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NEWS ABOUT: Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult stories: 2 news summaries
MOVIE REVIEW

 Sister's Keeper 
 a 'Shameless 
 Weepy' 

Melodrama about teen cancer patient carries out sustained assault on tear ducts

Jun 26, 09 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cancer melodrama My Sister's Keeper makes every effort possible to tug at the heartstrings, say critics, leaving some people touched and others feeling like they've been run through an industrial tear-extraction machine.
  • AO Scott, New York Times: Keeper "takes on a very tough subject," and has "
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Alec Baldwin • movie review • Cameron Diaz • Abigail Breslin • Jodi Picoult

 Big-Time
 Writers
 Lured to... 
 Comic Books? 

Rising medium attracts established authors

Mar 25, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Comic books have officially arrived as a literary medium, NPR reports, and big names are coming out of the woodwork to write them. “In all the years I've been writing, there's only one genre that's really debuted in the New York Times Book Review, and that's the graphic novel,... More »

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Marvel Comics • DC Comics • comics • graphic novel • Jodi Picoult • MF Grimm • Percy Carey

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