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    May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Would novelists want to be friends with Humbert Humbert?

    In a widely circulated <a href=&quot;http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/56848-an-unseemly-emotion-pw-talks-with-claire-messud.html">interview</a> 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&rsquo;s sake, what kind of question is that? Would you 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...

    Tags: Authors, Donald Antrim, Social Media, Microsoft Corporation, Google+

    2. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Wrap

  2. Who's Afraid to Leave CAA? Surprising String of Departures at Top Agency in Town

    Reuters
    Apr 22 (TheWrap.com) - It used to be well known in Hollywood: no one ever leaves CAA voluntarily. Why would they? There's nowhere to go but down from from the biggest agency in town. But over the past three months, no fewer than five high-profile...

    Tags: Private Equity, Paranormal Activity (movie), Avnet Incorporated, Christopher Nolan, Bank of America Corp.

    3. Jun 5, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Michael Robbins shakes up poetry world with 'Alien vs. Predator'

    Michael Robbins called from the road. He explained he was driving back to Chicago from Mississippi, headed for his new apartment in Andersonville, white-knuckling at the wheel of a U-Haul too big for him, a drumbeat of imminent freeway death pounding in his skull. &quot;I've been scared for, like, five hours," he said. "I got to get to a hotel. My cat's freaking out, the cars are nuts &hellip;" Drivers were cutting him off, truckers were bearing down, he said. So he started talking to himself, conducting a one-man theological debate, asking if it'd be OK if, you know, a few people died: "Would I be justified not shedding a tear if they accidentally flipped?"
    Michael Robbins called from the road. He explained he was driving back to Chicago from Mississippi, headed for his new apartment in Andersonville, white-knuckling at the wheel of a U-Haul too big for him, a drumbeat of imminent freeway death pounding in...

    Tags: The New York Times, University of Chicago, Xbox 360, Oprah Winfrey, University of Southern Mississippi

    4. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Review: 'How to Live With Your Parents' is a by-the-manual comedy

    Some fine actors have contracted to appear in "How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)," a multi-generational family comedy premiering Wednesday night on ABC. It should do their careers no lasting harm. It is the sort of neither-here-...

    Tags: Sarah Chalke, Brad Garrett, Entertainment, ABC (tv network), Elizabeth Perkins

    5. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Philip Roth gets 'Unmasked' on PBS -- or does he?

    I&rsquo;m of two minds about &ldquo;Philip Roth: Unmasked,&rdquo; the &ldquo;American Masters&rdquo; documentary that airs Friday night on PBS.
    I’m of two minds about “Philip Roth: Unmasked,” the “American Masters” documentary that airs Friday night on PBS. On the one hand, it’s always a pleasure to hear Roth, who turned 80 this month and recently announced...

    Tags: Authors, Arts and Culture, Chinua Achebe, Religion and Belief, Nazi Party

    6. Aug 6, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Tribune literary awards go to Sondheim, Franzen, Wilkerson

    &quot;Writing" seems an inadequate word to describe what Stephen Sondheim has done, yet it is the breadth, impact and influence of his writing that have won him the 2011 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for lifetime achievement.
    Tribune reporter
    "Writing" seems an inadequate word to describe what Stephen Sondheim has done, yet it is the breadth, impact and influence of his writing that have won him the 2011 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for lifetime achievement. The 81-year-old composer and...

    Tags: Leonard Bernstein, Arts, Chicago Humanities Festival, Arts and Culture, Theater

    7. Jan 24, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. National Book Critics Circle finalists include Chicago writers

    You know you are in the midst of award season when it seems that new finalists and winners are being announced every week. Considering the onslaught of recent medal announcements and award ceremonies, we can definitely say that the season is now upon us.
    Tribune Reporter
    You know you are in the midst of award season when it seems that new finalists and winners are being announced every week. Considering the onslaught of recent medal announcements and award ceremonies, we can definitely say that the season is now upon us....

    Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Education, Patti Smith, Colleges and Universities

    8. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Jodi Picoult on 'The Storyteller'

    Don't mess with Jodi Picoult. The author of a string of best-selling popular novels with weighty themes ripped from the headlines, Picoult pulls no punches. Her latest book, out this month, is "The Storyteller," which is about a young woman who finds...

    Tags: Glenn Beck, Literature, Arts and Culture, Punishment, The Wall Street Journal

    9. Feb 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. The book jacket 'Bell Jar'

    This is kind of embarrassing to admit, but until just recently I was under the misguided impression that a Pulitzer Prize in poetry might actually entitle a gal to a little literary respect.
    This is kind of embarrassing to admit, but until just recently I was under the misguided impression that a Pulitzer Prize in poetry might actually entitle a gal to a little literary respect. Good thing I had the nice folks at British publisher Faber and...

    Tags: Literature, United Kingdom, Fiction, Arts and Culture, Pulitzer Prize Awards

    10. Jan 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Catherine Opie's documentary photography is on display

    The room is arranged like a gallery, hung with photographs of various sizes and shapes, framed and unframed, surrounding the artist Catherine Opie, who looks pleased as she observes from a rocking chair.
    The room is arranged like a gallery, hung with photographs of various sizes and shapes, framed and unframed, surrounding the artist Catherine Opie, who looks pleased as she observes from a rocking chair. This studio built behind her house in West...

    Tags: Photography, Arts, Museums, Arts and Culture, Gays and Lesbians

    11. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. George Saunders hasn't written a novel, and I don't care

    When I was a 30-year-old MFA student just starting the Creative Writing program in fiction at UC Irvine, I sat down with my advisor.
    When I was a 30-year-old MFA student just starting the Creative Writing program in fiction at UC Irvine, I sat down with my advisor. So, she asked me, what are your plans for your two years here? Well, I said, I figure I’ll write a collection of...

    Tags: The New York Times, Authors, Sundance Film Festival, Oprah Winfrey, George Saunders

    12. Nov 16, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Munrovian women

    Whenever a new collection of stories by Alice Munro appears, which is often enough, reviewers compete to see who can gush about her most hyperbolically. She is &quot;the living writer most likely to be read in a hundred years" (The Atlantic), "the best fiction writer now working in North America" (Jonathan Franzen in The New York Times). Her stories make you remember "why you eat, read, make love, whatever" (The Washington Post). Munro is routinely compared to Anton Chekhov, but you get the sense that if Chekhov himself came back to life and started writing again at the top of his game, the critics would sigh, "This is great, but he's no Alice Munro."
    Whenever a new collection of stories by Alice Munro appears, which is often enough, reviewers compete to see who can gush about her most hyperbolically. She is "the living writer most likely to be read in a hundred years" (The Atlantic), "the best fiction...

    Tags: The New York Times, Tuberculosis, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, Entertainment

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"Farther Away" promises to be another thought-provoking...
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