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Editor's choice: "The Humanity Project" by Jean Thompson
Jean Thompson is one of my favorite fiction writers, and her new novel, "The Humanity Project," didn't let me down. A mutual friend introduced me to one of her early story collections — "Who Do You Love," which was a National Book Award finalist... -
Author Christopher Buckley To Speak At Hotchkiss
The Hartford CourantChristopher Buckley, the Forbes editor, journalist and author whose books tackle political and cultural sacred cows with a satirical twist, will give a free talk Wednesday, May 22, at 7 p.m. at The Hotchkiss School, 11 Interlaken Road., Lakeville. Son...Tags: Literature, Bangkok (Thailand), Kensington, Education, East Haven
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READER SUBMITTED: Young Poets Day At Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Features Young Writers And Tracy K. Smith
StatewideOn Wednesday June 12, opening night of Hill-Stead Museum's prestigious Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, winners and selected readers from eight Connecticut poetry programs will gather for the annual Fresh Voices reading in the historic Sunken Garden. In...Tags: Human Rights, Arts, Music, Arts and Culture, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Would novelists want to be friends with Humbert Humbert?
In a widely circulated interview with Publishers Weekly, writer Claire Messud was asked if she would want to be friends with the protagonist of her new novel, "The Woman Upstairs." She responded with frustration: "For heaven’s sake, what kind of...
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'Stuck in the Middle' offers a singular perspective on parenting
Jennifer Finney Boylan was the father of two young boys, a devoted husband, a keyboard player in bar bands, the author of three published novels, and an English professor in Maine when she began the process that would make her outwardly —...Tags: Literature, Social Issues, Arts and Culture, Autism, Oprah Winfrey
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"Hating Heidi Foster: The Ultimate Grudge"
“Hating Heidi Foster is a young adult novel about the place of honor true friendships hold in our lives,” claims author Jeffrey Blount. “It is about suffering and loss and the ethics of grief. It is about a deep and painful conflict,...
Tags: AOL LLC, Human Interest
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Rethinking the 'Bounds'
When Amber Lehman transferred schools to join her boyfriend, everyone knew something about him that she didn't. He was gay. Lehman, then 16, recalled a sense of bewilderment about her former beau, who exuded a "tough guy" vibe. "I was surprised...
Tags: Literature, Book, Arts and Culture, Gays and Lesbians
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Not just any body
If you don't believe in souls or an afterlife, then a corpse is just a body — potentially a teaching tool, a source of life-saving organs, but little more. In 1829, taking such thinking to the extreme, a radical British pamphleteer named Peter...
Tags: Values, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Ethics, Mental Health, Dismemberment
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The Latest: Crusading for 'Sight'; the same old Sense
Hope in Sight Aisha Simjee, MD White Spruce Press; 240 pages Aisha Simjee is a tough cookie. On her first mission trip as an ophthalmologist, the Newport Beach resident flew to Guyana and set up her equipment in an unused school building. Shortly...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Burma, Common
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Sting added to Printer's Row Lit Fest
Having introduced the world to such colorful characters as a prostitute named Roxanne and a stalker who monitors “Every Breath You Take,” Sting will help launch a new Chicago-based storytelling initiative when he appears at the Chicago...
Tags: Literature, Music, Arts and Culture, Chicago Tribune, United Nations
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COLUMN-Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?-Chrystia Freeland
ReutersBy Chrystia Freeland SAN JOSE, Calif., May 16 (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is the surge in income disparity,...Tags: Credit and Debt, Money and Monetary Policy, United Kingdom, Financial Markets, Thomson Corporation
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Column: Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?
ReutersSAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is the surge in income disparity, particularly between those at...Tags: Credit and Debt, Money and Monetary Policy, United Kingdom, Thomson Corporation, Financial Markets
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