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National Book Critics Circle announces finalists for 2011 awards
Jacket CopyThe National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for its 2011 book awards at a public ceremony on Saturday in New York City. Two Southern California writers are among those up for the awards, which will be presented on March...... -
Bieber Is Not a Reading Level
Off The MarkleyAs the “Hunger Games” film hits theaters this week, I have to vent for a second. Once—just once!—I would love it if someone would recommend a book to me that was not originally intended for a 14-year-old girl. Watching people... -
Festival of Books: Novelists and the big picture (it's smaller than you think)
Jacket CopyHere’s one thing the novelists at Saturday morning’s “The Big Picture” panel at the L.A. Times Festival of Books could agree on: None was overly concerned with the big picture in their work. “I don’t think the ‘... -
Tomas Transtromer: The Man with the Nobel Tattoo
Cultural criticThe second-greatest mystery ever to come out of Sweden – the first being "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and its novelistic siblings by the late Stieg Larsson – is the annual speculation about who will receive the Nobel Prize in literature....Tags: Julia Keller, Literature, Philip Roth, Bob Dylan, Arts and Culture
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Learning new tricks to save an old dog
If 7 billion blood-thirsty fleas and ticks sucking on the body of an old dog have yet to kill it, then another billion isn’t exactly going to get the job done.
That old dog, however, is eventually going to go down, drained and ready for a trip...Tags: Global Change, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Weather
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Handicapping the Nobel Prize in literature: a guide
Jacket CopyWho is Assia Djebar and why is she considered among the top contenders for the Nobel Prize in literature? This handy guide can help.... -
World Book Night is coming to the U.S.
Jacket CopyWorld Book Night, so far a UK-only celebration of free book giveaways, will debut in the US in 2012.... -
Carmageddon reading list: 19 books about the joys and terrors of transportation
Jacket CopyCarmaggedon: your 19-book reading list. Hope it's enough to keep you busy while stuck in traffic.... -
Book review: 'The Border Lords' by T. Jefferson Parker
Los Angeles TimesWhen it comes to the crime-based fiction that long has played such an important role in the literary life of Los Angeles, we're living through what amounts to a golden age. The dark ecstasies of James Ellroy, Michael Connelly's artful probing of the...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Minority Groups, Fiction, Literature, Crime, Law and Justice
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Book Review: 'The Sisters Brothers' by Patrick deWitt
Los Angeles TimesThe Sisters Brothers A Novel Patrick deWitt Ecco: 336 pp., $24.99 If Cormac McCarthy had a sense of humor, he might have concocted a story like Patrick deWitt's bloody, darkly funny western "The Sisters Brothers." It's 1851, and Eli and Charlie...Tags: San Francisco, Health, Dentistry and Dental Health, Book, Oregon
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Chicagoland book club
One thing to know about our book club: Our book club includes nine women and four men. We like the fact that our group has members of both sexes because it brings different perspectives to our discussions.
We call ourselves the Gammy Birds, which is...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Literature, Stephen King, Philip Roth, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones spar in 'Sunset Limited'
Zap2It"The Sunset Limited" is drama stripped bare, with two actors in their prime tackling life's major issues. As such, it needs to be incredibly strong. And HBO's movie, airing Saturday, Feb. 12, is. Why are we here? Is there a God? Is life worth living?...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Celebrities, New York, Samuel L. Jackson
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