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    Jul 11, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Pithy posters for writers

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    Quotes by authors are brought to life in a witty poster series by artist Evan Robertson, currently for sale on Etsy....
    2. Jun 2, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Banned in Bel Air

    When a book flies off the shelves by the millions within a month of publication and zooms to the top of the New York Times best-seller list, it's safe to assume that whatever its literary merit (or lack thereof), it probably is not a good candidate for censorship. When a title is "hot," so to speak, everybody wants to read it.
    When a book flies off the shelves by the millions within a month of publication and zooms to the top of the New York Times best-seller list, it's safe to assume that whatever its literary merit (or lack thereof), it probably is not a good candidate for...

    Tags: Censorship, Fiction, French Literature, Literature, Arts and Culture

    3. May 18, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Word power

    Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a fundamental role in defining a country's culture and its discourse.
    Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a...

    Tags: Bruno Schulz, John Steinbeck, Tennessee Williams, United Kingdom, Science

    4. Mar 2, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Feedback: Who is your favorite literary villain?

    I was going to say Big Brother, that nonexistent, but tyrannically perpetuated abstraction. As for a real character, how about Madame Defarge from "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. She the vengeful, bloodthirsty embodiment of a revolution gone mad. Created out of the injustice meted out by aristocrats, she uses the same tactics to oppress others.
    I was going to say Big Brother, that nonexistent, but tyrannically perpetuated abstraction. As for a real character, how about Madame Defarge from "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. She the vengeful, bloodthirsty embodiment of a revolution gone...

    Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Abusive Behavior, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens

    5. May 12, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. LéaLA celebrates Spanish-language books this weekend

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    This weekend is the second annual LeaLA, a celebration of Spanish-language literature connected to the famed Guadalajara Book Festival....
    6. Sep 4, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. New York Public Library gives up some of its secrets

    In my family, we've never recognized a distinction between happiness and the handling of books.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    In my family, we've never recognized a distinction between happiness and the handling of books. Books in libraries, books in shops. Books that take you places, and books you can steal from — like Norman Maclean's memoir, "A River Runs Through It,"...

    Tags: Adventures in Wonderland (tv program) , Painting, Lewis Allen, Islam, Fine Arts

    7. Apr 13, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. English 101

    Each novelist requires circumstance — a situation to describe, from which a conflict arises — and the ivy-covered college hall or dormitory room provides such context readily. It would take research and, thereafter, expertise to write about a Fortune 500 company or those who built the Cabot Trail; why not invoke old campus adventures instead? That hoary advice to the young author "write about what you know" results in volume after volume about school: All writers have been students, and nowadays a sizable number are teachers, so it seems nearly unavoidable that we write about the golden groves we knew.
    Each novelist requires circumstance — a situation to describe, from which a conflict arises — and the ivy-covered college hall or dormitory room provides such context readily. It would take research and, thereafter, expertise to write about...

    Tags: Students, University of Michigan, Genres, Randall Jarrell, John Barth

    8. Feb 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Dmitri Nabokov dies at 77; only child of acclaimed novelist Vladimir Nabokov

    Dmitri Nabokov, the only child of acclaimed novelist Vladimir Nabokov who helped protect and translate his father's work while pursuing careers as an opera singer and race car driver, has died. He was 77. The younger Nabokov died Wednesday at a...

    Tags: Nazi Party, Fiction, New York Public Library, Opera (genre), Obituaries

    9. Jan 31, 2012 |Story| Zap2It
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    10. Feb 29, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Book news: Salman Rushdie, John Steinbeck, fact, fiction, more

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    A pile of links to the most interesting book stories online, conveniently in one place....
    11. Mar 19, 2012 | RedEye

  11. Bieber Is Not a Reading Level

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    As the “Hunger Games” film hits theaters this week, I have to vent for a second. Once—just once!—I would love it if someone would recommend a book to me that was not originally intended for a 14-year-old girl. Watching people...
    12. Aug 18, 2011 |Story| Aberdeen News

  12. Today in history: Aug. 18

    1587: Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil, on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina. (However, the Roanoke colony ended up mysteriously disappearing.) 1920: The 19th Amendment to the Constitution,...

    Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, North Carolina, Tennessee, Politics, Elections

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