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Swimming in father's stories in 'Big Fish'
With British and Irish yarns so dominant at the higher end of Broadway, time surely is ripe for an American family musical, at once fantastical and emotional, with its heart in family reconciliation and its roots in the florid storytelling culture of...
Tags: Entertainment, Oriental Theater, John August, Arts and Culture, Fishing
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After 6 decades, Mom hangs up the red pen
Nearly 60 years after she first stood in front of a classroom, my mother will retire from teaching Tuesday. She began in 1954 with a freshman English section at Miami University in Ohio where she was a graduate student. She went on to teach nursery...
Tags: Entertainment, ESPN (tv network), Women's National Basketball Association, University of Connecticut, Music
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War, and a warning, at L.A. Times book awards
The darkly comic tale of soldiers spending Thanksgiving leave at a Dallas Cowboys game and a warning of the environmental threats to the female body were among the winners Friday at the annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. The awards to Ben Fountain in...
Tags: Literature, Authors, Fiction, Book, Arts and Culture
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Announcing the 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize winners
Ben Fountain's satire "Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk" was named the winner of the L.A. Times 2012 book prize for fiction on Friday night at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Katherine Boo's "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a...
Tags: Literature, Book, Arts and Culture
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After six decades, Mom hangs up the red pen
Change of SubjectNearly 60 years after she first stood in front of a classroom of students, my mother will retire from teaching on Tuesday. She began in 1954 with a freshman English section at Miami University in Ohio where she was a...... -
IMPAC Dublin Award shortlist includes three Americans, Murakami
The IMPAC Dublin Literary Award announced its shortlist for 2013 on Tuesday, and a refreshingly diverse group it is, with five novels in translation -- from Japan, Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, and France -- listed along with one British, one Irish...Tags: Literature, Authors, Republic of Ireland, Norway, Dublin (Ireland)
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'Historia, Historia' recalls an island sojourn
When Eleanor Stanford boarded a plane to spend two years on the islands of Cape Verde, she had no idea what she was in for. She didn't know the language. She didn't know what the people ate. She didn't even know where she was going to live. -------...
Tags: Literature, Chicago Tribune, Eating Disorders, Cape Verde, Book
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David Tennant plays it straight in BBC America’s “Spies of Warsaw”
Channel Guide MagazineSpies of Warsaw concludes its two-part run April 10. By John Crook There’s something almost puppy-like about the way David Tennant bounds into this Beverly Hills restaurant with a face-splitting grin. He’s dressed chic-casual, slacks and sport... -
The funniest books in Britain? Wodehouse Prize shortlist announced
The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction announced its shortlist Thursday, with five novelists competing for the title of Britain's funniest author with the book that "best captures the comic spirit of P.G. Wodehouse," the author of, among...Tags: Literature, Authors, Judges, David Campbell, Book
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Orlando Ballet, Bach Festival Society team on 'Carmina Burana'
"Fate strikes down the strong man," cry out the lyrics of "O Fortuna." "Everyone weep with me!" The dramatic "O Fortuna" is the best-known movement of "Carmina Burana," the collection of medieval poems set to music by Carl Orff in 1935-36. The poems...
Tags: Entertainment, Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, Poetry, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture
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TV review: Retired Doctor operates deftly in 'Spies of Warsaw'
It's a big week on BBC America for fans of "Doctor Who." Saturday brought the return of the series itself and Wednesday sees David Tennant, its no-longer-employed-there 10th Doctor, starring in the prewar romantic thriller "Spies of Warsaw." Burn Gorman...Tags: Entertainment, Warsaw (Poland), Torchwood (tv show), Arts and Culture, David Tennant
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Benjamin Lytal on 'A Map of Tulsa'
If Chicago author Benjamin Lytal were the typical writer of semi-autobiographical fiction, his first novel would have been the story of a young man who escaped his hometown in the interior of the country to become immersed in the colorful characters and...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Authors, Arts and Culture, Lincoln Square (Manhattan, New York), The Wall Street Journal
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