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Philip Roth features on "booty-shaking" dance track »
Posted by: JamesMarcus 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
It's already being tipped as "the ringtone of choice among hip literary types this summer": a short dance mix featuring Philip Roth doing some ...
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Spanish director Coixet maps Tokyo in new movie »
Posted by: ap 7 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
CANNES, France (AP) — Isabel Coixet's new film, "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," has three stars — actors Rinko Kikuchi and Sergi Lopez, and the ...
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Philip Roth talks about writing, history and being ticked off »
Posted by: JamesMarcus 1 year, 3 months ago in News
In person, the 75-year-old Philip Roth seems anything but indignant. Seated on a couch in the inner sanctum of his agent's office, he is ...
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Better Off Read »
Posted by: Rigel 1 year, 3 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
The protagonist of Philip Roth's new novel, Indignation, is doomed. The movie version might be too.
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Recommended Reading: Jonathan Safran Foer »
Posted by: maxwellberry 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Family
The 'Eating Animals' author discusses his favorite books about family life.
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Post 9-11 novel wins PEN/Faulkner prize »
Posted by: ap 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK (AP) — Joseph O'Neill's "Netherland," an acclaimed post-Sept. 11 novel bypassed for the National Book Awards and the National Book Critics Circle ...
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Highly regarded editor hired by Riverhead Books »
Posted by: ap 10 months, 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK (AP) — Rebecca Saletan, a highly regarded publisher and editor who quit Houghton Mifflin Harcourt last month, has been named editorial director of Riverhead ...
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Nobel literature head: US too insular to compete »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ Bad news for American writers hoping for a Nobel Prize next week: the top member of the award jury believes the ...
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski (Ecco)
2. "Heat Lightning" by John Sandford (Putnam Adult)
3. "The Given Day" by ...
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Nobel literature prize to be announced on Oct. 9 »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ The 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize in literature will be presented on Oct. 9, the Swedish Academy said Friday, completing ...
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Matthiessen, Robinson among book award finalists »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK (AP) _ Talk about second chances: Peter Matthiessen, 81, received a National Book Award nomination Wednesday for "Shadow Country," an 890-page revision of ...
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Publisher of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt quits »
Posted by: ap 1 year ago in Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK (AP) _ The senior vice president and publisher of adult trade books at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has quit, effective Dec. 10.
Spokesman Josef ...
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HMH cuts jobs; Penguin, HarperCollins freeze wages »
Posted by: ap 1 year ago in Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK (AP) — More bad news from the book industry: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced that it is "streamlining" its educational business, and eliminating jobs in ...
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