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'Stuck in the Middle' offers a singular perspective on parenting
Jennifer Finney Boylan was the father of two young boys, a devoted husband, a keyboard player in bar bands, the author of three published novels, and an English professor in Maine when she began the process that would make her outwardly —...Tags: Arts and Culture, Oprah Winfrey, Autism, Literature, Social Issues
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"Hating Heidi Foster: The Ultimate Grudge"
“Hating Heidi Foster is a young adult novel about the place of honor true friendships hold in our lives,” claims author Jeffrey Blount. “It is about suffering and loss and the ethics of grief. It is about a deep and painful conflict,...
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Rethinking the 'Bounds'
When Amber Lehman transferred schools to join her boyfriend, everyone knew something about him that she didn't. He was gay. Lehman, then 16, recalled a sense of bewilderment about her former beau, who exuded a "tough guy" vibe. "I was surprised...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Book, Gays and Lesbians, Literature
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Not just any body
If you don't believe in souls or an afterlife, then a corpse is just a body — potentially a teaching tool, a source of life-saving organs, but little more. In 1829, taking such thinking to the extreme, a radical British pamphleteer named Peter...
Tags: Dismemberment, Pakistan, Values, Religion and Belief, Mental Health
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The Latest: Crusading for 'Sight'; the same old Sense
Hope in Sight Aisha Simjee, MD White Spruce Press; 240 pages Aisha Simjee is a tough cookie. On her first mission trip as an ophthalmologist, the Newport Beach resident flew to Guyana and set up her equipment in an unused school building. Shortly...
Tags: Common, Burma, Entertainment, Music
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Sting added to Printer's Row Lit Fest
Having introduced the world to such colorful characters as a prostitute named Roxanne and a stalker who monitors “Every Breath You Take,” Sting will help launch a new Chicago-based storytelling initiative when he appears at the Chicago...
Tags: Harold Washington Library Center, Music, United Nations, Awards and Prizes, Rick Bayless
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COLUMN-Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?-Chrystia Freeland
ReutersBy Chrystia Freeland SAN JOSE, Calif., May 16 (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is the surge in income disparity,...Tags: Credit and Debt, Economic Inequality, The Washington Post, United Kingdom, Newspaper and Magazine
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Column: Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?
ReutersSAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is the surge in income disparity, particularly between those at...Tags: Credit and Debt, Economic Inequality, Journalism, The Washington Post, United Kingdom
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Author Christopher Buckley To Speak At Hotchkiss
The Hartford CourantChristopher Buckley, the Forbes editor, journalist and author whose books tackle political and cultural sacred cows with a satirical twist, will give a free talk Wednesday, May 22, at 7 p.m. at The Hotchkiss School, 11 Interlaken Road., Lakeville. Son...Tags: Politics, West Hartford, Overweight, Arts and Culture, Immigration
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Las Vegas: Mob lawyer, then mayor, celebrates new job as memoirist
Oscar Goodman, the former mob lawyer-turned-mayor of Las Vegas, will showcase his latest career as an author, during the three-day “Being Oscar Bash” May 23-25 at the Mob Museum in downtown. The event comes on the heels of the Tuesday...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Museums, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Organized Crime
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'American Idol' Season 12 Winner: Who Did the Experts Choose?
ReutersMay 16 (TheWrap.com) - Fox's "American Idol" blessed its viewers with a tight one-hour performance finale on Wednesday that pitted country singer Kree Harrison against soul songstress Candice Glover in three rounds of competition. Round 1 had the women...Tags: American Idol (tv program), Fantasia (music artist), Nokia Theater, Music, Carrie Underwood
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Novelist Irvine Welsh spies future in mixed-media
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Electronic publishing is allowing authors to be more creative and the best ones are successfully blending video and online content with traditional text, says cult writer Irvine Welsh. The author of "Trainspotting" and "The Acid...Tags: Book, Trainspotting (movie), Danny Boyle
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