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    Mar 23, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. A rumination on books not yet read

    Sometimes I wonder how many books I've read in my four decades. Thousands, anyway — maybe tens of thousands — since the first one, about a choo-choo, when I was not quite 3. Right up to Anne Carson's “Autobiography of Red,”...

    Tags: David Foster Wallace, Saul Bellow, Poetry, Chicago Tribune, Arts and Culture

    2. Jan 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. The Bernard Madoff book collection: Rick Moody, Fyodor Dostoevsky

    How does an author of seriously literary fiction discover one of his books was owned by Bernie Madoff, the investor who defrauded his clients of billions of dollars? He sees it listed in an auction on EBay. That's how Rick Moody came to know that Madoff's library included <a href=&quot;http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOOK-OWNED-BY-WALL-STREET-PONZI-BERNARD-BERNIE-MADOFF-Purple-America-Rick-Moody-/261150330240?pt=US_Nonfiction_Book&amp;hash=item3ccdc5cd80">his novel "Purple America</a>."
    How does an author of seriously literary fiction discover one of his books was owned by Bernie Madoff, the investor who defrauded his clients of billions of dollars? He sees it listed in an auction on EBay. That's how Rick Moody came to know that Madoff's...

    Tags: Michael Crichton, Arts and Culture, eBay Inc., Google+, Caleb Carr

    3. Dec 16, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. State dig uncovers the secrets of an 1814 battlefield

    The DNA of a battle that helped turn the tide of a war going horribly wrong for America lay buried just six inches below the surface in a Kent County cornfield.
    The DNA of a battle that helped turn the tide of a war going horribly wrong for America lay buried just six inches below the surface in a Kent County cornfield. For nearly two centuries, the musket balls, canister shot and other artifacts from intense...

    Tags: Fort McHenry, Kent County, Archaeology, Armed Conflicts, Annapolis

    4. Oct 4, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  4. 'All We Are:' Inside the fervent mind of Matt Nathanson

    It was a very surprising answer to a common question, at least for singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson.
    It was a very surprising answer to a common question, at least for singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson. When asked Thursday during a phone interview how life has been treating him, he responded: "Everything is really good. I have no complaints at all...

    Tags: Festive Events, Talk Shows (genre), Arts and Culture, Trips and Vacations, Tracy Chapman

    5. May 4, 2012 |Story| Pasadena Sun

  5. Richard Chamberlain plays the monster of 'The Heiress'

    Richard Chamberlain treats fellow actor Heather Tom abominably. Without apology. Night after night.
    Richard Chamberlain treats fellow actor Heather Tom abominably. Without apology. Night after night. On stage, that is. The tall, silver-haired veteran of stage and screen is heading the cast of “The Heiress,” the classic drama by Ruth and...

    Tags: Montgomery Clift, Academy Awards, BBC, Tuck (tv program), Michael Redgrave

    6. May 17, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

  6. PGA Tour Pick-4: Byron Nelson Championship

    The Downswing Golf Blog
    Welcome back, Phil. Welcome back, Ernie. A couple of former champions who had drifted away because of scheduling issues are back for this week’s Byron Nelson Championship, joining defending champion Keegan Bradley to help restore some of the...
    7. Mar 9, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. 'Camino Real' through the eyes of Spanish director Calixto Bieito

    Late Sunday night, there was a radiant light in the face of the Chicago actress Carolyn Hoerdemann. &quot;This all reminds me of the early days of the European Rep," she said, ebulliently, referencing one of Chicago's most influential avant-garde troupes of the 1990s, and sweeping her hand around a barroom that included several bottles of wine and such game-for-anything Chicago actors as Mark Montgomery, Barbara Robertson and Ron Rains, out together for the evening with Catalan opera and theater director Calixto Bieito.
    Late Sunday night, there was a radiant light in the face of the Chicago actress Carolyn Hoerdemann. "This all reminds me of the early days of the European Rep," she said, ebulliently, referencing one of Chicago's most influential avant-garde troupes of...

    Tags: Celebrities, Tennessee Williams, Chicago Skyline, Poetry, Goodman Theatre

    8. Jan 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Christopher Hitchens: Why did I adore him?

    By Amy Wilentz
    I'd been working as a lowly scrub at the Nation in New York when, in 1979, I was asked to track down Christopher Hitchens on a trip I happened to be taking to London. My assignment: To lure him to come work for us. I was a convincing emissary, because...

    Tags: John Lennon, Iraq War (2003-2011), Paul McCartney, John F. Kennedy, Christopher Hitchens

    9. Mar 7, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  9. North Suburban Actresses Featured in Tennessee Williams’ Fantasy “Camino Real” at the Goodman Theatre

    TribLocal - Evanston
    By Carrie Swearingen In his first American-grown production, untamed and often controversial Spanish director Calixto Bieto routes the Goodman Theatre’s production of Tennessee Williams’ cosmic …...
    10. Sep 23, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Teen reads: September

    &quot;This Thing Called the Future"
    Special to Tribune Newspapers
    "This Thing Called the Future" By J. L. Powers Cinco Puntos Press, 208 pages, $16.95 Ages 13 and up Khosi is a 14-year-old girl living on the edge of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. She has no luxuries in her life. She lives a small shack with her...

    Tags: South Africa, Justin Evans, Fiction, Halloween, Winston Churchill

    11. Oct 19, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Woman charged after man stabbed in Cockeysville home

    Baltimore County police have charged a 23-year-old Cockeysville woman with assault in connection with a stabbing Tuesday evening at her home on Lord Byron Lane. Samantha Steck faces first- and second-degree assault charges. A judge set bail at $25,000,...
    12. Nov 10, 2011 |Story| Aberdeen News

  12. Festival celebrates pianist, composer

    For the next three nights, the Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony will celebrate one of history's most important and colorful musicians.
    For the next three nights, the Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony will celebrate one of history's most important and colorful musicians. People who attend the Liszt Festival will also have a chance to hear “some really great music,” says symphony...

    Tags: Festive Events, Fine Arts, Entertainment, Music Industry, Arts and Culture

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