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More with Amandeep Sandhu
As promised, here's the continuation of Rosalia Scalia's thoughtful Q&A with Indian novelist Amandeep Sandhu. He touches on inspirations, the challenge of writing in another language, and the role that emotion plays in great writing.
RS: You said that in...Tags: Kenzaburo Oe, Jerzy Kosinski, Behavioral Conditions, Culture, Punishment
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Philip Roth to headline National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
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Celebrating the language of their roots
Deep inside my writerly brain, down where my earliest memories reside, there is a voice. It speaks to me in Spanish. I write in the language of Shakespeare and Steinbeck. That's the language I was educated in, here in L.A. The language of the British...
Tags: England, Literature, Separation of Church and State, Mexico, Immigration
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Jessica Pare's big 'Mad Men' hit -- on vinyl!
Liz Smith"FUKU AMERICANUS" writes the brilliant Junot Diaz in his prize-winning novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" about descendants of the Dominican Republic. These people believe that America has made a bad bed in the Antilles and is now forced to lie...Tags: Liz Smith, Concerts, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Apple iTunes, The Huffington Post
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National Book Critics Circle announces finalists for 2011 awards
Jacket CopyThe National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for its 2011 book awards at a public ceremony on Saturday in New York City. Two Southern California writers are among those up for the awards, which will be presented on March...... -
'Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar' by Richard Ford
"Work, as you will see, is imagined broadly in these stories - as labor, as chores, as business, as duty, as habit, as memory, as art, and as priestly avocation," writes Richard Ford in his introduction to this wonderful anthology of stories about work,...Tags: Richard Yates, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Richard Ford, Elizabeth Taylor, Jeffrey Eugenides
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Chicagoland book club
One thing to know about our book club: Our book club includes nine women and four men. We like the fact that our group has members of both sexes because it brings different perspectives to our discussions.
We call ourselves the Gammy Birds, which is...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Literature, Stephen King, Philip Roth, Cormac McCarthy
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Chicago-area book club
One thing to know about our club: The Harbor Country book club has been meeting monthly at the Harbor Grand Hotel in New Buffalo, Mich., since 1999. Our group is made up mostly of "transplants," people who have moved here from all over the country,...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Literature, Orange (New Haven, Connecticut)
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