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Review: How Elizabeth Hardwick taught a young Black critic to read, write and laugh
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen I was young and still working in book publishing, a rare and generous boss took note. “If you want to write,” he said, “you must read Elizabeth Hardwick. ‘Seduction and Betrayal.’” After ...
Advisors Aim To Write More Clearly
Investor's Business Daily· 2 years agoAdvisors may assume that they're making themselves abundantly clear. As literary critic Elizabeth Hardwick wrote in 1963: "Making a living is nothing;...
‘Wildcat’ Review: Maya Hawke and Laura Linney Dazzle in Ethan Hawke’s Exquisite Take on Flannery...
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSometimes when you finish reading a good novel or collection of short stories, you look forward to...
How I Learned the Truth About Billie Holiday
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHow I Learned the Truth About Billie HolidayBill Spilka - Getty Images Since Billie Holiday's death in 1959, an image of her has emerged based mainly on...
How an Acclaimed Writer Found the “Consuming Furnace at the Center of My Life”
Slate via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn 2021 the writer then known as Luc Sante—author of the classic 1991 urban history Low Life: Lures...
Sigrid Nunez: ‘I’ve had students say that white men shouldn’t write novels at all’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIn the mid-1970s, having recently graduated from Columbia University, Sigrid Nunez was hired as an...
I left KY at 17 to escape homophobia and racism. The legislature keeps bringing them back. | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOpEd: Who wants to live in a state whose legislators are so mean to kids and their parents that they...
To Cook or Not to Cook?
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoI want a rich, consuming working life. But I also want an hour at the end of the day when I step out of work and anxieties to measure, preheat and...
How Lucy Sante Wrote a Revelatory Memoir
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 5 months agoNo genre tests the delicate trust between author and reader like memoir. It is unavoidably provocative, a case study of the fragile magic act that all...
St. Andrews women's basketball fends off late rally by Kentucky Christian to remain perfect
The Laurinburg Exchange, N.C. via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoNov. 11—LAURINBURG — The St. Andrews Knights women's basketball team isn't supposed to be doing this. With a new head coach and just eight available players right now, they're not supposed to ...
