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2013 Grammy Nominations: Frank Ocean, Black Keys, Kanye West and fun. Make for a Manly Affair
We could've sworn we heard women sing stuff and play music this year—and surely the 2013 Grammys will ultimately reflect that. But it's a man's world tonight, with Kanye West, Jay-Z, fun., the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, Frank Ocean (who's...
Tags: Jay-Z, Rihanna, Ellen DeGeneres, Dan Auerbach, Kanye West
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Can J.K. Rowling conquer TV with new BBC series?
This writing thing might work out after all for J.K. Rowling - the BBC wants to make a series out of her latest novel. Rowling, the U.K. novelist who became a billionaire from the "Harry Potter" series, will have her first adult novel, "The Casual...
Tags: J.K. Rowling , Literature, Harry Potter (fictional character), Arts and Culture, United Kingdom
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Literary Events
Allentown Public Library, 1210 Hamilton St., Allentown, 610-820-2400: Book Club, "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See, 6 p.m. Tuesday. Barnes & Noble, Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley, 2960 Center Valley Parkway, Center Valley, 610-791-3261:...
Tags: Bucks County, Nazareth, Moravian Book Shop, South Whitehall Township, Center Valley
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Another teen suicide after alleged assault leaves California town asking tough questions
AP National WriterSARATOGA, Calif. (AP) — One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers. She'd told her parents she was spending the night with a friend. The friend claimed she was...Tags: Assault, Sex Crimes, Justice System, Robin Williams, Barack Obama
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Students who haven't mastered English are casualties of strict system
Time is running out for the kids in Melanie Gathers' English 3 class. The Dr. Phillips High students grew up speaking Spanish, Haitian Creole, French, Portuguese and Arabic. And they have only one year left to demonstrate mastery on tests given entirely...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Orlando International Airport, Queens (New York City), Students, Teaching and Learning
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Audrey Niffenegger on 'Raven Girl'
Audrey Niffenegger has always been a renaissance woman. Best known as the author of the best-selling novels "The Time Traveler's Wife" (2003) and "Her Fearful Symmetry" (2009), Niffenegger, a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, is also...
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The Biblioracle: In memory of Warwick Deeping
Between 1920 and 1930, there were three writers with at least five books in the list of 10 best-selling books, according to Publishers Weekly. Two of them are Zane Grey and Sinclair Lewis. The other is Warwick Deeping. Warwick Deeping? --------------...Tags: Jane Austen, Robin Williams, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Fiction
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Five books: Graphic novelists at Lit Fest
Art Spiegelman, author of “Maus,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir that essentially legitimized cartooning as a literary form, will kick off this year's Printers Row Lit Fest on Saturday, June 8, as winner of the Chicago Public Library's Harold...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes, Festive Events, Fiction
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A roundup of graphic novels worth reading
The intersection of visual art and language in a graphic novel tilts the reading experience. The reader has no choice but to slide into the author's more specifically defined — and designed — world. The hallmarks of great literature are the...
Tags: Literature, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Philosophy, Iran, Arts and Culture
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F1 is a superego trip for Austrian racer Alex Wurz's wife
ReutersBy Alan Baldwin MONACO, May 25 (Reuters) - Truth can be stranger than fiction in Formula One so perhaps it was inevitable that even some regulars were fooled when the launch of a new grand prix team was announced on April 1. Despite a polished website...Tags: Literature, Auto Racing, Open-Wheel Racing, Arts and Culture, Robin Williams
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Jessica Anya Blau's third novel updates 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'
Talk about tumbling down the rabbit hole. Jessica Anya Blau is the Baltimore author who memorably mined her experience growing up in a freewheeling bohemian family in her first two novels, "The Year of Naked Swim Parties" and "Drinking Closer to Home."...
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F1 is a superego trip for Wurz's wife
ReutersMONACO (Reuters) - Truth can be stranger than fiction in Formula One so perhaps it was inevitable that even some regulars were fooled when the launch of a new grand prix team was announced on April 1. Despite a polished website (www.dupontf1.com) and...Tags: Literature, Auto Racing, Open-Wheel Racing, Arts and Culture, Robin Williams
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