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Simple language just isn't as thrilling
I was talking with a friend the other day about the movie "Lincoln," and I mentioned that although the film wasn't perfect, it avoided the trap of hagiography. This literary gentleman gave me a quizzical look. "Of what?" he said. I assumed he was...
Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Google Inc., William F. Buckley, Science and Technology
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A reflection on literary retirements
In light of Philip Roth's recent announcement of his "retirement" from writing, a scene from the 1977 movie "Julia" comes to mind. It's a delicious cinematic moment, involving as it does the deft puncturing of pomposity — always satisfying to...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Chicago Tribune, Arts and Culture, Lillian Hellman, Poetry
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Choosing books for the holidays
Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has teased my dad about the predictablity of this ritual, which usually involves the purchase of a brick-...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Edgar Allan Poe, Neil Young, Entertainment, Newspaper and Magazine
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First editions: A rare present
Never mind the Morlocks. For a book lover, the most chilling scene in the 1960 screen adaptation of "The Time Machine" is the one in which the Time Traveler is taken to the decrepit library of the Eloi race. "I can learn all I want about you from books,"...
Tags: Holidays, Abraham Lincoln, Books and Magazines, Apple iPad, Harry Potter (fictional character)
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The Twitter Fiction Festival: Making the most of 140 characters
There's still time to read Twitter's first-ever Fiction Festival in real time; it began Wednesday afternoon and will continue around the clock until Sunday. It's the company's first official effort to organize and present a creative event that uses the...
Tags: Culture, Fiction, Authors, Festive Events, Literature
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Sherwood Anderson: An American master
About a dozen years ago, I served as a judge for the PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fiction. The award ceremony took place in Boston on a windy Sunday afternoon at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (where Ernest Hemingway's personal...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Entertainment, Chicago Tribune, Arts and Culture, University of Paris
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Foundation sells Hemingway’s boyhood home
TribLocal - Oak Park & River Forest » NewsAn Oak Park couple purchased Ernest Hemingway's boyhood home Tuesday and plan to restore the three-flat back to its original use as a single family …... -
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div.article div.byline p.date {display:none;} Bill Daley Bill Daley is a Chicago Tribune food writer who covers food personalities, cooking techniques and trends. He answers food and drink queries from readers in a weekly online column called “...Tags: Chicago Sun-Times, The Ohio State University, News Media, Newspaper and Magazine, Entertainment
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Practical tips for solo road trip
I'm preparing for another road trip, a journey from Central Florida to Key Largo: Alone again, naturally.
A few of my friends were worried about the unorthodox strategies I offered for coping with highway boredom in a recent column that included the idea...Tags: Los Lobos (music group), Key Largo
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Reading for empathy
Our story: We are the Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital Literature and Medicine Book Club. In 1997, a national reading and discussion program called Literature and Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health Care was created to help hospital...
Tags: Veterans Affairs, Arts and Culture
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Our exhibitors
Acura: Tent W acura.com After Hours Press: Table 239 afterhourspress.com Agate Publishing: Tent T agatepublishing.com Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Tent EE alislam.org A.J. Scudiere: Tent FF ajscudiere.com A La Card Chicago: Table 128...
Tags: Arts, University of Chicago, Oak Park, Book, Colleges and Universities
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A dance with Castro's Cuba
HAVANA — "It's been 51 years since the event you Americans call the Bay of Pigs, but now Playa Girón is a popular beach destination for foreigners," the guide tells me. It is hard to imagine that the words "Bay of Pigs" could do anything but fill...
Tags: Entertainment, Arts, Arts and Culture, Fidel Castro, Central Intelligence Agency
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