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Announcing the 2012 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists
This post has been updated; see below for details. The finalists for the 33rd L.A. Times Book Prizes were announced Thursday morning -- the complete list is below. In addition to the 50 books in 10 categories that are in the running for the awards,...
Tags: French Literature, Saudi Arabia, Michael Chabon, Literature, Awards and Prizes
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Richard Stern dies at 84
To the literary world, Richard Stern was primarily a novelist, author of "Golk" (1960), "Stitch" (1965), "The Books in Fred Hampton's Apartment" (1973), "Other Men's Daughters" (1973) and "Natural Shocks" (1978) , among others, along with a host of superb...
Tags: Samuel Beckett, Teachers, Iraq War (2003-2011), Authors, Joseph Heller
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Deerfield Beach High tackles taboo subject in 'The Children Hour'
Oh how times have changed: what was once taboo has become a lightning rod that has shaken the very boundaries of accepted society today. Lillian Hellman's "The Children Hour" depicts a lesbian woman coming to terms with her sexuality, precipitated from...Tags: Deerfield Beach
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Little girl's lie at heart of 'The Children's Hour'
Relationships are torn apart, dreams are shattered, hopes are dashed, and lives taken. The world as they know it will never be the same because of one lie passed through the lips of a little girl in Deerfield Beach High's production of "The Children's...Tags: Deerfield Beach, Entertainment Events, Human Interest, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Lies, deceit, gossip fill Deerfield Beach performance
A little girl tells a lie. A lie so strong that there might be an ounce of truth. Lies, deceit, and gossip; those are the themes that embody Lillian Hellman's tragedy, "The Children's Hour." This dramatic play tells the story of two women drawn into a...Tags: Deerfield Beach, Celebrities
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Deerfield Beach High executes challenging play well
The play, "The Children's Hour" by Lillian Hellman is a complex story about how one lie can ruin one or many lives. Karen Wright and Martha Dobie are headmistresses at The Wright-Dobie Boarding School. Mary Tilford is the school bully who will do most...Tags: Deerfield Beach, Celebrities
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Deerfield gives strong, consistent performance in 'The Children's Hour'
A young and very devious Mary Tilford, tells one heinous lie which unfolds into several more, causing innocent lives to be ruined and even taken. "The Children's Hour," a stage play written by Lillian Hellman was a source of of altercation when it...Tags: Deerfield Beach, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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A reflection on literary retirements
In light of Philip Roth's recent announcement of his "retirement" from writing, a scene from the 1977 movie "Julia" comes to mind. It's a delicious cinematic moment, involving as it does the deft puncturing of pomposity — always satisfying to...
Tags: French Literature, Richard Nixon, Literature, Ernest Hemingway, Elections
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Nora Ephron, 71, took a late shine to playwriting
Nora Ephron, who died Tuesday at 71, had a diverse writing career that extended well beyond the romantic comedy films that made her famous. Over the decades, she worked as a journalist for the New York Post and several magazines, wrote a handful of...
Tags: Journalism, Entertainment Events, Tom Hanks, Nora Ephron, Swoosie Kurtz
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Authors in L.A. this week: Joe Brainard readings and more
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IOC green light for Qatar Olympic bid smacks of hypocrisy
![During the McCarthy era witch hunts of the 1950s, when Lillian Hellman was asked by Congress to name fellow artists and writers as communists or communist sympathizers, the playwright answered, "I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-08/268927920-26131532.jpg "During the McCarthy era witch hunts of the 1950s, when Lillian Hellman was asked by Congress to name fellow artists and writers as communists or communist sympathizers, the playwright answered, "I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.\"")
During the McCarthy era witch hunts of the 1950s, when Lillian Hellman was asked by Congress to name fellow artists and writers as communists or communist sympathizers, the playwright answered, "I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee, Sports Organizations, Olympic Games, Human Rights
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Book review: 'I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections' by Nora Ephron
Los Angeles TimesI Remember Nothing and Other Reflections Nora Ephron Alfred A. Knopf: 142 pp., $22.95 It's good to be Nora Ephron. When you're Nora Ephron, you can get Meryl Streep, who once played a fictionalized version of you, to star as Julia Child in your...Tags: Meryl Streep, Meat Loaf, Scrabble (game), Physical Therapists, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Aug 26, 2011
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