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Stanford writers bag an awful lot of prizes this year
It’s easy to forget the caliber of the people you are rubbing elbows with every day. So let me take a moment to blow their collective horn – especially since they’re so humble. Many of you may have...
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Hold the popcorn. Great Gatsby postponed.
The good news: he grew into his face. Dinner guest tonight, and an interview to prepare for – but I had to take a moment to relay the awful news. The Great Gatsby, based on the novel by F. Scott...
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Sometimes a Kindle is not enough: Gigante recalls an era when books were buddies
Denise Gigante, at home with a friend (Photo: L.A. Cicero) Last year, we interviewed Denise Gigante about her acclaimed new book, The Keats Brothers – the Q&A is here. The formidable author is...
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Best books you’ve never read: “Another Look” explores overlooked masterpieces
"I didn't want the things that I loved, and remembered, to go down to oblivion. The only way to avoid that is to write about them." (Photo: Brookie Maxwell) Finally, the news is out! For several...
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The Great Gatsby and the Roaring 20s: “There was a feeling that it couldn’t...
Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan in “The Great Gatsby” Cynthia Haven: Two novels from the same year. One ends with marriage, the other with death – the comic and tragic sides of an era. Can you give...
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Join us for the 11th annual “Company of Authors” on Saturday!
We’ve written annually about Stanford’s “A Company of Authors” – here and here and here and here. The unusual event offers a chance to meet top Stanford authors, all published in the last year – plus a...
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