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Coroner has not determined if crash victim is Michael Hastings
The Los Angeles county coroner's office had yet to determine Tuesday night whether a body recovered from a fiery car crash was that of award-winning journalist Michael Hastings. The body was badly charred and identified only as "John Doe 117," law...
Tags: Iraq, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Transportation Accidents, NATO
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‘Primates’ graphic novel explores work of Goodall, Fossey, Galdikas
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesAuthor Jim Ottaviani has made a name for himself writing graphic novels about some of the greatest minds in science, […]... -
Michael Hastings dies at 33; his article led general to resign
Michael Hastings, an aggressive and iconoclastic journalist whose reporting exposed the vagaries of the war in Iraq and helped bring down the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, died early Tuesday in a car crash in Los Angeles, according to two of his...Tags: James L. Jones, Baghdad (Iraq), WikiLeaks, Wars and Interventions, Entertainment Events
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Mack and Kaufman score again with 'Freud's Mistress'
Liz Smith"If you liked 'Loving Frank' and 'The Paris Wife,' you'll love 'Freud's Mistress,' says Katie Couric. Well, I took Katie's advice without even knowing I was taking it. Several years ago, before the Internet happened, I read a book by two writers who...Tags: Adultery, Book, Golden Globe Awards, Entertainment Events, Liz Smith
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Classic tale of wooden puppet comes to life
The Missoula Children's Theatre will take the audience on a musical journey of the classic children's fairy tale "Pinocchio" this weekend at the Ocala Civic Theatre in the Appleton Cultural Center, 4337 E. Silver Springs Blvd. "Pinocchio," written by...Tags: England, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Libraries, Hinduism
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ICM Partners Adds Top NY Literary Firm Gelfman Schneider
ReutersJun 18 (TheWrap.com) - ICM Partners has formed a strategic alliance with New York-based literary firm Gelfman Schneider, home to best-selling authors such as Tracy Chevalier, David Rabe and Meg Gardiner. Gelfman Schneider, run by Jane Gelman and...Tags: Television Industry, Arts and Culture
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ICM Partners forms alliance with Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents
ICM Partners has struck an alliance with New York-based Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents, in a deal designed to strengthen the talent agency's presence in the publishing world. Gelfman Schneider represents such authors as Jeffrey Deaver, the mystery...
Tags: Book, Arts and Culture, Journalism, Literature, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Leesburg's Kingstone Comics launches graphic novel by Randy Alcorn
LEESBURG — A publisher of Bible-based comics and graphic novels wants to become king of the Christian comics publishing world and has teamed up with a New York Times bestselling author to help them reach their ambitious goal. Kingstone Comics,...
Tags: Religious Texts, Book, Bible, Arts and Culture, Literature
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And now... Happy Blumesday!
Today is Blumesday--not a typo, as it turns out, but a holiday concocted to celebrate the beloved young-adult author Judy Blume. Bloomsday, which honors James Joyce's "Ulysses," took place on Sunday. As NPR reports, Blumesday was created by writers...
Tags: Radio, NPR, Entertainment
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A Word, Please: The staying power of language superstitions
I've said it before and I'll say it again: There's a lot of bad information out there about grammar. But seldom does it come bundled in a veritable value pack of linguistic baloney like the one I found in a link on slate.com. The link, which promised to...
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New novelist to sign books Friday
McLean & Eakin, Booksellers in Petoskey welcomes debut novelist Matt Bell to the store 2-4 p.m. Friday, June 21, to sign his novel "In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods." In this novel, a newly-wed couple escapes the busy confusion...Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature, Fiction
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Hampton Roads authors shine
Writing is a tough business. After an author writes that perfect book and manages to sell it to a publisher (or self-publish), the hard work begins: He or she must become a name amidst the thousands who have done the same. When we launched Writers'...
Tags: Prisons, Book, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Human Interest, New York City
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