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    May 18, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Word power

    Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a fundamental role in defining a country's culture and its discourse.
    Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a...

    Tags: Literature, Artists, Alice Munro, John Cheever, NATO Summit

    2. Jan 25, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. 'Truth in Advertising' has a cinematic sense of motion

    Fin Dolan aspires to something meaningful, but he can't put his finger on what it might be. He is chronically unattached, generally the smartest person in the room, and employed by a New York media company that offers endless opportunities for mockery. This is by now a familiar setup for a novel, a subgenre launched in 1984 by Jay McInerney's "Bright Lights, Big City."
    Fin Dolan aspires to something meaningful, but he can't put his finger on what it might be. He is chronically unattached, generally the smartest person in the room, and employed by a New York media company that offers endless opportunities for mockery....

    Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Gwyneth Paltrow, Chicago Tribune, Entertainment, Newspaper and Magazine

    3. Oct 2, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Michael Henry Heim, UCLA scholar and translator, dies at 69

    L.A. NOW
    Michael Henry Heim, a well regarded scholar of Slavic languages at UCLA known for his translations of works by Gunter Grass, Milan Kundera, Thomas Mann and Anton Chekhov, has died. He was 69. Heim died Saturday at his home in......
    4. Feb 9, 2003 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. 75 achievements Oscar forgot

    Tribune movie critic
    When the Oscar nominations come out Tuesday, there are bound to be cries of injustice -- and in many cases, those charges will have merit. Can anyone really defend the exclusion from the Oscar nominee list in various years of movies such as "Some Like...

    Tags: Mississippi, The Godfather (movie), James Cagney, Malcolm X, Language

    5. Oct 7, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Michael Henry Heim dies at 69; UCLA scholar, translator

    Michael Henry Heim, a literary translator and humble philanthropist whose teaching, activism and widely admired translations of works by such writers as Günter Grass and Milan Kundera helped bring the voices of contemporary world literature into the mainstream of English-speaking cultures, has died. He was 69.
    Michael Henry Heim, a literary translator and humble philanthropist whose teaching, activism and widely admired translations of works by such writers as Günter Grass and Milan Kundera helped bring the voices of contemporary world literature into the...

    Tags: Literature, Nobel Prize Awards, Authors, Teaching and Learning, Harvard University

    6. Mar 25, 2008 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  6. A race conversation? What are you talking about?

    Thank God for Barack Obama. For until his "More Perfect Union" speech last Tuesday, it seems it never occurred to anyone that America needed to talk about race. "Maybe this'll be the beginning of a conversation," Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan...

    Tags: Racism, San Diego (San Diego, California), Movies, The New York Times, Education

    7. Jan 6, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. The EU's ugly little challenge

    COLUM MCCANN's new novel, "Zoli," will be published Tuesday by Random House.
    ON NEW YEAR'S day, the European Union swelled by another 28 million people. The inclusion of Romania and Bulgaria in the European fold is cause for celebration in the streets of Bucharest and the courtyards of Sofia. For two of Europe's poorer countries,...

    Tags: Stokely Carmichael, Pablo Picasso, Czech Republic, Sofia (Bulgaria), Charlie Chaplin

    8. Aug 7, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Book review: 'House of Holes' by Nicholson Baker

    House of Holes
    Los Angeles Times Book Critic
    House of Holes A Book of Raunch Nicholson Baker Simon & Schuster: 262 pp., $25 Nicholson Baker wasn't kidding when he subtitled "House of Holes," his new novel, "A Book of Raunch." Indeed, it's a bona fide filth-fest, so unrelentingly graphic that...

    Tags: Book, Literature, Social Issues, Pornography, Los Angeles Times

    9. Mar 28, 2010 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. 10 things you might not know about April Fools' Day

    We're just a few days from April 1, a notorious time for hoaxes. We could have waited, but we figured you might not trust these 10 facts if they were printed on April Fools' Day. All indeed are true. Really. No kidding. We promise.
    Tribune staff reporters
    We're just a few days from April 1, a notorious time for hoaxes. We could have waited, but we figured you might not trust these 10 facts if they were printed on April Fools' Day. All indeed are true. Really. No kidding. We promise. 1. The origin of April...

    Tags: Human Interest, Radio, Burger King, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Defense

    10. Oct 14, 2010 |Story| Daily Pilot

  10. Community Commentary: 'The Fair is dead, long live the Fair'

    The fairgrounds sale is now in its 18th mind-numbing month. Still, it is difficult to understand the events leading up to today. As one who spent that 18 months at the vortex, I will spare you the hundreds of details, save for a few, even though there are...

    Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Charles Dickens, Thomas Paine, Comedy (genre), William Shakespeare

    11. Mar 29, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. New in paperback: Wit, elegance and war

    Barbara Smit: "Sneaker Wars" (Harper Perennial) Two great sneaker companies, Adidas and Puma, were created by two brothers who began as partners and later turned into fierce rivals. Who knew? Smit limns out the story of Adi and Rudi Dassler, who...

    Tags: Book, Mike Nichols, Robert Mapplethorpe, Dave Eggers, Boy A (movie)

    12. Jun 1, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. 'The Delighted States' by Adam Thirlwell

    The Delighted States
    The Delighted States A Book of Novels, Romances, & Their Unknown Translators, Containing Ten Languages, Set on Four Continents, & Accompanied by Maps, Portraits, Squiggles, Illustrations, & a Variety of Helpful Indexes Adam Thirlwell Farrar,...

    Tags: Book, Literature, Saul Steinberg, Arts and Culture

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