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Obituary: Stanley Eveling
Obituary: Playwright linked to the Traverse Theatre
The Guardian – Jan 5, 2009 12:21 AM [GMT] – comment?
Obituary: Playwright linked to the Traverse Theatre
The Guardian – Jan 5, 2009 12:21 AM [GMT] – comment?
Letters: Harold Pinter
Bruni de la Motte writes: Pinter was charming and affable. Over a bottle of claret, we talked for over an hour
The Guardian – Jan 5, 2009 12:21 AM [GMT] – comment?
Bruni de la Motte writes: Pinter was charming and affable. Over a bottle of claret, we talked for over an hour
The Guardian – Jan 5, 2009 12:21 AM [GMT] – comment?
This year's list of words that should be banned
Lake Superior State University in Michigan has unveiled its 34th annual list of words that should be banished from our vocabularies this year, a selection of which we set out below. Green (and all its derivatives) Whether list compilers are sick of worrying about the planet's destruction or mer ... more »
The Guardian – Jan 5, 2009 12:21 AM [GMT] – comment?
Lake Superior State University in Michigan has unveiled its 34th annual list of words that should be banished from our vocabularies this year, a selection of which we set out below. Green (and all its derivatives) Whether list compilers are sick of worrying about the planet's destruction or mer ... more »
The Guardian – Jan 5, 2009 12:21 AM [GMT] – comment?
Civil Rights Poets Wrote Prologue For Change
Langston Hughes and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper are prominent African-American poets who wrote about civil rights and whose work still resonates today. Host Liane Hansen speaks with poet E. Ethelbert Miller about Harper's and Hughes' work and what it means in this time of change in Americ ... more »
NPR.org – Jan 4, 2009 4:15 PM [GMT] – comment?
Langston Hughes and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper are prominent African-American poets who wrote about civil rights and whose work still resonates today. Host Liane Hansen speaks with poet E. Ethelbert Miller about Harper's and Hughes' work and what it means in this time of change in Americ ... more »
NPR.org – Jan 4, 2009 4:15 PM [GMT] – comment?
What We Don't Know About Sherman's March
Author Noah Andre Trudeau's novel, Southern Storm, is about Sherman's March and what actually happened during this famous Civil War event.
NPR.org – Jan 4, 2009 2:16 PM [GMT] – comment?
Author Noah Andre Trudeau's novel, Southern Storm, is about Sherman's March and what actually happened during this famous Civil War event.
NPR.org – Jan 4, 2009 2:16 PM [GMT] – comment?
Review: 'Sweet Land of Liberty' by Thomas J. Sugrue
SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North, by Thomas J. Sugrue. Random House, 720 pp., $35.
Newsday.com – Jan 4, 2009 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North, by Thomas J. Sugrue. Random House, 720 pp., $35.
Newsday.com – Jan 4, 2009 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
What's New
THINGS I'VE BEEN SILENT ABOUT by Azar Nafisi (Random House, $27)
Newsday.com – Jan 4, 2009 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
THINGS I'VE BEEN SILENT ABOUT by Azar Nafisi (Random House, $27)
Newsday.com – Jan 4, 2009 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
Review: 'In Spite of Myself' by Christopher Plummer
IN SPITE OF MYSELF, by Christopher Plummer. Alfred A. Knopf, 648 pages, $29.95.
Newsday.com – Jan 4, 2009 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
IN SPITE OF MYSELF, by Christopher Plummer. Alfred A. Knopf, 648 pages, $29.95.
Newsday.com – Jan 4, 2009 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
THIS WEEK: Readings on LI
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Newsday.com – Jan 4, 2009 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
Read full story for latest details.
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Talking With 'Gomorrah' author Roberto Saviano
Roberto Saviano's life mirrors that of the mobsters who have vowed to kill him: He has gone into hiding, even from his neighbors.
Newsday.com – Jan 4, 2009 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
Roberto Saviano's life mirrors that of the mobsters who have vowed to kill him: He has gone into hiding, even from his neighbors.
Newsday.com – Jan 4, 2009 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
