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How Romance Novels Take the Romance out of Romance

Alan Elsner | Posted 12.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Literature, Romance, Sexuality, Mr. Darcy, Reading, Jane Austen, Writing, Pride and Prejudice, Books, Romance Novels, Sex in Books, Books News
Alan Elsner

I don't do explicit sex in my books because I'm more interested in love -- and love takes place in the mind where it has to fight for its existence against all the other challenges presented by life.

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9 Of Your Favorite Books: Huffington Post November Readers' Picks (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Slidepoll, Huffpost Books, Readers' Picks, Reading, Editors' Picks, Books, Huffington Post Readers, Best Books, Favorite Books, Bestsellers, Frank Herbert, Vonnegut, Dune, Annie Proulx, David Foster Wallace, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austin, Michael Chabon, Caputo, Africa, Infinite Jest, Books News

Ever since we posted our first installment of the HuffPost Readers' Picks, we've gotten a flood of further reader recommendations. The feature has bee...

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Katy Hall

Carey Mulligan Gets 'An Education' In Movie Stardom

HuffingtonPost.com | Katy Hall | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment

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British newcomer Carey Mulligan is already drawing Oscar buzz and Audrey Hepburn comparisons for her performance in 'An Education,' a small Sundance f...

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

David Finkle | Posted 07.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Jennifer Schuessler, J. D. California, New York Time Sunday Week in Review, James M. Cain, 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye, Mildred Pierce, Jane Austen, Entertainment, Literary Appropriation, Publishing Phenomenon, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, American Literature, Pride and Prejudice, Fredrik Colting, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Media News
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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Joe Wright's The Soloist Exploits the Skid Row Community

Linda Milazzo | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: LA Times, Ben Hong, Safer City Inititiative, The Soloist, Steve Lopez, Poverty, Los Angeles Community Action Network, Incarceration, LA CAN, Jiulliard School of Performing Arts, Jaywalking, Downtown Los Angeles, Atonement, Los Angeles, Lamp Community, Mental Illness, Casey Huran, Skid Row, Homelessness, Federico Fellini, Gary Foster, Lawlessness, Los Angeles Times, Pride and Prejudice, Joe Wright, Nathaniel Ayers, Gentrification, Sci, Entertainment News
Linda Milazzo

Instead of telling the tales of the homeless, the film portrayed them as a Fellini-esque monolith -- a tainted Gomorrah teeming with decadence and dereliction.

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Mr. Darcy at the White House

Joanne Rendell | Posted 02.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Literature, Avon Books, White House, Mr. Darcy, Michelle Obama, The New Yorker, Romance Novels, Jane Austen, Mariana Cook, Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina, Barack Obama, Harlequin, Style News
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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