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DIED. PENELOPE FITZGERALD, 83, late-blooming, prizewinning British author of The Bookshop, Offshore and The Blue Flower; in London. She was born into a literary family but didn't begin writing until her 60s. Her subtle, quasi-autobiographical novels often focused on people struggling to cope...
...Latin America, who number around 700 million. Most of the tremendous growth is coming not in such historic mainstream denominations as Anglican and Roman Catholic but in newer, livelier, indigenous churches. "People find the old churches a bit slow," says Winfred Muthoni, an assistant in a popular Christian bookshop in Nairobi, Kenya. "People want to get excited for God. They want to feel free to worship...
...Crawford was bothered by the disjointed nature of the college literary scene. "I felt the need to get off campus," she explained, her face glowing after the success of the evening. Crawford called professors, college literary publications, and consulted the advice of Louisa Solano, owner of the Grolier Poetry Bookshop. Her efforts came to fruition in November, when the Literary Society first met and began planning "Live Anthology." Crawford hopes to extend their activities nationwide, including more intercollegiate readings, a student-written anthology and a web site for easily accessible poetic exchange...
...issue is, How well can anyone ever know another person," Bradley asks, "if they only know that person in a public context?" We're sitting on the second floor of a cheerful bookshop in North Conway, N.H., sparring about the politician's obligation to reveal himself. Though Bradley's speeches trumpet bits of his glittering biography, he hates surrendering his story to others--especially to reporters who, he feels, take "snippets" and use them to draw wild conclusions. I ask if people have a right to learn about those who would be President. "That's more so today than...
...Waterstone's in Birmingham, it was in a cage guarded by two mannequins dressed like Men in Black. At Blackwell's Children's Bookshop in Oxford, the staff tried chaining it up in the window for a few days, but kids kept borrowing stools and climbing in for a peek, so it was hidden away. And on the afternoon of July 8, stores around Britain were packed with children waiting for it. No, not for the newest set of Pokemon trading cards, but for a book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third installment of J.K. Rowling...