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...that the quad library is book-free (do they just call the whole thing SOCH now?), we look forward to many more parties of this sort. Who needs books anyway when you have a space to get together, put aside your differences, and just boogie? I'm sure all the quadlings would agree with us here. Especially in two months, when they have to shuttle themselves back and forth from Lamont, AKA Hell, every...
...successful painter with a reputation as a social and cultural liberal, Hosni has spent a good part of his time since the protest movement began explaining and apologizing for his comments. On his blog, he argues that the book burning statement was intended as a hyperbolic retort expressing exasperation with his accusers. Still, he acknowledges such public statements are hard to rationalize. "I clearly regret the words said and which I could have justified as being uttered under the tension and provocation of the discussion at the time," Hosni writes. "However, I will not take that as an excuse. They...
...reader never sees, was long-since dealt to him.The novel’s relative obscurity has several high-profile exceptions, including Walker Percy, Joan Didion and Denis Johnson. Johnson proclaims Gardener’s influence on his work in an article for Salon.com, “I got the book and read about two Stockton, California boxers who live far outside the boxing myth and deep in the sorrow and beauty of human life, a book so precisely written and giving such value to its words that I felt I could almost read it with my fingers, like Braille...
Palin, Sarah • anniversary of debut on national stage of prompts a less-than-laudatory look back at • father of says book is being written by, and that "she e-mails me quite frequently" with questions like, "How many points did I score here?" or "When did we go to the Boston Marathon?" so said tome promises to thrill connoisseurs of inconsequential details about sports • speaking engagement is accepted by to address a conference of global investors in Hong Kong, but it's not till Sept. 23, so there's still plenty of time to cancel and deny...
...Armenian hard-liners criticize their government for not making Turkey's recognition of the 1915 genocide a precondition for diplomatic talks. Instead, the new plan calls for the establishment of a commission to study historical records and promote dialogue. "It isn't just history from a book, it is [about] our grandmothers," says Alexander Iskandaryan, head of the Caucasus Institute. "It is part of our historical memory, and the reason why an Armenian diaspora exists ... But, that doesn't mean the border should be closed. The problems between two peoples will disappear as we continue to discuss." (Read "Can Soccer...