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'Mother on Fire'
by Sandra Tsing Loh
Reviewed by Susan Carpenter
The radio personality and humorist wonders whether to mortgage her life to send her kids to private school or take her chances with public. |
Paul Auster talks on the "Bat Segundo" podcast about writing habits, money, cigars and more.
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Conan Doyle's detective was a hit not only in print but also at the theater.
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Traditional or not traditional? That is the question when directors mount productions of William Shakespeare's plays.
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Thirty years after the Eurasian trek he chronicled in 'The Great Railway Bazaar,' the author revisits his journey and finds much has changed. >>
The author's first book, 'By the Shore,' was widely praised. But completing her second book proved to be quite a struggle. >>
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Unreliable narrator or deceptive author? You decide in this deeply unsetting novel. >>
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They witnessed Sherman's march to the sea >>
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A foreign correspondent analyzes the poisoning death of dissident Russian intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko. >>
ON THE SET
Director John Hillcoat and colleagues, in adapting the Pulitzer-winning work, have toiled to weigh hopelessness against faith. >>
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This tell-all is spicy and bitter but never quite filling. Click here to meet the author. >>
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There's more to Minneapolis-St. Paul than the "spoon bridge and cherry." In Schneider's novel, a pothead private eye encounters hidden Nazi loot and some unsavory types. >>
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REPUBLICANS have been in a bit of a funk lately. Voters (especially the young ones) are increasingly identifying themselves as Democrats, and current projections give Obama the edge on Nov. 4 with the GOP losing seats in both the House and the Senate. Come Nov. 5, Republicans may be doing a lot of soul-searching. >>
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IN SEPTEMBER, Cheech and Chong will reunite for a tour, 26 years after their last live performance. That is, if Cheech doesn't read Tommy Chong's newest book, "Cheech & Chong: The Unauthorized Autobiography." >>
OPINION
Even an important work of political journalism can suffer when it's wrapped in the publicity campaign of a celebrity tell-all. >>
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