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...21st century now, though. What's the continued appeal of ghost stories? It's sort of like the appeal of macaroni and cheese, don't you think? It's delicious and comforting. Or, in the case of my book, not that comforting. But it's one of those childhood tastes that you never entirely outgrow. Even though I would not give this book to a child, I've been trying to echo childhood, "sit around the campfire"-kind of thrills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Audrey Niffenegger on Her Ghostly New Novel | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

Morris said some of the more unexpected materials include Updike’s childhood work, including a copy of a short story he had submitted to the New Yorker with the rejection slip attached to the front...

Author: By ZOE A. Y. WEINBERG, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Library Acquires Updike Collection | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...child of immigrants, Cheung spent much of his childhood moving from state to state, never staying in any one place long enough to develop roots...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Student Up for City Council | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...1980s and '90s saw school districts contract with private companies to stock brand-name soft drinks and snacks in exchange for a cut of the profits. While the partnerships boosted school revenue, they also exacerbated soaring childhood-obesity rates. (See the top 10 food trends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: School Lunches | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...born in 1957 and spent my childhood in China's remote Xinjiang region, where my father, Ai Qing, had been exiled. He was a poet, not a revolutionary, but the Communist Party had no tolerance for free thinkers. So he spent years cleaning toilets, enduring beatings and public humiliation. To me, it was a lesson in how horribly humans can treat one another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The China Paradox | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

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