A real-life Indian epic

Published Feb 06 2012 by Salon

There are cult filmmakers and cult novelists, but Katherine Boo may be the world?s only cult journalist. Although a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Fellowship, she?s not a marquee name in her profession. Yet those discerning readers who have latched onto her...

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View full sizeHistorical fiction, hope in a Mumbai slum, a new way to eat and the dirt on earthworms. May you truly enjoy this month’s picks!By Susan SwaglerRemarkable CreaturesBy Tracy Chevalier (Penguin)In 1810, a brother and sister found a fossilized ... [ Published May 13 2012 by al.com ]

Entities: Amii Stewart, Tracy Chevalier, Katherine Boo

First Reported May 07 2012 - Updated May 07 2012 - 1 Documents

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo

May 2012 Evan McMurry nonfiction : Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine BooFor a while now, magazines like Time, Newsweek, and The Economist have traded on two reciprocal stories: the "rise" of China and India, and the "decline" of ... [ Published May 07 2012 by Bookslut ]

Entities: Katherine Boo, Mumbai, India

First Reported May 02 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 1 Documents

Anna Quindlen

Guest Picks: Anna Quindlen

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anna Quindlen was on the Lopate Show recently to discuss her latest memoir, Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake. She also told us what she's been reading and watching recently. What have you read or seen lately (book, play, film, ... [ Published May 02 2012 by WNYC ]

Entities: Anna Quindlen, Katherine Boo, Sons of Anarchy

First Reported May 02 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 1 Documents

3 outstanding books for your spring reading list

Over the last few months, I’ve had the privilege of reading three truly outstanding books. None are about business or work per se — but all are amazing and worth your time. The first is Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope ... [ Published May 02 2012 by Businessgyan ]

Entities: Katherine Boo, Mumbai

First Reported Apr 26 2012 - Updated Apr 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Shades of darkness

The Beautiful Forevers is a sunshine-yellow wall plastered with an advertisement of ceramic tiles which are “beautiful” and “last forever”, that separates the squatter settlement of Annawadi, bordered by a toxic sewage lake, from the streets of suburban ... [ Published Apr 26 2012 by Deccan Chronicle ]

Entities: Katherine Boo, India, Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire, dowry

First Reported Apr 24 2012 - Updated Apr 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Penguin Books

As things fall apart …

Behind a low wall near the taxi stand adjacent to the Sahar Police Station in Mumbai is a ledge of concrete suspended seventy feet above the Mithi River. "By some trick of wind in the sluice," Katherine Boo writes in Behind the Beautiful Forevers, "trash ... [ Published Apr 24 2012 by The Hindu ]

Entities: Katherine Boo, Mumbai, Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Books

First Reported Apr 05 2012 - Updated Apr 05 2012 - 2 Documents

'Behind the Beautiful Forevers' to be One Book, One Community selection

Incoming MSU freshmen will have some assigned reading to complete before they step on campus this fall.MSU and the city of East Lansing today announced the selection of “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” by Katherine Boo, as part of the 11th year of the ... [ Published Apr 05 2012 by State News ]

Entities: Katherine Boo, India

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