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Film critic Peter Rainer reflects on a 30-year career
Peter Rainer, noted Christian Science Monitor film critic, Bloomberg News columnist and reviewer for NPR's FilmWeek, reflects upon his three-decade career in "Rainer on Film: Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent and Transformative Era." Rainer,...
Tags: NPR, Lifestyle and Leisure, Sofia Coppola, Full Metal Jacket (movie), Soups
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Rev. Will D. Campbell, unconventional preacher, dies at 88
Asked once to sum up what it means to be a Christian, the Rev. Will D. Campbell said: "We are all bastards, but God loves us anyway." That belief compelled his unusual life as a Southern Baptist minister who rejected organized religion, played a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Ku Klux Klan, Civil Rights, Obituaries
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READER SUBMITTED: Connecticut Micro-Distilleries Featured In Third Edition Of Guide
Greater HartfordConnecticut Micro-Distilleries Featured in Third Edition of "Only Guide to North American Micro-Distilleries," David J. Reimer, Sr., Released third edition of Micro-Distilleries in the U.S. and Canada. David J. Reimer, Sr., released the third edition...Tags: Book, East Hartford, Arts and Culture, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Workshops, Conferences, Contests & More!
Writers: Looking for workshops to help you with craft, or maybe a conference where you can pitch your story/book idea? Or maybe you love seeing your work judged against that of others and are always on the lookout for the latest writing contest. We're...
Tags: Ghent
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Scottish author Iain Banks dies of cancer, aged 59
ReutersLONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - Iain Banks, the award-winning Scottish author, has died aged 59 from cancer two months after revealing that he was suffering from the disease, a friend said. Banks, whose books included "The Wasp Factory", penned an emotional...Tags: Gallbladder Cancer, BBC, Adele (music artist), Book, Arts and Culture
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Obama foreign policy follies befuddle right and left alike
The young Barack Obama's early enthusiasm for anti-war progressivism is well chronicled in his autobiography. Friendships with the likes of anti-war activists/bombers Bill Ayers and wife Bernardine Dohrn, poet Frank Marshall Davis, and the notorious Rev....Tags: Politics, Al-Qaeda, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mitt Romney, Terrorism
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Summer reads
Outdoor concerts, movies in the park and a festival for everything from ribs to blues to craft beer. Summer in Chicago is so action-packed, it's easy to forget that the season is also about slowing down and enjoying some R&R. Our thinking: Why face the...Tags: Navy Pier, Depression, We Need to Talk About Kevin (movie), Epic (movie), Services and Shopping
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A wild thing who made his art sing
During a 2003 "Fresh Air" interview with NPR's Terry Gross, Maurice Sendak, the much-praised children's book artist responsible for "Where the Wild Things Are," admitted that he never created picture books with children in mind. "I've convinced myself...
Tags: Arts, Maurice Sendak, Trinidad and Tobago, NPR, Museums
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Colum McCann on 'TransAtlantic'
Over the past decade, Irish novelist Colum McCann has made a specialty of combining historical figures and situations with entirely fictional characters. In "Dancer (2003), McCann delivered an often stinging portrait of Rudolf Nureyev; in the National...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, USA Today, The Washington Post, Iraq, The Wall Street Journal
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The Biblioracle: A Lit Fest strategy
We're having a party and everyone is invited! The Printers Row Lit Fest is next weekend, and I'll be jetting in (economy class style) for the festivities. Very exciting. -------------------- This piece first ran in Printers Row Journal, delivered...
Tags: American Red Cross, World War I (1914-1918), Nathan Englander, Festive Events, Arts and Culture
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Review: "The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls" by Anton DiSclafani
In conceiving her first, impressive yet flawed novel, 30-year-old Anton DiSclafani seems to have followed the standard advice offered to newbie authors to "Write what you know." DiSclafani's protagonist, 15-year-old Thea Atwell, is a teenage...
Tags: Human Interest, Nathan Englander, Book, Animals
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Amy Sue Nathan uses her own life as a basis for 'The Glass Wives'
Amy Sue Nathan is ready for her close-up. For two decades, the suburban Chicago writer has been juggling parenting with cranking out essays for blogs, magazines and newspapers, including the Tribune. But her real dream was to write a novel on the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature, Heart Attack
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