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The Buzz | Kentucky loses to Louisville
Stanford, Ky., native Laura Kirkpatrick, 19, is not "America's Next Top Model." The bluegrass gal, one of the show's two finalists, lost the title to Nicole Fox, 18, of Louisville, Colo., on Wednesday's "ANTM" finale.
Barbara Kingsolver: Interview
Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible was a controversial bestseller, says Tom Leonard, and her new novel set in Mexico is just as provocative For someone who insists she never tries to write anything nakedly political,...
"The Bishop's Man" tops Maclean's fiction list for the week ending Nov. 17
TORONTO - Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week of Nov. 17 compiled by Maclean's magazine. FICTION 1 (10) The Bishop's Man - Linden MacIntyre 2 (6) The Golden Mean - Annabel Lyon 3...
Vail Valley's reading "Unhealthy Truth"
Vail Valley's reading "Unhealthy Truth" Vail Daily Vail, CO Colorado The Bookworm of Edwards 1. "Unhealthy Truth," by Robyn O'Brien 2. "The Translater," by Daoud Hari 3. "The Lacuna," by Barbara Kingsolver 4. "Voices of the...
Barbara Kingsolver's 'Lacuna' lacks traction
Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky figure into Barbara Kingsolver's latest novel. Sprawling, ambitious but often somewhat impersonal, Barbara Kingsolver's new novel, The Lacuna, lacks the warmth and sweetness of...
Less poetry, music but big Miami book fair goes on
Poetry and music have been cut and there will be no parade to kick off the Miami Book Fair International as in years past. But one of the nation's leading literary festivals isn't giving up on readers in a bad economy.
Kingsolver is back
It's Kingsolver's first novel in nine years since "The Poisonwood Bible," but not her first book during that period. Her 2007 memoir, "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral," about her family's efforts to spend a year eating only food...
Best-sellers week of Nov. 8-14, 2009
1. "Ford County: Stories" by John Grisham (Doubleday) 2. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday) 3. "Kindred in Death" by J.D. Robb (Putnam Adult) 4. "The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time)" by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson...
What's 'the best'? Go figure
By Bob Hoover, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette To do list for November: • Order turkey and find Brussels sprouts. • Retrieve Pilgrim hat from attic. • Take in lawn furniture. • Send Glenn Beck a get-well card. • Compile "best books of...
Read this: Happy the hippo, Taylor Swift, Lou Dobbs, Barbara Kingsolver, Dan Snyder's 'henchman'
Good afternoon, everyone. So much news today! We'll get to the important stuff first: Happy the hippo, who lived his whole life at our own National Zoo before being shipped off to a zoo in Milwaukee, is livin' the dream . That...
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