Tag: books
Memories of camp
A collection of reminiscences about summer camp -- where "Fantasy Island" meets "Lord of the Flies."...
Jack Kerouac's "On the Road"
It's the 50th anniversary of the book that defined the Beat movement -- the importance and lasting effects of "On the Road."...
How to read like a writer
Novelist and professor Francine Prose says that aspiring writers should learn to write by reading the work of great writers. ...
A story about counterfeit wine
Was the 1787 Bordeaux purchased by the billionaire Malcolm Forbes in the mid-1980s a rare wine once owned by Thomas Jefferson, or was it a fraud?...
The man who shaped FDR's public image
The story of the first real presidential press secretary, Stephen T. Early, who came to the White House with Franklin Roosevelt in 1933....
Author and dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Russian writer and dissident, whose works delivered a damning indictment of the Communist system, spent years years in labor camps before being denied denounced as a traitor, and exiled....
Summer reading picks
Thoughtful book suggestions from world-class authors Salman Rushdie, Sasa Stanisic and Tahmima Anam....
Bill Murray, poetry champion
While well known for his tenures with SCTV and Saturday Night Live, and for his numerous film appearances, Murray is less well-known for his support of poetry....
Richard Bausch talks about Peace
Bausch's "Peace" is the story of a company of American soldiers sent to confirm the retreat of the Germans at the end of WWII. ...
Salman Rushdie talks about The Enchantress of Florence
Rushdie's new book, "The Enchantress of Florence," is a feast of storytelling, alternately set in 16th-century Italy and India....
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