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Rob Neufeld • November 8, 2009 Your guide to author and literary events in Western North Carolina, Nov. 8-14: Today SHORT STORY MASTERS: Award-winning authors Mary Akers and Clifford Garstang present their collection of short...
Fiction 1. “The Gathering Storm,” Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, $29.99 2. “The Lost Symbol,” Dan Brown, $29.95 3. “Half Broke Horses,” Jeannette Walls, $26 4. “Last Night in Twisted River,” John Irving, $28 5. “Wolf Hall,”...
It's sobering to think about how small the world of American letters will look without him Despite having two novels coming out in the next 18 months , the memorialisation of Philip Roth has already begun. The towering American...
Writer Dave Eggers and the South Sudanese man whose story he told in his 2006 book "What Is the What" were at UW-Madison on Wednesday to talk about the pair's work in Sudan and to urge the overflow crowd to get involved in...
Canadian novelist and journalist Dany Laferrière has won a prestigious French literary prize. (Eleanore Gresley/Videotron) Montreal writer Dany Laferrière has won the Prix Mèdicis in France for his novel L'Énigme du retour. The...
AFP – Canadian writer Dany Laferriere poses with his book in Paris after he won the 2009 Prix Medicis. Laferriere … PARIS (AFP) – Haitian-born Canadian writer Dany Laferriere and American novelist Dave Eggers on Wednesday were...
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Roundup of local higher education news and events: In addition to a certain head of state, author Dave Eggers and Time magazine reporter Mark Halperin will be in Madison today. Halperin will discuss the Obama administration at...
Roundup of local higher education news and events: UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin apologized to the Faculty Senate Monday for the way her administration rolled out a proposed change to research oversight. - The Cap Times An...
Published Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Two Yale professors’ writing is bypassing traditional print media and going straight to the blogosphere. The Yale English department now has two bloggers-in-residence: Amy Hungerford joined...
