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    Jun 8, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Feedback: What's on your bedside table?

    "The Pale King" by David Foster Wallace. It's not always an easy read, but it's funny. It's fascinating to think about how hard it must've been to write and sad to know it's his last.
    "The Pale King" by David Foster Wallace. It's not always an easy read, but it's funny. It's fascinating to think about how hard it must've been to write and sad to know it's his last. — Ellen Brady, Aurora I have succumbed to the hype and read...

    Tags: Polio, George Balanchine

    2. Jul 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Travel with a classic touch, and a picnic blanket, to Massachusetts' Tanglewood

    Lenox, Mass. — Travelers come to the Berkshires in western Massachusetts for the mountains and the museums, the camping and the theater, the just-off-the-boil summer days that fade into cool evenings and single-blanket nights. But most of all they come for Tanglewood, the classical music festival that is one of America's most beloved excuses for a starlit picnic. This year, it's particularly important to pack the champagne glasses. The mother of all classical-paloozas is turning 75.
    Lenox, Mass. — Travelers come to the Berkshires in western Massachusetts for the mountains and the museums, the camping and the theater, the just-off-the-boil summer days that fade into cool evenings and single-blanket nights. But most of all they...

    Tags: Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Entertainment, Music Industry, Personal Service

    3. Jun 26, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Library of Congress disses Edgar Allen Poe

    The Library of Congress' new exhibition, <a href=&quot;http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/books-that-shaped-america/" target="_blank">Books That Shaped America,</a> includes works by many notable American authors, but there is a gaping hole: Edgar Allen Poe.
    The Library of Congress' new exhibition, Books That Shaped America, includes works by many notable American authors, but there is a gaping hole: Edgar Allen Poe. The list include no-brainers: classics from such greats as Herman Melville, Louisa May...

    Tags: Barbara Lee, Louisa May Alcott , Politics, Ralph Ellison, Library of Congress

    4. Jul 4, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. 88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress

    Jacket Copy
    The Library of Congress' list of 88 books that shaped America includes poetry, novels, nonfiction, a play, a polemic, books of science and grammar, cookbooks and children's books. What's it missing?...
    5. May 31, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Bookmark: Farewell to the wild one

    For every kid with a scraped knee, a skinned elbow, a bumped head and a torn shirt — the inevitable result of being very determined not to learn from one's mistakes — Maurice Sendak was your man. For every kid who builds forts out of old...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Dominican University, Where the Wild Things Are (movie), Chicago Tribune

    6. May 18, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. 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: Gustave Flaubert, Carson McCullers, Summits, Arthur Miller, Thomas Mann

    7. May 8, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Wild Thing: Maurice Sendak made incomparable art from childhood's monsters

    For every kid with a scraped knee, a skinned elbow, a bumped head and a torn shirt &mdash; the inevitable result of being very determined not to learn from one's mistakes &mdash; Maurice Sendak was your man.
    For every kid with a scraped knee, a skinned elbow, a bumped head and a torn shirt — the inevitable result of being very determined not to learn from one's mistakes — Maurice Sendak was your man. For every kid who builds forts out of old...

    Tags: Entertainment, Dominican University, Where the Wild Things Are (movie), The Holocaust (1934-1945), Literature

    8. Sep 29, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Kinda cranky pizza guy

    Burt Katz drove home. It was the middle of the day. He worked downtown but lived in Skokie. His wife, Sharon, watched him come through the door. She was throwing a birthday party for their son, who was 5. &quot;What are you doing home?" she asked.
    Burt Katz drove home. It was the middle of the day. He worked downtown but lived in Skokie. His wife, Sharon, watched him come through the door. She was throwing a birthday party for their son, who was 5. "What are you doing home?" she asked. Burt, who...

    Tags: Entertainment, Anthony Bourdain, Music Industry, Rogers Park, DNA

    9. May 2, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Theater on the Lake will put on 'Hit the Wall' this summer

    Theater on the Lake, the Chicago Park District-sponsored enterprise offering semi-outdoor shows at Fullerton Avenue on the shore of Lake Michigan, has announced its 2012 season, including another chance to see the sold-out show "Hit the Wall" by The...

    Tags: Drama (genre), Chicago Loop, Chicago Park District, Culture, Ceremonies

    10. Apr 10, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. It's not about the baseball

    To understand the relationship between Herman Melville's 19th century novel and this 21st century blockbuster, perhaps a clich&eacute; would be useful: &quot;The Art of Fielding" is as much about baseball as "Moby-Dick" is about whaling.
    Literary editor
    To understand the relationship between Herman Melville's 19th century novel and this 21st century blockbuster, perhaps a cliché would be useful: "The Art of Fielding" is as much about baseball as "Moby-Dick" is about whaling. "Since the book came out, I'...

    Tags: High School Sports, Elizabeth Taylor, Baseball, Henry Rodriguez, Butterfly Ballots

    11. Apr 26, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. 'Elams' an entertaining bit of sibling revelry; adapting 'Moby Dick'

    <strong>&quot;Dinner with the Elams"</strong> <strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong>
    "Dinner with the Elams" There are family music acts and family circus acts, but the family improv act is a rarity. "Dinner with the Elams" at iO Theater in Wrigleyville seeks to rectify that, and it's a helluva idea. Three Elam siblings (Erica, Brett...

    Tags: Facebook, Bob Fisher, John Wilson, Literature, Wrigleyville

    12. Dec 10, 2011 |Story| Hartford Courant

  12. Civil War's 'Stone Fleet' Sailed From New London To Dubious End In South Carolina

    In November 1861, New London residents watched with curiosity as teams of oxen hauled wagons loaded with fieldstones through their streets.
    The Hartford Courant
    In November 1861, New London residents watched with curiosity as teams of oxen hauled wagons loaded with fieldstones through their streets. The stones had been collected from the foundations of farms and old pasture walls in Waterford and surrounding...

    Tags: Mystic, New London (New London, Connecticut), Hampton Roads, Wars and Interventions, Manufacturing and Engineering

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