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    Jan 29, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. J.D. Salinger dies at 91; reclusive author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'

    After "The Catcher in the Rye" exploded onto the literary scene in 1951, author J.D. Salinger had what every writer yearns for -- money, fame and critical acclaim. "Catcher" became a touchstone for the teenage culture just emerging in post-World War II America, and has remained one for every generation of youths since.
    After "The Catcher in the Rye" exploded onto the literary scene in 1951, author J.D. Salinger had what every writer yearns for -- money, fame and critical acclaim. "Catcher" became a touchstone for the teenage culture just emerging in post-World War II...

    Tags: California, Ernest Hemingway, Arts and Culture, Cults and Sects, Rebellions

    2. Oct 25, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 'Last Night in Twisted River' by John Irving

    Last Night in Twisted River
    Last Night in Twisted River A Novel John Irving Random House: 558 pp., $28 The opening passages of "Last Night in Twisted River" recycle John Irving's signature themes at such dizzy speed, it's as though the author were ticking boxes. New England?...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, John Irving, Richard Ford, Family, Iowa

    3. Jun 10, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Critic's Notebook: Essays tiptoe up to grab us unawares

    Essays sneak up on us. They are — or often feel — accidental: the record of a writer wrestling with an idea, an observation, a slice of experience, of a writer figuring it out. They have a conditional quality, as if they could go in any direction, offering impressions more than conclusive points of view. As Tom Bissell notes at the beginning of "Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation": "When I am asked ... for advice on how to get started as a nonfiction writer, I tell them to start small and look around."
    Essays sneak up on us. They are — or often feel — accidental: the record of a writer wrestling with an idea, an observation, a slice of experience, of a writer figuring it out. They have a conditional quality, as if they could go in any...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Werner Herzog, Massacres

    4. Jul 13, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Penny Arcade and Steam turn to crowdsourcing

    &quot;The future belongs to crowds."&nbsp; - Don DeLillo, <em>Mao II</em>
    "The future belongs to crowds."  - Don DeLillo, Mao II If the 20th century version of video game marketing is attempting to observe what customers wanted, than the 21st has become a time about flat-out asking them. Steam, Valve's online gaming store and...

    Tags: Gaming, Gaming Industry, Social Media, Marketing, Human Interest

    5. May 25, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Cannes 2012: With 'Cosmopolis,' Rob Pattinson seeks acting cred

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    Rob Pattinson stars in "Cosmopolis," a David Cronenberg movie that premiered at Cannes and represents a departure for the Twilight star....
    6. May 22, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Cannes 2012: Brandon Cronenberg takes a (sort of) familiar path

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    David and Brandon Cronenberg are the first father-and-son tandem to premiere movies in Cannes in the same year. The 32-year-old Brandon's first feature, a horror-movie-cum-social-critique called “Antiviral,” had its premiere in the Un...
    7. May 16, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Cannes 2012: Festival turns 65 with a lineup heavy on U.S. titles

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    Opening Wednesday night with Wes Anderson's oddly endearing “Moonrise Kingdom,” the Cannes Film Festival is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year and marking that milestone by embracing all kinds of opposites: old and young, dramatic...
    8. Dec 8, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. David Cronenberg on why the new 'Fly' has been swatted

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    The Fly, a reboot that David Cronenberg had been planning at Fox, is not moving forward...
    9. Jan 18, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Take Grisham out to the ballgame

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    John Grisham's new novel "Calico Joe," coming in April, will be about baseball....
    10. Nov 27, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Book review: 'The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories' by Don DeLillo

    It's impossible not to get a sense of d&eacute;j&agrave; vu reading &quot;The Angel Esmeralda," the first book of short stories in Don DeLillo's 40-year career. The themes here are echoes &mdash; of one another, yes, but even more, of the issues that have defined DeLillo's writing since his first novel, "Americana," came out in 1971.
    Tribune critic
    It's impossible not to get a sense of déjà vu reading "The Angel Esmeralda," the first book of short stories in Don DeLillo's 40-year career. The themes here are echoes — of one another, yes, but even more, of the issues that have defined DeLillo'...

    Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism, Los Angeles Times

    11. Mar 23, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Steven Millhauser beats DeLillo, Pearlman for 2011 Story Prize

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    The Story Prize for 2011 was awarded to Steven Millhauser for "We Others: New and Selected Stories."...
    12. Apr 12, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. 'Catching Fire' director: Lionsgate eyeing Cronenberg, Innaritu, Cuaron

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    Possible candidates to direct the next "Hunger Games" movie, 'Catching Fire," include auteurs David Cronenberg, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Alfonso Cuaron....
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