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Culture Re-View: Remembering Beatrix Potter and Samuel Beckett
Euronews via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn this day in 1943 and 1989, two great writers faced their end. Both had significant contributions...
Op-Ed: Why inappropriate books are the best kind
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe opposite of a book ban — an open shelf rule — helps readers learn to think for themselves. (Christopher Knight / Los Angeles Times) The house where I...
He’s Been Going Blind His Whole Life. He’s Surprised at What He Misses—and What He’s Gained.
Slate via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPhoto illustration by Slate. Photo by Diana Haronis/Moment. In the concluding chapter of his new...
‘No Judgment’ and ‘All Things Are Too Small’: Attitude and Argument
The Wall Street Journal· 4 weeks agoBOOKSHELF One result of literature’s diminished standing in American culture has been a curtailment...
Best Bests: 10 things to do in Columbus include Christopher Cross, Celeste Barber, theater
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe city will be alive with the sound of music this weekend, with acts ranging from country (Mary...
How Salman Rushdie Reckoned With an Unthinkable Attack
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 1 week agoIn the mid-1990s, when I was still a bookish teenager, my parents took me to Paris. It was the end...
Woodburn: Willy Wonka’s Golden Tattoo
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 2 weeks ago“So, how Irish are you?” the bartender offered in greeting, his brogue thick as lamb stew and suggesting his own blood pulsed shamrock green. The...
Sometimes Writers Have to Take Sides
Time via Yahoo News· 10 months agoGeneral Francisco Franco, commander in the south, is visiting the headquater of the Northern Front in Burgos. F.l.t.r.: General Cavalcanti, General...
Out of print: After nearly 40 years, Newberry Book Fair is done
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThere is no shortage of used books in this city. You can find them in informal little libraries in...
Gabriel Byrne's 6 favorite books with memorable characters
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGabriel Byrne. Courtesy Image Gabriel Byrne, the celebrated Irish-born screen and stage actor, will...
