Dance Naked, Grotesquely
April 29, 2009
The 18-year-old William Farley of Arlington, Va., has won this year’s “Poetry Out Loud” recitation contest.
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Dance Naked, Grotesquely
Obama Reading Watch, 100 Days Edition
April 29, 2009
In an interview appearing in next weekend’s Times Magazine, Barack Obama tells David Leonhardt that he’s become so sick of briefing books that he has started reading Joseph O’Neill’s novel “Netherland” in the evenings. Too bad for that Turkish author whose book the president recently promised to read. …
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Obama Reading Watch, 100 Days Edition
What Would Keef Do?
April 27, 2009
On May 5, just in time for Mother’s Day, Bloomsbury will publish “What Would Keith Richards Do? Daily Affirmations From a Rock ‘n’ Roll Survivor.” Jagger may have written most of the lyrics, but his longtime partner has a way with words too.
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What Would Keef Do?
April 24 Book Review Podcast
April 24, 2009
This week: Jay McInerney, author of “How It Ended”; Joe Queenan, author of the memoir “Closing Time”; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus, the editor of the Book Review, is the host. The interview with Jay McInerney is also available as a video.
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April 24 Book Review Podcast
The 2009 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters and Drama
April 20, 2009
Adding a Pulitzer to her National Book Award, Annette Gordon-Reed has been awarded the prize for her monumental historical work, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (Norton). The book also won the 2009 National Book Award for nonfiction.
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The 2009 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters and Drama
Famous Celebrity Tweets
April 2, 2009
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