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What We Talk About When We Talk About JonBenet

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 07.25.2008 | Media

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Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

Joyce Carol Oates' new novel is a full-throated critique of the late Baby-boom culture of celebrity, social-climbing, psycho-speak, "cybercesspoolspace," and "heaven scent" spirituality.

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Amazon Kindle Review: It'll Make You Smarter and Richer, Kind Of, But Not Really

Dave Burdick | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business

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Dave Burdick

I could hand this to my friends or my parents and feel confident that they could read with it -- it might be easier to use than an iPod (but, importantly, it's not easier to use than a book).

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Book Review: Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth

Andrew Frisicano | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

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Andrew Frisicano

Take note: Sonic Youth's story is largely unglamorous. And rightfully so. While excising rock from its blues roots, SY also managed to create a new paradigm of the rock star.

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Preview: Wild, Upcoming Novel By NYT Veteran Lampoons Judy Miller and Other NYTers

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media

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Greg Mitchell

Sure to get media tongues a-wagging when published on July 31 is the new John Darnton novel, Black and White and Dead All Over.

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Jeffrey Sachs Wants To Change The Economy And Save The World

Grist | Amanda Griscom Little | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green

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Jeffrey Sachs -- the renowned economist who devised a grand plan in 2005 to rid the world of poverty -- is now focused on an even broader ambition: s...

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Black and White and Dead All Over: New York Times Veteran Pens Newspaper Murder Mystery

Portfolio.com | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 07.03.2008 | Media

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Have you picked out your beach reading material yet? If you work at The New York Times, you might want to get your hands on an advance copy of Black a...

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Salman Rushdie Knighted

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 06.25.2008 | Entertainment

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LONDON — Author Salman Rushdie slipped into Buckingham Palace on Wednesday to receive a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II that had angered many...

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Jezebel's "Fine Lines" Feature Gets Picked Up By HarperCollins In First Non-Gawker Gawker Book Deal

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

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If you are a woman of certain age — that age being the age of growing up with books like Summer of Fear and The Girl With The Silver Eyes and De...

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M*A*S*H-ing The Death Penalty

Elaine Petrocelli | Posted 06.23.2008 | Entertainment

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Elaine Petrocelli

People come to an author event for Mike Farrell to hear some pleasant nostalgia about M*A*S*H's Dr. B.J. Hunnicutt. They get that - but they also leave with a well-reasoned earful about why we need to end capital punishment.

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Why Smart Brains Make Stupid Decisions

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 06.20.2008 | Living

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Alvaro Fernandez

It happens. Often. But why? To answer that, we secured an interview with Ori Brafman, co-author of Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior.

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Audio Book Review: Shadow of Power

Tom Alderman | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media

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Tom Alderman

This plot is like Hamburger Helper. There's a modest ingredient somewhere in there, to which is added a whole lot of filler in an attempt to bulk up a meager meal.

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SLIDESHOW: "Camp Camp" Takes Us Back To Summers Gone By

Roger Bennett | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living

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Roger Bennett

"Camp Camp: Where Fantasy Island Meets Lord of the Flies" is the sequel to "Bar Mitzvah Disco," picking up where that book left off — to head ba...

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Double-Dating With Dad

Bob Morris | Posted 06.14.2008 | Living

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Bob Morris

It's a month after my mother has died, October 2002. Dad is moving slowly. His yellow cardigan is a fruit salad of stains. But I have to say, even if his walk is a little gimpy, he looks pretty good for someone close to eighty.

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Michael Moore To Publish Election Guide

AP | Posted 06.14.2008 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — Take cover, McCain. You too, Obama. Michael Moore is coming out with a new book. The tome, titled "Mike's Election Guide," a manual ...

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Sean Connery Pens Memoir

AP | Posted 06.12.2008 | Entertainment

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LONDON — Sean Connery will offer the first public glimpse of his memoirs at this year's Edinburgh Book Festival, organizers announced Thursday. ...

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Jason Linkins

Fox's O'Reilly To Release Memoir This Fall That Is Already Quite Unintentionally Hilarious

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

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Those of you who follow the goings-on of the Wingnut Welfare Book Club, or who are just tired of books that don't provide the sort of cognitive disson...

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Book Review: Hold Tight

Fred Klein | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media

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Fred Klein

Coben is not only one of today's top selling thriller writers, he has almost single handedly spawned a special category, that of contemporary domestic suspense.

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Meghan McCain To Write Children's Book

AP | Posted 06.11.2008 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — Meghan McCain, daughter of the Republican Party's presumptive presidential nominee, is working on a picture book about her father, Se...

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See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Read Me

David Misch | Posted 06.09.2008 | Living

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David Misch

Reports that Amazon's Kindle book-reader is actually a reasonable substitute for a book bring us one step closer to the death of bound paper. How does that make you feel?

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New Book Asks: Where's God While We Suffer?

Sandy Goodman | Posted 06.08.2008 | Living

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Sandy Goodman

Books by three atheists created a firestorm last year. Surprisingly, some of the harshest criticism came from other atheists, scientists and philosoph...

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David Sedaris: 97% True + 3% Fake = Non-Fiction

Huffington Post | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media

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David Sedaris' latest book, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, came out earlier this week and he was the subject of this week's "Ten Questions" in Time....

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Victoria Gotti Sued By Publisher Over Book Advance

AP | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — A book publisher has sued Victoria Gotti for the return of an advance she was paid to write a memoir she never delivered. HarperColl...

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Germany Abuzz Over Racy Novel Of Sex And Hygiene

New York Times | NICHOLAS KULISH | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media

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Not many literary readings are restricted to an over-18 audience. Fewer still take place under circus tents. Yet nothing could be more appropriate for...

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McClellan's Critics: What They Really Think

Jamie Malanowski | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

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Jamie Malanowski

Scott's old mates seem none too happy with him these days. Of course, what they're saying may not be exactly the same as what they're thinking.

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Now Showing (Again): Bush Does Propaganda

Nancy Snow | Posted 05.29.2008 | Media

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Nancy Snow

If McClellan had cared about the public interest or the public need to know about such manipulation in marketing war then he should have spoken up when it had a personal cost. That is courage.

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