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First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

James Fallows

Getting to know Liz, and other helpful new books

Detail from the cover of "Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch," by Sally Bedell Smith The Man Who Planted Trees Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet By Jim Robbins, Spiegel & Grau, 216 pages, $29.95 David Milarch, ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Globe and Mail ]

Entities: Sally Bedell Smith, James Fallows, Monarch, Species

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

Edward St. Aubyn

Novelist Christopher Bram chronicles the rise of gay consciousness in American writing in the years following World War II to the present day. Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America begins with a first wave of major gay literary figures-Tennessee ... [ Published May 24 2012 by WNYC ]

Entities: Edward St Aubyn, Gay, Christopher Bram

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Thomas Mann

Book Review: New Ways To Kill Your Mother

In March last year an essay by Colm Toibin appeared in the London Review of Books. It was called "The Importance of Aunts" and, in a slightly modified version, is included as a kind of prologue to this new collection of essays. The aunts are creations ... [ Published May 23 2012 by New Zealand Herald ]

Entities: Henry James, Thomas Mann, Jane Austen, Borges S A, Ireland

First Reported May 06 2012 - Updated May 06 2012 - 1 Documents

John Irving

Coming-of-age story finds Irving at his best

In One Person (Simon & Schuster, 448 pages, $28) by John IrvingBooksSubscribe to The DispatchSign up for home delivery of The Columbus Dispatch and find out What's In It for You.Already a subscriber?Enroll in EZPay and get a free gift! Enroll now.Elegant ... [ Published May 06 2012 by Columbus Dispatch ]

Entities: John Irving, James Baldwin, Simon & Schuster, Abbott

First Reported May 06 2012 - Updated May 06 2012 - 1 Documents

Charges allege attempt to gain early prison release

Charges were filed Thursday accusing a Stanley Prison inmate of attempting to shorten his sentence through the use of false paperwork in 2010, and two other inmates also are expected to be charged.Eddie G. Evans, 59, who is now in the state prison in ... [ Published May 06 2012 by Capital Times ]

Entities: Henry Spencer, prison, James Baldwin

First Reported May 03 2012 - Updated May 03 2012 - 1 Documents

Birmingham native's Project 1 Voice will feature Baldwin's "Amen Corner"

Birmingham native has announced the second play that will be part of the Project 1 Voice initiative that he created last year.On June 18, theater companies and groups across the country will stage readings of "The Amen Corner," James Baldwin’s 1954 work ... [ Published May 03 2012 by al.com ]

Entities: Birmingham, Alice Childress, Tonea Stewart

First Reported Apr 29 2012 - Updated Apr 29 2012 - 1 Documents

Henry Louis Gates Jr

'The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader:' A book review

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a lot more than some guy on TV talking about genealogy or a professor having a couple of beers with a policeman who had confronted him while investigating a break-in at Gates’ house.In the tradition of W.E.B. Dubois and John Hope ... [ Published Apr 29 2012 by Star Ledger ]

Entities: Henry Louis Gates Jr, African-Americans, James Baldwin

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

Event celebrates Emerson's authors

Among cheese plates and chatter, just a stone’s throw from the set of Will & Grace, new books by Emerson faculty waited for their spot on the shelves. Last Thursday, the Iwaski Library hosted its annual Emerson Authors event to honor faculty and staff ... [ Published Apr 26 2012 by Berkeley Beacon ]

Entities: Robert Fleming, James Baldwin, Civil Rights, Frederick Douglass, Published Work

First Reported Apr 13 2012 - Updated Apr 13 2012 - 1 Documents

Writers' real-life relationships revealed

Colm Tóibín has pulled together lectures and articles he has written that mostly connect to the way in which writers and their families affect each other. The families (and often the writers themselves) turn out to be a strongly dysfunctional bunch.The ... [ Published Apr 13 2012 by Otago Daily Times ]

Entities: Colm Tóibín, James Baldwin, Sebastian Barry, Hart Crane

First Reported Apr 08 2012 - Updated Apr 08 2012 - 1 Documents

Ford Foundation Records Move to Rockefeller Archive Center

James Baldwin needed some money. It was 1959, six years before Congress created national endowments for the arts and humanities to support struggling artists and cultural institutions. For Baldwin, who was straining to finish a novel and pay personal ... [ Published Apr 08 2012 by New York Times ]

Entities: James Baldwin, Ford Foundation, Henry James, Lincoln Kirstein, Fords (United States)

First Reported Apr 04 2012 - Updated Apr 04 2012 - 1 Documents

James Baldwin: his past and our future

The African-American writer's work continues to ask pointed questions of our culture, long after his death. ... [ Published Apr 04 2012 by Minnesota Public Radio ]

Entities: James Baldwin, African-Americans

First Reported Apr 04 2012 - Updated Apr 04 2012 - 1 Documents

City Room: Big City Book Club Discusses James Baldwin's 'Another Country' on Wednesday Night

Join us tonight from 7-10 Eastern time. Leave your comments and questions now to help guide the discussion.James Baldwin’s “Another Country,” published in 1962, was written over the course of 13 years, in at least three cities and two continents. Begun ... [ Published Apr 04 2012 by New York Times ]

Entities: James Baldwin, African-Americans, Date Line, Misogyny, Mad Men

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Toni Morrison’s right at ‘Home’ [ Published May 25 2012 by Chicago Sun-Times ]
Getting to know Liz, and other helpful new books [ Published May 25 2012 by Globe and Mail ]
JazzReach educates schoolkids about jazz [ Published May 25 2012 by New York Daily News ]
Helping a White Man Relearn Joie de Vivre [ Published May 25 2012 by New York Times ]
Edward St. Aubyn [ Published May 24 2012 by WNYC ]
Book Review: New Ways To Kill Your Mother [ Published May 23 2012 by New Zealand Herald ]
No contradiction in being black and gay [ Published May 22 2012 by Channel4000 ]
Harry Potter as a serious academic subject? Wha... [ Published May 21 2012 by Mail Online UK ]
The Smallest Gig @ Hibernian House [ Published May 21 2012 by Media Culture.org.au ]
Society events calendar for the week of May 21 [ Published May 21 2012 by Cleveland Live ]
On stage: The thrill of the new [ Published May 19 2012 by Minneapolis Star Tribune ]
NY Review: ‘Diana Sands: A Certain Toughness of... [ Published May 16 2012 by BackStage.com ]
At home with Toni Morrison [ Published May 15 2012 by Kansas City Star ]
In One Person by John Irving - review [ Published May 11 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Home [ Published May 11 2012 by ReadingGroupGuides.com ]
A peak of African American art [ Published May 08 2012 by Washington Post ]
American Art Museum gives a peek at vast collec... [ Published May 08 2012 by Washington Post ]
At home with Toni Morrison [ Published May 07 2012 by San Jose Mercury News ]
At home with Toni Morrison [ Published May 07 2012 by Denver Post ]
Women to Watch: Teacher and book lover Anna Esq... [ Published May 06 2012 by Memphis Commercial Appeal ]
Coming-of-age story finds Irving at his best [ Published May 06 2012 by Columbus Dispatch ]
Charges allege attempt to gain early prison rel... [ Published May 06 2012 by Capital Times ]
New Haarlem Arts Theatre Sets Second Season: MA... [ Published May 04 2012 by Broadway World ]
In David Eagleman's 'Incognito' the brain can b... [ Published May 04 2012 by Cleveland Live ]
Birmingham native's Project 1 Voice will featur... [ Published May 03 2012 by al.com ]
Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Presents Blazing T... [ Published May 01 2012 by Nestor ]
'The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader' ranges wid... [ Published May 01 2012 by Cleveland Live ]
Public Enemy: My First Hip-Hop Concert [ Published Apr 30 2012 by SantaFe.com ]
EVENT: Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Presents Bl... [ Published Apr 30 2012 by All About Jazz ]
'The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader:' A book review [ Published Apr 29 2012 by Star Ledger ]

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The Misunderstood Power of Michael Jackson's Music [ Published Mar 29 2012 by Oh No They Didn't! ] His influence today proves him to be one of the greatest creators of all time, but Jackson's art--like that of many black artists--still doesn't get the full respect it deserves. More than two and a half years after his untimely death, Michael Jackson ...
11 Black LGBT Celebrities: Living Legends, Inte... [ Published Feb 18 2012 by Oh No They Didn't! ] Black LGBT Celebrities: 11 Living Legends Leyla FarahAuthor, 'Black, Gifted and Gay' During Black History Month in the U.S., we dedicate the month of February to reviewing, dissecting, and analyzing African-American history. From slavery to the Civil ...
Leyla Farah: PHOTOS: 11 Living Legends Who Happ... [ Published Feb 17 2012 by TV Squad ] During Black History Month in the U.S., we dedicate the month of February to reviewing, dissecting, and analyzing African-American history. From slavery to the Civil Rights Movement to today's African-American experience, we make a concerted effort to ...
Johnny Otis , Anti-Racist R&B Pioneer [ Published Jan 24 2012 by Oh No They Didn't! ] In a 1969 interview, Jimi Hendrix voiced a frustrated defense of his artistic ambitions and position as an African-American star in an increasingly white world of rock music. "What I don't like is this business of trying to classify people," he said. ...
George Whitman’s Back Pages [ Published Dec 16 2011 by WSJ.com: Speakeasy ] GettyPeople at the entrance of the bookshop Shakespeare & Co. on December 14, 2011 in Paris. On my way home from Germany last month I stopped in Paris for a day and after checking out the booksellers kiosks along the Seine I found myself inside Shakespeare ...