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Displaying articles for: April 2011

April 25, 2011

Joshua Foer

The one-time U.S. Memory Champ indulges in remembrance of books past.

April 18, 2011

Meredith Baxter

The actress and author on three true stories about survival in the face of adversity.

April 11, 2011

Arthur Phillips

A tricky storyteller on three contemporaries whose work he sincerely loves.

April 4, 2011

Karen Russell

The author of Swamplandia! gives us a tour of her bookshelf.

Daybook

May 18: Parade, the "first modern ballet," premiered in Paris on this day in 1917. The production was a collaboration of some of modernism's most famous -- music by Erik Satie, scenario by Jean Cocteau, costumes by Picasso,…

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In the Margin

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin.

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My Struggle, Book Two

A controversial sensation in Norway, A Man in Love is the second book of six in the series, detailing Knausgaard’s separation from his wife, his move to Stolkholm and the dogged pursuit of a mesmerizing poet.

Minotaur

This newly reissued Cold War classic profiles an Israeli spy obsessed with an English girl half his age, and his attempts to win her love without ever revealing his true identity.

The Innocence Game

Three Chicago journalism students attend an “innocence” seminar that will teach them how to release the wrongfully accused from prison. But as innocents are jailed, a killer roams free, and the students are next on the hit list.