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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
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writers stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - The Pulitzer is fine and all, but James Brady Ryan issues a different sort of a honor in Nerve. The five sexiest authors of all time:
  • Sylvia Plath: A tragic figure for sure, but still a beauty.
  • Jack Kerouac: So he’s a little bit of a cliché
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Jack Kerouac • writers • sexy • Sylvia Plath • Zadie Smith • Anais Nin • Langston Hughes


 Oprah Picks 
 Short Story 
 Collection 
 for Book Club 

Nigerian author writes about African children

Sep 19, 09 8:15 AM CDT
(AP) - Oprah Winfrey has blessed the book world's eternal underdog: the short story. Publishing's surest hitmaker yesterday picked Uwem Akpan's debut collection, Say You're One Of Them, guaranteeing sales generally unthinkable for short stories beyond works by Ernest Hemingway, John Cheever and other giants of the art form. Akpan, 38, is... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • publishing • Oprah's Book Club • writers • Uwem Akpan • short story

(Newser) - Stefanie Wilder-Taylor made a name for herself penning light-hearted accounts of life as a hard-drinking mom, so her blog readers were shocked when she announced that she was laying off the sauce, the New York Times reports. Drinking-while-parenting “was a way to express that we’re still fun people,... More »

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motherhood • alcohol • alcoholism • mothers • alcohol abuse • drinking • blogger • writers • mother

 Behind Mad Men Are...Women 

Women directed five of this season's 13 episodes

Aug 7, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The misogynists who populate Mad Men's character ranks might make you think otherwise, but seven of the show's nine writers are women—a rarity in Hollywood, where 80% of primetime programs in 2007-08 had no female writers. “A lot of people think women can only do women shows,... More »

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entertainment • television • writer • screenwriters • scriptwriters • TV series • Mad Men • writers • women's issues • television program

glossies

 LBJ Biographer 
 Aims for Eternity 

Tireless writer published average of one book every ten years

Feb 8, 09 6:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Lyndon Johnson's biographer takes his work seriously—so much so, he didn't cover LBJ's presidency for 30 years, Newsweek reports. Rising from the tabloid world in the 1960s, Robert Caro first wrote a painstaking biography of New York mogul Robert Moses. Next came a volume on LBJ's youth; Caro even... More »

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Newsweek • Lyndon Johnson • Pulitzer Prize • biography • nonfiction books • writers • authors

One Month, 50K Words: Writers Race to Finish Novels

National Novel Writing Month gives creative types an unrelenting deadline

Nov 27, 08 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Aspiring novelists are packing coffee shops in the Twin Cities and elsewhere as the frenzy of National Novel Writing Month heats up, Minnesota Public Radio reports. Founded roughly a decade ago, “Nanowrimo” challenges writers to conquer procrastination and get 50,000 words down during November. The emphasis, say the... More »

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fiction • creative writing • writer • writers • Twin Cities • National Novel Writing Month

OPINION

 To Blurb or Not to Blurb 

William Leith defends endorsements

Sep 24, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite a reputation for being over the top, book blurbs are more meaningful than not, writes William Leith in the Guardian. The blurber, as a rule, cannot expect endorsement in return, but he "is flattered to be asked, and wants to score a tiny ad for himself on the... More »

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publishing • book • Harold Pinter • Dave Eggers • writers

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