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Paul and Me by A.E. Hotchner
Neighbor, friend, and co-creator of the Newman’s Own food line pays tribute to his longtime buddy Paul Newman. A feel-good reminiscence that celebrates real friendship.
3/26/2010 9:38:30 PM    (Kate)

Alice Munro Wins Man Booker International Prize
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The prize is awarded &quot;is awarded once every two years to a living author for a body of work that has contributed to an achievement in fiction on the world stage. It was first awarded to Ismail Kadar&eacute; in 2005 and then to Chinua Achebe in 2007.&quot;<br /></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This Canadian author`s short stories have appeared in numerous collections as well as in <em>The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and the Paris Review.</em><br /></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">See the announcement at:</span></p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1226"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1226</span></a></p>
5/27/2009 11:12:45 AM    (Kate)

Soon to be Published--Bo: America's Commander in Leash
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mascot Books (Herndon, VA) soon will publish the first book about the First Dog.&nbsp; </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="ImageHandler.ashx?id=4ff2c2f8-c949-411e-9fd7-e4217d8e3f44&amp;type=image&amp;size=original" alt="" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">See a sample page at their website:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.mascotbooks.com/pdf/Bo_sample_page.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.mascotbooks.com/pdf/Bo_sample_page.pdf</a><br /></span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p>
4/17/2009 12:02:46 PM    (Kate)

Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
A fantastic (in the true sense of the word) story of a young man who travels between old New York and through time to a place on the Hudson called Lake of the Coheeries. Read it for amazing descriptive writing of New York City and towns on the Hudson in the nineteenth centrury.
1/26/2009 4:47:21 PM    (Kate)

Things I've Been Silent About
<p><span style="font-size: small">Azar Nafisi's memoir of her relationship with her mother while growing up in Tehran is out.&nbsp; I've caught a few interviews with her and just ordered a copy of her book, called <em>Things I've Been Silent About</em>.&nbsp; When <em>Reading Lolita in Tehran </em>was published, I heard Ms. Nafisi lecture, and she is a fascinating speaker.&nbsp; She's touring the U.S. this month, and it's worth the time to go hear her.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
1/9/2009 11:17:36 AM    (Kate)

National Book Awards 2008
<p><span style="color: #339966"><span style=""><u><span style="font-size: medium">Fiction</span></u></span></span><span style="font-size: medium">: Peter Matthiessen, <span style="color: #333399"><span style=""><em>Shadow Country </em></span></span>(Modern Library)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium">&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><span style="color: #339966"><span style=""><u>Nonfiction</u></span></span>: Annette Gordon-Reed, <span style="color: #333399"><em>The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family </em></span>(W.W. Norton &amp; Company)&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium"><br /><span style="color: #339966"><u>Young People's Literature</u></span>: Judy Blundell, <span style="color: #333399"><em>What I Saw and How I Lied </em></span>(Scholastic)</span><span style="font-size: medium">&nbsp; </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #339966"><span style="font-size: medium"><span style=""><u>Poetry</u></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium">: Mark Doty, <span style="color: #333399"><em>Fire to Fire: New and Collected Poems </em></span>(HarperCollins)&nbsp; </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: medium"><a href="http://www.nationalbook.org/">http://www.nationalbook.org/</a></span></strong></p>
11/20/2008 12:02:27 PM    (Kate)

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