Doris Lessing, Nobel-winning writer, dies at 94
Doris Lessing, Nobel-winning writer, dies at 94 – The Washington Post. Sad news.
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Obituaries
Elmore Leonard, Who Refined the Crime Thriller, Dies at 87 – NYTimes.com
Elmore Leonard, Who Refined the Crime Thriller, Dies at 87 – NYTimes.com. So sad to have to announce the death of one of my favorite authors, Elmore Leonard.
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Remembering Those We Lost in 2012
The writing and publishing world lost way too many people in 2012. Here’s a list of names, with, if available, date of death and a link to an obituary. Sam Levin 1/2 Josef Skvorecky 1/3 Mary C. Henderson 1/3 Charles W. Bailey 1/3 Milburn Calhoun 1/7 Wislawa Szymborska 2/1 Basil Payne John Turner Sargent, Sr.
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Monday Miscellany
Some interesting takes on the literary world this week. Out of Touch: E-reading isn’t reading Slate caused quite a stir recently with its publication of this excerpt from Andrew Piper’s recent book Book Was There: Reading in Electronic Times (University of Chicago Press, 2012): Amid the seemingly endless debates today about the future of reading,
Remembering George McGovern
Dashed Presidential Hopes, but a Life Devoted to Liberalism
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Ernest Borgnine, Tough but Tender Actor, Is Dead at 95
Ernest Borgnine, Tough but Tender Actor, Is Dead at 95 – NYTimes.com Ernest Borgnine, the rough-hewn actor who seemed destined for tough-guy characters but won an Academy Award for embodying the gentlest of souls, a lonely Bronx butcher, in the 1955 film “Marty,” died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 95.
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Adrienne Rich, Influential Feminist Poet, Dies at 82
Adrienne Rich, Influential Feminist Poet, Dies at 82 – NYTimes.com Triply marginalized — as a woman, a lesbian and a Jew — Ms. Rich was concerned in her poetry, and in her many essays, with identity politics long before the term was coined. She accomplished in verse what Betty Friedan, author of “The Feminine Mystique,”
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Trending: Read ’em and weep… the grisly life of the post-mortem biog – Features – Books – The Independent
Trending: Read ’em and weep… the grisly life of the post-mortem biog – Features – Books – The Independent The funeral’s barely over before the tribute books start appearing – expect Whitney Houston’s any day now. John Walsh examines an ugly industry
Monday Miscellany
Breakfast with Dr. Seuss In honor of the upcoming movie The Lorax, green eggs and ham at IHOP Dmitri Nabokov, Steward of Father’s Literary Legacy, Dies at 77 Dmitri Nabokov, the son of Vladimir Nabokov, who tended to the legacy of his father with
Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011)
SFWA Grand Master Anne McCaffrey, 85, died November 21, 2011 of a massive stroke at home in Ireland. via Locus Online News » Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011).
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