Doris Lessing

                   

Women's Book Prizes Fire Up Literary Canon

alternet.org     Jul 26, 2008          

While there is no shortage of books authored by women, few are honored and promoted by literary culture. But the founder of the Orange Prize says it helps flag an ongoing absence of women from serious short lists. Meanwhile,...                    

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Dance Festival's opening night showcases rhythm in motion

vaildaily.com     Jul 26, 2008          

Composer/pianist Philip Glass will perform Sunday, as well as cellist Wendy Sutter, flutists Eugenia Zukerman and the Rossetti String Quartet Daily Staff Report Vail CO, Colorado VAIL, Colorado — Tonight, world-class musicians...                    

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BatBush

time-blog.com     Jul 25, 2008          

The WSJ's op-ed page has been insane for years. Posted by Florida | July 25, 2008 9:39 AM "AMC write about how much she loves to listen to a drug addicted lunatic like Rush." You know, I can actually picture Bush sitting in his...                    

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Metzeler Lasertec Motorcycle Tires

webbikeworld.com     Jul 23, 2008          

Doris Lessing Back about, oh, 6 years ago, I replaced the tires on the 1986 BMW R65. I thought the bike handled better than it did with the old 110/90-18 Metzeler ME33 front that was itself a replacement fitted by the previous...                    

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Samir Kuntar in his own words

lisagoldman.net     Jul 22, 2008   4 related          

Last week, Israel exchanged Samir Kuntar and four Hezbollah fighers for the bodies of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, two reserve soldiers who were abducted after being mortally wounded during a cross-border raid that sparked...                    

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N.H. takes Hugo’s Free Oil: Say Goodbye to Live Free or Die

thehill.com     Jul 21, 2008          

Here in northern New England we experience a kind of liberalism I would call detached. Or maybe a better word is unhinged. It is an organic product of changing demographics. Not long ago — in my father’s day — it counted for...                    

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Female Nobel Prize Winners in Literature

suite101.com     Jul 21, 2008   1 related          

A Look at the Prize's 11 Women Winners Doris Lessing, the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature winner, joins a group of only ten other women who have been named Nobel Laureates in Literature. The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded...                    

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Background of a killer (by Linda Grant)

typepad.com     Jul 19, 2008   2 related          

I need to declare an interest in the Guardian's publication of an interview with Samir Kuntar today. The piece first appeared (at considerably greater length) in the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv on Friday. I was contacted by its...                    

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The champions of a new golden age

timesonline.co.uk     Jul 14, 2008          

The Times/Sternberg Active Life Award celebrates the achievements of older age There is something inspiring about vigour in old age. Sir David Attenborough has probably never been held in such veneration as he has in recent...                    

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Narnia speaks Hindi now

expressindia.com     Jul 13, 2008          

Suman Tarafdar Posted online: Sunday , July 13, 2008 at 00:04 hrs Updated On: Sunday , July 13, 2008 at 00:04 hrs For those who are worrying about the recession, here’s a whole new (well, almost) sector opening up. The just set...                    

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