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By James R. Carroll • jcarroll@courier-journal.com • November 25, 2009 Thank Abraham Lincoln for Thanksgiving. But Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation first established Thanksgiving as a national holiday in November. The Lincolns also...
From Publishing a Novel to Writing a Self-Help Book Instead of writing an autobiography about anorexia, this author chose fiction. When she was 27 years old, Melinda Hutchings wrote her first book, Fighting for Life, which...
Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex, Herculine Barbin and Gottlieb Gottlich Can a person be born as one gender and gradually transform into the other as he or she grows older? In Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel Middlesex, the narrator Cal is...
Aleksandra's Note: The following is a terrific book review and commentary on George Sava's "The Chetniks" by Carl Savich, who captures the true spirit of what this story conveys. To all the old Chetniks, the true blue freedom...
Too attached to Edward Cullen for your feminist sensibilities? Just in time for Thanksgiving, here's an unorthodox guide to kicking the Twilight habit. You know Twilight 's central tension embraces abstinence (from biting as...
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"Twilight" fans gave thanks last week -- and so did Summit Entertainment, which released the second saga based on Stephenie Meyer's best-sellers about vampires, werewolves and the girls who love them.
The New Statesman’s friends and contributors choose their favourite books of 2009 Sarah Churchwell Goldengrove (Harper Collins, £10.99), the 12th novel by Francine Prose, is an elegiac farewell to the golden groves of...
Hey there, crazed holiday shopper! In the spirit of Black Friday / Cyber Monday… and covering the two days between, and the one before, too… I’m pleased to announce a 20% discount on selected Matthew Wayne Selznick chapbooks...
“The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.” Richard Wright. Richard Wright became popular after the publication of his autobiographical story Black Boy and a novel Native Son. This person was a grandson of...
