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I Write With Dead People: How to Collaborate With a Corpse

Ben H. Winters | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books

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Ben H. Winters

Writing with the deceased is not as easy as it sounds. For one thing, you're really on your own when it comes to publicity; our book came out two months ago, and Jane Austen has yet to turn up for a book signing.

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Ten Tremendous Women Who Never Married

Samara O'Shea | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

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Samara O'Shea

The following women serve as a sweet reminder that you don't need anyone but yourself to live an incredible life and have people remember you long after you're gone.

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Back to the Classics, for Grown-ups

Sarah Schmelling | Posted 09.26.2009 | Books

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Sarah Schmelling

I recommend this assignment to those with the crisp copies of Moby-Dick and Brave New World on display probably just to impress people.

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Every Status Update Tells a Story: Twitter Novels and Facebook Lit

Sarah Schmelling | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media

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Sarah Schmelling

The term sounds like a make-your-own-course title for a sixth-year undergrad at a progressive college but Facebook Lit has been my creative challenge and my job for a year.

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Did Mark Sanford And Maria Belen Chapur Fall Victim To The Dance?

Diane Tucker | Posted 08.22.2009 | Style

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Diane Tucker

"It was innocent," insisted Mark Sanford, while recollecting his first encounter with Maria Belen Chapur on an Uruguayan dance floor. Oh, really?

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Holden Caulfield at 60? No Way, Says J. D. Salinger

David Finkle | Posted 07.23.2009 | Media

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David Finkle

Salinger might be better off taking the view of James M. Cain, the author of several hot 1940s chart items. Cain, asked once how he felt about what Hollywood had done to his books, said, "Hollywood hasn't done anything to my books. There they all are, up on the shelf."

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Mr. Darcy at the White House

Joanne Rendell | Posted 02.14.2009 | Style

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Joanne Rendell

When I was reading, I started to realize that Barack Obama, the very-soon-to-be 44th President of the United States of America, is Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy.

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The Dope Astrology Predictions For 2010 (2009 Is Already Shot)

E. Jean Carroll | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment

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E. Jean Carroll

After the success of "The Gates" and "Waterfalls" Christo and Olafur Eliasson will collaborate on "The Waterfall Gates" causing a rash of drownings.

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Hot Water and Warm Drinks

Josa Young | Posted 09.14.2008 | Style

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Josa Young

The world occasionally gets interested in the Great British Sex Life, and now is one of those times: the classified ads site Craigslist has surveyed that hackneyed old chestnut about whether the British prefer a cup of tea to sex on the first date.

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Jane Austen: So Hot Right Now!

moreintelligentlife.com | STEPHEN HUGH-JONES | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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A pleasure to see so much Jane Austen on television and film, says Stephen Hugh-Jones, and it would be even more of a pleasure if modern adaptors coul...

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