT --
Photographer Mark Edward Harris has made two visits to North Korea and has been to the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. His stunning photographs from the Hermit Kingdom are featured in . . . more
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March 26, 2008 10:55 AM EST --
Comic books were booming in the 40s and 50s with kids ogling the lurid pages of "Chamber of Chills," "Tomb of Terror" and "My Secret Affair." These weren't just simple . . . more
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July 18, 2007 02:59 PM EDT --
Rivers may be made for swimming, but Americans haven’t done much of that in a long time -- too dirty, too scary.
Akiko Busch was facing milestones and loss and change. She walked down to the nearest . . . more
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December 05, 2007 10:55 AM EST --
This year’s crop of books took readers on a wild ride.
Clarence Thomas told his life story and found controversy. Debut novelist Junot Diaz struck gold with “The Brief Wondrous Life of . . . more
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July 02, 2008 10:45 AM EDT --
You probably remember at least one book from your childhood. The Cat in the Hat, perhaps? Goodnight Moon? Where the Wild Things Are?
Seth Lerer, Professor of English and Comparative Literature . . . more
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May 15, 2008 11:58 AM EDT --
Donald Ray Pollock grew up in tiny Knockemstiff, Ohio, way down in the state's southern hills just 50 miles from Kentucky. He dropped out of high school, worked 30-some odd years in a paper . . . more
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July 20, 2007 09:56 AM EDT --
Ten years ago, J.K. Rowling was a 30-year-old single mom living on welfare in a chilly one-bedroom flat in Edinburgh, and no one had heard of Harry Potter.
Ten years and 325 million copies later, the . . . more
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February 27, 2008 02:45 PM EST --
The April issue of Writer's Digest arrived in my mailbox on Saturday and I've been in a snit ever since. "Publish Your First Book after 50," said the headline, but here's the real . . . more
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