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'A Jury of Her Peers' by Elaine Showalter
A Jury of Her Peers
American Women Writers
From Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
Elaine Showalter
Alfred A. Knopf: 608 pp., $30
The title of this, the "first literary history of American women writers ever written," explains Elaine Showalter, comes...Tags: Toni Morrison, Death, Carson McCullers, Crimes, Iowa
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John Leonard dies at 69; erudite critic was early champion of Toni Morrison and other writers
The Associated PressLiterary and cultural critic John Leonard, an early champion of Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and many other authors, and so consumed and so informed by books that Kurt Vonnegut once praised him as "the smartest man who ever lived," has died. He...Tags: Toni Morrison, CBS Corp., Pulitzer Prize Awards, California, Death
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Jacket Copy
Shiver me timbers R.L. Stine, author of the beloved "Goosebumps" series of creepy, crawly stories, is heading to "HorrorLand." The ghoulish theme park will be the springboard for 12 new tales, with Scholastic Books planning to release the first two...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Lynne Cheney, Crime (genre), Bruno Schulz, Franz Kafka
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Today's Talk Shows
The Early Show Castoff from "Survivor: Fiji"; Halle Berry ("Perfect Strangers"). 7 a.m. KCBS 26874 Today Lily Allen performs; the healing power of laughter; Vanessa Redgrave and author Joan Didion ("The Year of Magical Thinking"). 7 a.m. KNBC 884690...Tags: Joseph Arthur, Halle Berry, Scott McClellan, Entertainment, David Letterman
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Novelist Norman Mailer Dies at 84
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNovember 11, 2007 Norman Mailer, the pugnacious two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who jabbed and bobbed his way, sometimes literally, through an extraordinary career as one of the most original and audacious voices in postwar American letters, died...Tags: Literature, Pete Hamill, George W. Bush, Engineering, Gore Vidal
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'Important Artifacts and Personal Property . . .' by Leanne Shapton
Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry Leanne Shapton Sarah Crichton Books / Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 129 pp., $18 paper In a 1979 New York Review...Tags: Auction Service, Woody Allen, Hotels and Accommodations, Death, Monica Vitti
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Champion of the American novel
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterApril 10, 2008 NEW YORK -- The late Norman Mailer, a novelist and cultural provocateur who was rarely at a loss for words, was remembered at a memorial service Wednesday as a man whose deep and abiding commitment to the American novel will be his most...Tags: Muhammad Ali, Sean Penn, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Surgery, Gore Vidal
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Ease up on the insecure boosterism, L.A.
Matt Welch is The Times' assistant editorial pages editor.MARK MY words: Southern California is about to suffer a major earthquake. Probably a catastrophic fire too. And certainly a real estate collapse. How do I know this? Because the gods (or Thetans) who look down upon our patch of paradise do not appreciate...Tags: Woody Allen, California, Death, Los Angeles Times, Mike Davis
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'Losing Mum and Pup' by Christopher Buckley
Some years ago, when they still lived in Malibu, the late John Gregory Dunne and his wife, Joan Didion, entertained a prominent magazine journalist and author at dinner. It was December and, afterward, they invited their guest to accompany them to their...Tags: Armed Forces, U.S. Army, Death, Children, Tennessee
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Banned Books Week a thorny issue
![I'm ambivalent about Banned Books Week, which runs through Saturday. On the one hand, we clearly still need such a public affirmation, as the recent tumult over Sarah Palin and her "rhetorical" inquiries to the Wasilla, Alaska, public library show.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-09/42631614-29115042.jpg "I'm ambivalent about Banned Books Week, which runs through Saturday. On the one hand, we clearly still need such a public affirmation, as the recent tumult over Sarah Palin and her "rhetorical\" inquiries to the Wasilla, Alaska, public library show.")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterI'm ambivalent about Banned Books Week, which runs through Saturday. On the one hand, we clearly still need such a public affirmation, as the recent tumult over Sarah Palin and her "rhetorical" inquiries to the Wasilla, Alaska, public library show. On...Tags: Alaska, Wales, Politics, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Los Angeles Times
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Marcia & Lorenzo are real cool geezers
![WHEN was the last time you heard anyone get excited about a new film critic? That was my reaction when "Michael Clayton" director Tony Gilroy began raving to me about the review he'd seen on YouTube. "It was terrific," he said. "I sent it to George [Clooney] right away." On Ain't It Cool News, Wes Anderson made a point of singling out a review of his film "Darjeeling Limited" from the same YouTube site.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-12/34506376-31152404.jpg "WHEN was the last time you heard anyone get excited about a new film critic? That was my reaction when "Michael Clayton\" director Tony Gilroy began raving to me about the review he'd seen on YouTube. \"It was terrific,\" he said. \"I sent it to George [Clooney] right away.\" On Ain't It Cool News, Wes Anderson made a point of singling out a review of his film \"Darjeeling Limited\" from the same YouTube site.")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWHEN was the last time you heard anyone get excited about a new film critic? That was my reaction when "Michael Clayton" director Tony Gilroy began raving to me about the review he'd seen on YouTube. "It was terrific," he said. "I sent it to George...Tags: Tennessee Williams, Tony Gilroy, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (movie), Death, Los Angeles Times
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Joan Didion Named Winner of Los Angeles Times Kirsch Award
NEW YORK, March 10, 2006 – Joan Didion has been named the winner of the 26th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes' Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. The award honors a living author with a substantial connection to the American West whose...Tags: Literature, Ventura (Ventura, California), Watts, Los Angeles Times, Henry Holt
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