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16 hrs ago | The Courier-Journal

Gritty noir walks line of genre and literature

In the hard-boiled universe of Richard Lange's debut novel, 'This Wicked World,' trying to do the right thing can lead only to trouble.

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Fri Jul 10, 2009

CultureBot.org

It Came From Brooklyn at the Guggenheim

On August 14, the Guggenheim Museum launches It Came from Brooklyn , a new monthly concert series that will showcase Brooklyn's emerging and established talents in the fields of music and literature as part of the museum's 50th Anniversary celebrations.

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Related Topix: Arts, Pop/Rock, The Walkmen

Reuters

Spain book fair battles econ crisis and snobbery

One of Europe's biggest book fairs this week will have to contend with the economic crisis in Spain as well as its traditional battle to knock down the walls between high- and low-brow literature.

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Related Topix: Arts, Spain, World News,

Surfing the Net with Kids

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee published her first and only novel in 1960, at the age of thirty-four. It won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction the following year.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Harper Lee, Arts

Thu Jul 09, 2009

Daily Mail

Rape, abortion, incest ... Is this what CHILDREN should read?

At a publishing event in Berlin recently, one well-known children's author was chatting to another.

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Related Topix: Arts, Drugs

The Modesto Bee

Young-adult literature is taking on a much darker pitch

The stories range from grim to ghastly: A boy returns to school from a mental hospital five years after setting his playmate on fire.

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Related Topix: Arts, Harry Potter, Books, New York, Family, Teenagers, Libraries

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Literature inviting from the outside in

An unpublished manuscript by author Terry Kay sits on display recently at the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation center in Watkinsville.

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Related Topix: Arts, Watkinsville, GA, Athens, GA, Athens Metro, University of Georgia

Western Daily Press

Dominic West reads out sexy scenes from classic literature

Dominic West is to get his fans' pulses racing by reading saucy scenes. The Wire hunk, whose character Jimmy McNulty has an army of swooning admirers, has been recruited to read seduction scenes from classics such as Lady Chatterley's Lover.

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Related Topix: Dominic West, Arts

This Space

Mystery in literature

People happily talk about the mystery of poetry and of literature. They talk about it ad nauseam.

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Related Topix: Arts, Poetry

Tue Jul 07, 2009

San Francisco Examiner

The marriage of film and literature, part 1: Atonement

July 6, 8:42 PM Comment RSS It takes an exceptional piece of literature to evoke the imaginative activity that paints a picture in your head, or plays out on your own private stage if you lower your eyelids.

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The Hindu

"Literature and cinema have different rules"

CHENNAI: Speakers, at a function on Saturday, highlighted the relationship between literature and cinema, two forms of creative work.

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Mon Jul 06, 2009

Lexington Herald-Leader

Russian writer and Soviet dissident Aksyonov dies

Vasily Aksyonov, a prolific Russian writer and one of the last dissidents to be exiled from the Soviet Union, died Monday.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA,

Desert Sun

Invite 'Beowulf' on your vacation

Paperback romance or Proust? Jack Murnighan, author of "Beowulf on the Beach: What to Love and What to Skip in Literature's 50 Greatest Hits" , explains why a literary classic is the perfect beach book.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

The Orange County Register

Feelings flow in literature discussions by the lake

Seventh graders open up outside the school building Karen Kimball Comments Recommend On Wednesday mornings toward the end of the school year, students from Tim Leavey's seventh grade language arts class at South Lake Middle School in Woodbridge gathered under trees by the nearby lake to discuss literature.

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Related Topix: Arts, Irvine, CA

Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Japan Times

Jazz meets literature in concert

Three Japanese artists living in Berlin, together with a French musician, will stage two performances in Yokohama featuring music, dance and readings to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the city's port.

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Related Topix: Arts, Aki Takase, Jazz, Louis Sclavis, World News, Japan, Asia

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Newkerala.com

Jacko was just a normal guy who loved bargaining, says childhood pal

London, June 30 : Michael Jackson might have been known for his wild behaviour, but for music producer and King Of Pop's childhood pal David Gest, he was a loyal friend who made him laugh.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Arts

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Chapel Hill News

Exploring the connections between visual art and literature

Art and literature are vital to Leslie Balkany's existence. When Balkany joined Ackland Art Museum as a museum educator in 1998, she knew she somehow wanted to provide an art and literature experience for museum attendees.

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Related Topix: Arts, Libraries, Raleigh Metro, Chapel Hill, NC

BBC

7 questions on GCSE English literature

GCSE English Literature Quiz It's exam season. In a spirit of solidarity with frazzled school children, the Magazine is inviting readers to see how they would fare in a series of curriculum tests.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Associated Content

Benefits of Reading Literature

Abstract Many students in literature courses read the texts given by the teachers as only read and remember several things they expect to cover in the quizzes, such as the plots, the settings, and the characters.

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Freerepublic.com

2009 Winners: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

"Folks say that if you listen real close at the height of the full moon, when the wind is blowin' off Nantucket Sound from the nor' east and the dogs are howlin' for no earthly reason, you can hear the awful screams of the crew of the "Ellie May," a sturdy whaler Captained by John McTavish; for it was on just such a night when the rum was flowin' ...

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Related Topix: Federal Way, WA, Arts

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