Easy readers Sep 12, 2009
And Jane Smiley s readers will be pleased to know the A Thousand Acres author has written her first book for the age 10-and-up set, the horse tale The Georges and the Jewels ... And Jane Smiley s readers will be pleased to know the A Thousand Acres author has written her first book for the age 10-and-up set, the horse tale The Georges and the Jewels. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Former First Lady Laura Bush Announces the Blockbuster Author Line-Up for the 2009 Texas Book Festival Sep 4, 2009
Other prominent authors attending are Luis Alberto Urrea, Jane Smiley, Harold Evans, Kati Marton, Julia Glass, Gail Collins, and Harold Kushner. News and political junkies will enjoy Douglas Brinkley, Howard Campbell, Bryan Carlile, and Dave Cullen. (PR Newswire)
LETTER: Guns at health care meeting is outrageous Aug 28, 2009
The Question wrote on Aug 26, 2009 1:04 PM:" Those gun-toters at the town-meetings demonstrate what I mean. Their plan is not to discuss universal healthcare, it's to demonstrate power. They don't want to inspire respect in the unarmed crowds, they want to inspire fear. And they don't inspire respect -- there are lots of comments on blogs about gun-toters, and a good portion of them comment on the size of the weapons a man packs relative to his natural endowment. But they do inspire fear -- in... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Lost in translation: The Spanish-language puzzle Jun 1, 2009
Novels were expected from Patricia Cornwell, E.L. Doctorow and Jane Smiley, with a posthumous work from Michael Crichton. Barnes Inc. fiction buyer Sessalee Hensley had special affection for Audrey Niffenegger's "Her Fearful Symmetry," the follow-up to the million-selling "The Time Traveler's Wife." She also liked Barbara Kingsolver's latest, "The Lacuna," which Hensley read on a recently purchased Sony e-book reader. (Anchorage Daily News)
Carey beaten to Booker May 28, 2009
The judging panel, which comprised writers Jane Smiley, Amit Chaudhuri and Andrey Kurkov, praised the 77-year-old for the originality and depth of her work. "Alice Munro is mostly known as a short story writer and yet she brings as much depth, wisdom and precision to every story as most novelists bring to a lifetime of novels," they said in a statement. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Munro wins international Booker May 27, 2009
This year's judging panel for the international Booker included Pulitzer prize-winning author Jane Smiley; writer, academic and musician Amit Chaudhuri; and writer, film script writer and essayist, Andrey Kurkov. They said in a statement: "Alice Munro is mostly known as a short story writer and yet she brings as much depth, wisdom and precision to every story as most novelists bring to a lifetime of novels. "To read Alice Munro is to learn something every time that you never thought of before. (BBC News -- Americas)
What Amanda Peet, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Margaret Cho Wanted To Be When They Grew Up May 13, 2009
Writers, actors, and politicians on who they wanted to be when they grew up. Do girls dig the Star Trek movie. (Slate)
Carey up for international Booker Mar 19, 2009
Chair of the judges, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley, said the shortlisting process had made the panel "aware of how unusual and astonishing the literary world really is". "We've all read books by authors we had never heard of before and they have turned out to be some of the best books we've ever read," she continued. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Marlborough couple honored as "Darfur Heroes" Feb 9, 2009
With no outside backing and no connections, the Marlborough couple compiled an anthology of essays called "Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk and Hope." They encouraged 40 noted authors to contribute the essays, including Pulitzer Prize winners Frank McCourt, Jane Smiley and James McPherson and Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer. Rutgers University Press will publish the anthology in October, and its royalties will go to the Save Darfur Coalition, an organization dedicated to... (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
The Tale of Genji Feb 8, 2009
Jane Smiley's most recent novel is "Ten Days in the Hills." She is also the author of "Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel.". (). (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
