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Norris Church Mailer dies at 61; actress, model and author was sixth and last wife of Norman Mailer
Norris Church Mailer, an actress, model, author and painter who enjoyed and endured the ride of her life as the sixth and final wife of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer, died at her home in Brooklyn on Sunday. She was 61.
Her death was...Tags: ABC (tv network), Pulitzer Prize Awards, New York, Arkansas, Woody Allen
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Elaine Kaufman dies at 81; legendary proprietor of Manhattan writer's haunt
Bill Bratton insists the steak tips on garlic toast weren't bad. But that's not to say he went to Elaine's on Manhattan's Upper East Side for the food.
No one did.
Elaine's was a scene, a clubhouse, an escape from the loneliness of the New York night...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, George Steinbrenner, Manhattan (New York City), Restaurants, Morning Glory (movie)
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Check It Out: Celebrating holiday season with the memoir
Merriam-Webster defines memoir as a "narrative composed from personal experience." It may encompass the entirety of a person's life, or only a portion of it. This sets it apart from a traditional autobiography, which is usually a chronological account...Tags: Texas, Arkansas, New York, Newport Beach, Patti Smith
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Vance Bourjaily dies at 87; novelist, professor whose WWII experiences influenced early work
Vance Bourjaily, a novelist and professor of writing who was part of the post- World War II generation of writers whose wartime experiences influenced their early work, has died. He was 87.
Bourjaily, who was discovered by legendary editor Max Perkins,...Tags: John Irving, Greenwich Village, Iowa, New York, Maine
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"The Thieves of Manhattan: A Novel" By Adam Langer
Special to the Tribune'The Thieves of Manhattan: A Novel' By Adam Langer Spiegel & Grau, 259 pp., $24 By their chunky glasses, facial scruff, skinny jeans, and iPhones you shall know them: New York’s latest crop of aspiring male fiction writers, fresh from the provinces...Tags: Alice Munro, Documentary (genre), Sports, John Steinbeck, Health
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Book calendar: Author events for the week of September 12, 2010
Words & Ideas Compiled by Grace Krilanovich. SUNDAY William Gibson: The author will read and sign his new novel, "Zero History." Book Soup 8818 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. Noon. Free. (310) 659-3110. William Gibson: The author will read and...Tags: Christianity, University of California, Irvine, Top Chef (tv program), Lord Byron, Architecture
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In The Arts
'New Beginnings' at DeMossa Gallery Jovan Karlo Villalba's will feature his recent cinematic painting series "New Beginnings" through October 2 at DeMossa Gallery in Laguna Beach. The exhibit, which explores the natural and man-made world's...Tags: Christianity, African Americans, Arts, Football, Minority Groups
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When it paid to photograph hard truth
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The 10 photographers in "Engaged Observers," opening June 29 at the Getty Museum, are at once storytellers, witnesses, advocates for justice, investigative journalists, consciousness raisers, evidence gatherers and educators. They're also something...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Movies, Periodicals, New York, Conservation
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Book review: 'Missing a Beat: The Rants and Regrets of Seymour Krim' collected by Mark Cohen
Missing a Beat
The Rants and Regrets of Seymour Krim
Edited and with an introduction by Mark Cohen
Syracuse University Press: 296 pp., $29.95
We hear a disproportionate amount from the writers who "made it." The ones who hustled, stroked the right...Tags: Ivy League, Manhattan (New York City), The Washington Post, New York, Newspaper and Magazine
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'Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture' and the questionable future of monster-size books
L.A. at HomeWhen 'The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architectureâ?? came out in 2004, it was quickly deemed a smashing success by booksellers and fans alike, despite the $160 price. The 14-pound tome was so successful, in fact, that late last year Phaidon... -
Take Proust's questionnaire, rub shoulders with literati
Jacket CopyIt is said that when Proust was 13, he answered an English-language questionnaire, and at age 20 another one in French. These were kind of a parlor game, which he eventually popularized, asking guests and acquaintances about heroes and fears...... -
Cormac McCarthy's typewriter and its predecessors
Jacket CopyOn Friday, Christie's will auction Cormac McCarthy's battered blue Olivetti typewriter, with proceeds going to the Santa Fe Institute, a nonprofit the author supports. "I have typed on this typewriter every book I have written including three not yet...
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