Series treat: Dodgersvs. Yankees Oct 15, 2009
Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his wife Jamie have separated. New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has been selected as the Delivery Man of the Year by a panel from Major League Baseball. (News & Observer -- Sports)
High schools diversify their literature Oct 11, 2009
Angelas Ashes by Frank McCourt. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Vancouver International Writer's Fe... Aug 24, 2009
Founded by Alma Lee, the festival has hosted a whole literary world of authors from Canadian greats such as Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro to international literary geniuses including JK Rowling and Frank McCourt. Under the leadership of Hal Wake, the 2009 Vancouver International Writer s Festival promises to deliver yet another successful year. (Suite101.com)
Author celebrates Frank McCourt Aug 21, 2009
Frank McCourt died last month, and tonight a former student of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author remembers his teacher at Happy Birthday, Mr. McCourt. Frank once told me that he didn t know what a birthday party was when he was growing up, and I wanted to throw him one. (Boston Globe)
Perry's celebrates 40 years in S.F. Aug 21, 2009
This includes former bartender Michael McCourt, younger brother of late author Frank McCourt. "There was always great energy in the room, delicious food on the tables, a steady stream of cold beer and stiff martinis and a sense of decades of good times that had happened there on the beautiful tile floors," says cocktail specialist Scott Beattie, a former Perry's waiter. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Patriot elation Aug 16, 2009
Frank McCourt, who died last month, would have been 79 this week, and one of his former students is throwing him a party ... Tis a party Celebrated memoirist Frank McCourt, who died last month, touched a lot of lives through his teaching as well as his writing. (Boston Globe)
Ozone Park author digs up Italian roots Aug 7, 2009
The desire to inspect and throw a spotlight upon her family s heritage puts Romano in the same camp as other cultural detectives luminaries such as Frank McCourt, who explored his upbringing in Brooklyn and Ireland in Angela s Ashes ; Ignazio Silone, an Abruzzese native who captured the struggles of Italian farmers and the poor in Bread and Wine ; and with less fanfare, Caroline Seller Manzo, an Englishwoman who fell in love with the peculiar and precious oddities she unearthed in her husband s... (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Bestselling books Aug 2, 2009
"Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt (Scribner). 14. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Book Buzz: What's new on the list and in publishing Jul 30, 2009
Remembering McCourt: Memoirist Frank McCourt, who died July 19 at age 78, is celebrated as a writer, teacher, storyteller and most of all a generous friend in The Southampton Review, a literary magazine. Contributors include novelists and Colum McCann and McCourt's brothers, Alphie and Malachy. (USA Today -- Life)
Bill Clinton Attends Secret Memorial To Legendary Frank McCourt Jul 29, 2009
A secret farewell to Frank McCourt last week drew a surprise guest - President Bill Clinton - who attended the event at the Manhattan Club in New York, sources told IrishCentral. (Getty Images). (ABC News)
Peter KingMMQB TUESDAY EDITION Jul 29, 2009
I MISSED ONE IMPORTANT DEATH. From Craig Ellenport of North Massapequa, N.Y.: "Hope you enjoyed the vacation. I know there were a lot of big names who died while you were away, but just wanted to give props to one more you didn't mention yesterday, and one that I thought you'd appreciate given your interest in great books. Thing is, Frank McCourt was a rock star to his high school students, myself among them, long before he wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning Angela's Ashes. I was so incredibly... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NFL)
McCourt’s humanity was a rare gift Jul 27, 2009
I FIRST MET Frank McCourt my freshman year at Stuyvesant High School ... But not Frank McCourt. (Boston Globe)
Storyteller's gift Jul 26, 2009
Frank McCourt, who died July 19, said it took him 66 years to find his literary voice. But he could have saved time by listening to himself. (Erie Times-News, PA)
McCourt Is Recalled, With Love Jul 24, 2009
Frank McCourt died on Sunday, July 19, 2009, one month before his 79th birthday. It is difficult to absorb his death, although I have known, like many others, for days that he was "failing quickly." I love and admire Frank McCourt as the teacher who "scribbled" all of his life, and then after he retired, wrote his story, married the "stunning woman from California," and won the Pulitzer Prize-all after the age of 65 ... "On my tombstone I always wanted it to say, 'Here lays Frank McCourt, Poet.... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
The storyteller Jul 23, 2009
Another intimate portrait of another Irish city is just as clear, although it's doubtful anyone would want to reconstruct the stinking slums of Limerick that shaped young Frank McCourt. Mr. McCourt, who died Sunday at 78, was a dazzling storyteller with a buoyant sense of humor. (NJ.com -- Times)
Frank McCourt Jul 22, 2009
First publi 00004000 shed in print: Wednesday, July 22, 2009. That he survived the poverty and misery of his childhood, let alone wrote about it in such memorable and heart-piercing prose, stands out decades later as an act worthy of immeasurable awe. (Albany Times Union)
Last Word From Mccourt Jul 22, 2009
FRANK McCourt is headed back to Ireland. The prize-winning author of "Angela's Ashes" and "Teacher Man" made one final request before he died Sunday, telling friends, "Scatter my ashes on the Shannon," reports IrishCentral. (New York Post -- Gossip)
* Even in death, McCourts Ashes divides Limerick Jul 22, 2009
Bitterness over Frank McCourts memoir Angelas Ashes still smolders in his hometown of Limerick ... Limerick is very proud of, and will never forget, Frank McCourt, said the mayor, Kevin Kiely, who plans to attend the US funeral service and expressed hopes that McCourts family would set aside some of the authors own ashes to be scattered on the Shannon. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
The Starting Point: Wildfires, moon landings and uranium mining Jul 21, 2009
Lastly, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and educator Frank McCourt yesterday of cancer. He was 78. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Best-selling author McCourt dies Jul 21, 2009
Speaking in 2001, Frank McCourt explained what inspired him to write Angela's Ashes. Frank McCourt, author of best-seller Angela's Ashes, has died of cancer in a New York hospice ... Frank McCourt speaking in 2007 about his children's book Angela and the Baby Jesus. (BBC News -- Europe)
Anthony Lane: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and “In the Loop.” Jul 21, 2009
Gray Skies : The New Yorker. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and In the Loop. (New Yorker)
'Angela's Ashes' Author Frank McCourt Dies at 78 Jul 21, 2009
Angela's Ashes' Author Frank McCourt Dies at 78 ... Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt died in New York ... NEW YORK Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of "Angela's Ashes," the Pulitzer Prize-winning "epic of woe" about his impoverished Irish childhood, died Sunday of cancer. (Fox News)
* World News Quick Take Jul 21, 2009
Frank McCourt, the Irish-American author best known for his dark depiction in Angelas Ashes of a childhood in 1930s Ireland has died in New York, the New York Times reported on Sunday. The cause of death was metastatic melanoma, according to Susan Moldow, executive vice president and publisher of Scribner, McCourts publisher. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
'Angela's Ashes' author McCourt dies in NYC at 78 Jul 20, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- After a childhood of almost impossible suffering, Frank McCourt came to embody so many improbable dreams ... "Frank McCourt's life is in the same kind of tradition, where so much is done with a life that seems to have so little promise.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Irish author dies Jul 20, 2009
Author Frank McCourt dies - Books - Entertainment - theage ... Author Frank McCourt dies ... Irish author Frank McCourt has died aged 78. (The Age, Australia)
Obituaries in the news Jul 20, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) - Frank McCourt, author of "Angela's Ashes," the Pulitzer Prize-winning "epic of woe" about his impoverished Irish childhood, died Sunday ... Until his mid-60s, Frank McCourt was known primarily around New York as a creative writing teacher and as a local character - the kind who might turn up in a New York novel - singing songs and telling stories with his younger brother Malachy and otherwise joining the crowds at the White Horse Tavern and other literary hangouts. (Anchorage Daily News)
Pulitzer Prize winner dies Jul 20, 2009
Obituary: Frank McCourt / Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'Angela's Ashes ... Associated Press Frank McCourt in 2007 ... Frank McCourt, the retired New York City schoolteacher who launched his late-in-life literary career by tapping memories of his grim, poverty-stricken childhood in Ireland to write the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir "Angela's Ashes," has died of cancer. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Frank McCourt; storyteller hit gold in ‘Angela’s Ashes’ Jul 20, 2009
Frank McCourt; storyteller hit gold in Angela s Ashes - The Boston Globe ... Frank McCourt; storyteller hit gold in Angela s Ashes ... Frank McCourt told an interviewer he knew he would someday have to write his memoir, or I would have died howling. (Boston Globe)
Angela's Ashes author gravely ill Jul 20, 2009
Angela's Ashes author Frank McCourt contracted meningitis. Frank McCourt, author of best-seller Angela's Ashes, is gravely ill with meningitis and unlikely to survive, his brother has said ... His brother Malachy said Frank McCourt's faculties were shutting down. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Woe became gold Jul 20, 2009
His memoir of an impoverished Irish childhood catapulted Frank McCourt into the spotlight. Frank McCourt was a New York schoolteacher who achieved literary fame later in life with his "epic of woe" about his impoverished Irish childhood. (BBC News -- Europe)
Frank McCourt, of 'Angela's Ashes' fame, dead: NYT Jul 20, 2009
Frank McCourt, pictured in March 2009, the Irish-American author best known for his dark depiction in "Angela's Ashes" of a childhood in 1930s Ireland has died in New York, The New York Times reported on Sunday. NEW YORK (AFP) - Frank McCourt, the Irish-American memoirist whose impoverished childhood in 1930s Ireland darkly colored his best-seller "Angela's Ashes," which won him a Pulitzer prize, has died aged 78, The New York Times reported. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Frank McCourt, of 'Angela's Ashes' fame, dead: NYT Jul 20, 2009
Frank McCourt, of 'Angela's Ashes' fame, dead: NYT - Yahoo ... Frank McCourt, of 'Angela's Ashes' fame, dead: NYT ... AFP/File Frank McCourt, pictured in March 2009, the Irish-American author best known for his dark depiction in. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Soprano family values Jul 20, 2009
Frank McCourt, who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of "Angela's Ashes," died Sunday of cancer at age 78. If '80s dance movies had a prom queen, 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' would be among the contenders. (Yahoo News -- The Sopranos)
He wrote the stuff of Irish Jul 20, 2009
The risk Frank McCourt took in writing "Angela's Ashes," and committing his Irishness to the written page was clear the moment the reader picked up a copy of The New Yorker in 1996 where the first installment appeared ... Pulitzer Prize winner Frank McCourt died yesterday at 78, a once obscure New York high school teacher whose hellish childhood haunted him for six decades before, weary of being angry at the missed joys and landed blows, he wrote it down with such bemused dispassion no outsider... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Pulitzer-winning Litchfield County author McCourt gravely ill Jul 18, 2009
Top Stories Pulitzer-winning Litchfield County author McCourt gravely ill By: David Hutter 07/17/2009 Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Angela's Ashes" and a Roxbury resident, is very ill with meningitis, his brother, Malachy McCourt said Thursday. After retiring as a New York City high school English teacher of 30 years, McCourt wrote "Angela's Ashes," an autobiographical account of his childhood years living in poverty and overcoming hardship in Ireland. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Frank McCourt Gravely Ill, Brother Says Jul 18, 2009
"Angela's Ashes" Author Frank McCourt Gravely Ill With Meningitis, Brother Says ... Author Frank McCourt is best kown for his novel "Angela's Ashes." (CBS) ... (AP) Frank McCourt is gravely ill with meningitis and is unlikely to survive, the author's brother said Thursday. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Frank McCourt ‘not expected to live’ Jul 17, 2009
Frank McCourt not expected to live - The Boston Globe ... Frank McCourt is gravely ill with meningitis and is unlikely to survive, the author s brother said yesterday ... Frank McCourt was recently treated for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, but his brother says he had been doing well until about two weeks ago, when he contracted meningitis. (Boston Globe)
Friend: The Manny show Jul 7, 2009
He apologized to his fans, his teammates and the person who signs his paycheck (Frank McCourt), but was curt as soon as someone broached the subject of PEDs. "I'm not talking about that, sir,'' Ramirez said. "I just want to talk about the game. (ESPN -- Baseball)
Manny Ramirez apologizes to fans, teammates Jul 4, 2009
"I want to thank Frank McCourt for his support," he added, referring to the Dodgers' owner. Asked what he was sorry for, he said: "Not being there for them. For not playing the game, because I'm a huge part of the Dodgers and I'm proud to wear that uniform. When I say I'm sorry, I let those fans down, that they go out there to see me.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Jon HeymanTHE DAILY SCOOP Jun 24, 2009
Dodgers: They kept their payroll to $100 million, so they should have money, too -- though owner Frank McCourt has generally preferred not to add salary in season. Last year they managed to make their two big purchases of Manny Ramirez and by convincing the trading team to pay the freight. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
Writers trace the powerful ties to their brothers Jun 21, 2009
The band of brothers that look back and forth at each other in these pages are almost all highly accomplished scribblers such as Frank McCourt, Richard Ford, Tobias and Geoffrey Wolff, John Edgar Wideman, Pete Hamill. Given the connection between wordsmiths and wounds, it may be no mistake that most of these poignant stories spread out slowly like blood from a gash. (Boston Globe)
From the Editor: Opinion editor takes humor, smarts to Ohio Jun 16, 2009
Some of them: Amy Tan, Tom Robbins, Frank McCourt, David Guterson, Isabel Allende, Anne Patchett, John Lescroart, Michael Chabon, Frances Mayes, Maxine Hong Kingston, James Rollins and Harlan Coben. On Thursday, Alice Hoffman will be the featured BBC author (6 p.m. at Borders on Fair Oaks Boulevard; call (916) 321-1128 for more information). (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
'Echoes of Ireland' is on June 16 May 29, 2009
Writers Frank McCourt, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Angela's Ashes," and his best-selling author-brother Malachy McCourt collaborated to write the musical "Echoes of Ireland." The performance features Irish culture through music, dance and storytelling in a tragic but comedic manner. "Echoes of Ireland" was previously scheduled for May 1, but was rescheduled. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Baldwin apologizes for joke May 22, 2009
A publicist for Frank McCourt confirms the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Angela's Ashes" has cancer. Scribner spokesman Brian Belfiglio says the 78-year-old writer is being treated for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Author Frank McCourt is battling melanoma May 21, 2009
Peter Kramer / APFrank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Angela's Ashes," is being treated for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer ... A publicist for Frank McCourt confirms the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Angela's Ashes" has cancer. (MSNBC -- News)
TRUMP'S MAGAZINE CLOSED May 20, 2009
TRUMP'S MAGAZINE CLOSED - New York Post. Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Last Update: 05:35 AM EDT. (New York Post -- Business)
Manny Ramirez apologizes to teammates for suspension May 16, 2009
Dodgers owner Frank McCourt met with him Saturday in Los Angeles and encouraged Ramirez to apologize to teammates. "We didn't need an apology," Blake said. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Manny apologizes to Dodgers owner May 12, 2009
LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers owner Frank McCourt told reporters Sunday that he met with Manny Ramirez in person in the days after his suspension and that Ramirez apologized for his 50-game suspension for the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Manny suspended Complete coverage. (MLB.com -- Los Angeles Dodgers)
Manny meets with Dodgers owner about suspension May 11, 2009
LOS ANGELES Manny Ramirez apologized to Dodgers owner Frank McCourt during a meeting to discuss his 50-game suspension for using a banned drug ... " Related Searches: Buzz Up More on Baseball AP AP AP More... Most Viewed - Sports AP AP AP AP Reuters Most Blogged - Sports FanHouse Fri May 8, 8:43 pm EDT FanHouse - Yankees Fri May 8, 9:11 pm EDT Sports Blogs :: All Sports, All Blogs, All The Time Sat May 9, 5:02 am EDT Elsewhere on the Web Subscribe Add headlines to your personalized My Yahoo!... (Yahoo News)
Ramirez suspended 50 games for drug violation May 9, 2009
Colletti and Torre said they found out about Ramirez's suspension during an early morning phone call from team owner Frank McCourt. Both said they were surprised and saddened at the news. (FindLaw News)
Ozark, Phillies manager in the 1970s, dies at 85 May 8, 2009
" In a statement, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt remembered Ozark's work. "Danny Ozark enjoyed a long and distinguished career in professional baseball, including more than three decades with the Dodger organization. He was a dedicated coach for the Dodgers under two Hall of Fame managers, Walter Alston and Tommy Lasorda," McCourt said. Ozark is survived by his wife, Ginny, two children and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending Copyright 2009 . All rights reserved. This material may... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
BC-BBN--Dodgers-Ramirez-Drugs,17th Ld-Writethru/1460 May 8, 2009
It is the Steroid Era," he said.Colletti and Torre said they found out about Ramirez's suspension during an early morning phone call from team owner Frank McCourt. Both said they were surprised and saddened at the news.Torre spoke to the rest of the team during a closed-door meeting before batting practice."The mood was sad in the clubhouse," he said. "You can't have someone who's as much of an impact player and personality as Manny missing without it affecting people. "The 36-year-old Ramirez... (Somerset Daily American, PA)
The tarnished list is getting bigger May 8, 2009
What's Frank McCourt, the Boston native and owner of the Dodgers who wants a championship so badly, feeling right now. The Dodgers were 21-8 before Ram. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
VERDUCCI: System failure for U.S. Mar 23, 2009
The growing practice of writing charitable contributions into contracts reached a new level -- one that prompted the union into action -- when Dodgers owner Frank McCourt announced he would include such a provision into all contracts, beginning with the one free agent signed. McCourt called it "The Manny Ramirez Provision.". (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Ramirez takes a swing at cricket Mar 19, 2009
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IN MY LIBRARY: FRANK MCCOURT Mar 15, 2009
"It's like food," says Frank McCourt. "Deprive people of food and they're hungry. We didn't have books - so any printed material that came into our domain was instantly seized on.". (New York Post -- Opinions)
Irish Eyes Are Crying Over the Economy Mar 12, 2009
Irish author Frank McCourt worries the reversal of fortune may cause another generation of young Irish to flee the country. "The prosperity maybe is coming to an end," McCourt said. (ABC News)
No More Advice Mar 10, 2009
When the center's Lewis Frumkes recalled he'd once been handed a calling card that said, "Ethel LeFrak, Advisor," with the widow's phone number, Ethel quipped: "I've retired as an advisor . . . now people can reach me at 1-800-TIRED." Enjoying the banter were Mary Higgins Clark, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Frank McCourt, Lawrence Block, Tony Hendra, Daphne Merkin, Ben Cheever and Bob Morris. . (New York Post -- Gossip)
No comments posted. Mar 9, 2009
Artful Dodger: Frank McCourt became the fourth owner of the L.A. Dodgers almost five years ago ... Frank McCourt event at 506 S. Grand Ave., (213) 628-8141 or. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
- Voice: Improve lives of all the people (40) Mar 9, 2009
92231 wrote on Mar 8, 2009 1:04 PM:" Tobybaron: You need to read "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt - his memoir on coming to the United States. What an eye opener on the bigotry of our country - they hated the Irish, Black, Mexican, Scottish, German, anyone that was not like them. This book would go hand in hand with 'The Generation After' by Elie Wiesel who predicted how quickly society and the generation after of Jews would forget what happened in the holocaust. Just ask Jonah Goldberg about... (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Hollywood ending Mar 5, 2009
Does it matter that Dodgers owner Frank McCourt never did really "start from scratch," after his blustery boast that he was going to do just that. No, it doesn't matter. (CBS News)
Manny signs with LA Mar 5, 2009
During a 6 a.m. meeting Wednesday at the Malibu beach house of Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, the sides reached a preliminary agreement on a $45 million, two-year contract. The deal is subject to the outfielder passing a physical, a person familiar with the talks said. (AZCentral -- Sports)
- Life Out Here: Why I do what I do 0 Mar 4, 2009
The best of those is Teacher Man by Frank McCourt, in which McCourt, of Angela s Ashes fame, richly chronicles his career as an English teacher in the often wild public schools of New York City. But I also am enjoying the more technical books about the teaching of the writing process, because I want to, even feel compelled to, get better at what I am paid to do. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Commentary: In a no-lose situation, Manny is a lost cause Mar 2, 2009
"We love Manny Ramirez," said Dodgers owner Frank McCourt in the release. "And we want Manny back, but we feel we are negotiating against ourselves.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Commentary: What's up with Manny, Giants? Mar 1, 2009
Dodgers owner Frank McCourt bought the club basically with a jumbo loan from Bank of America and is leveraged to the hilt. But odds are, the deal will get done. (Modesto Bee, CA)
