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The Great Gatsby

The Best Book Of The Decade

Alexander Nazaryan | Posted 12.04.2009 | Books

Read More: American Novels, Joseph O'Neill Netherland, The Grapes of Wrath, Best Books, Books, Netherland, Best Book of the Decade, Joseph O'Neill, Immigration, Post 9/11, Reading, New York City, The Great Gatsby, Books News
Alexander Nazaryan

No novel better captures the background dread of everyday life these days -- terrorism jitters, credit-default swaps, mutant flu strains -- than Joseph O'Neill's "Netherland".

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The Forgettable And The Overlooked In Lit Prizes

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Book Prizes, Literature Prizes, Howl, Writers, Man Booker, Books, Booker Prize, Fiction Prizes, Great Writers, Pulitzer Prize, Authors, Overlooked Writers, National Book Award, Women Writers, Lolita, Faulkner, The Handmaid's Tale, The Great Gatsby, Literature Awards, Literary Prizes, Books News

This year is a good one for female writers; most of the major literature prizes have gone to women, though whether this is a fluke, a new trend of hei...

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"A Hell of a Brainy Plan": Remembering the Black Sox

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cheating, Boys, 1919, Baseball, Low Pay, World Series, Farm, Meyer Wolfsheim, 1919 World Series, The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby Baseball, Entertainment News
Michael Kaplan

There was immediately a funny feeling about the 1919 World Series. As the post-Series rumors hardened into genuine evidence, several contrite players came forward to confess.

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Back to the Classics, for Grown-ups

Sarah Schmelling | Posted 09.26.2009 | Books

Read More: Social Networking, Jane Austen, Books, Classic Literature, Charles Dickens, Judd Apatow, Facebook, Mark Twain, The Great Gatsby, Back to School, Books News
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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Best New York Novels (SLIDESHOW,POLL)

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Slidepoll, Washington Square, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Another Country, Underworld, Call It Sleep, American Psycho, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Best Novels New York City, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Best New York Novels, The Great Gatsby, New York News

As a cultural beacon for the U.S. for over two centuries, New York is known for its artist communities and the works they dedicate to their urban muse...

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From Nightmares to Dreams Come True

Michael DeJong | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Hope and Change, The Grapes of Wrath, Pakistan, Deficits, Pursuit of Happiness, Blood Diamonds, Early to Bed..., Iraq, An Inconvenient Truth, Iran, Infrastructure, Starvation, Unemployment, Jr, American Dream, Fiscal Mismanagement, Homeless, Katrina, Bling-Bling, Green-Collar Jobs, Health Care, Real Housewives of Orange County, Safety Nets, Haves and Have Nots, Civil Rights Laws, The Great Gatsby, Home Foreclosures, Martin Luther King, Middle-Class, Incoming Administration, City Upon a Hill, Genocide, Deregulation, Mac Mansions, Sluggish Wages, Afghanistan, North Korea, Post-Bush-Alyptic, Living News
Michael DeJong

Long gone is the unique American social phenomenon that each new generation will "do better" than the last. Things are starting to feel more like "The Grapes of Wrath" than "The Great Gatsby."

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