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...been best known in the West, at least until now, as the home of the famously extinct dodo. The son of a doctor, Le Clézio grew up in France and Nigeria speaking French and English. He began writing at the age of 8 - one of his childhood efforts, composed on a long voyage to Nigeria, contains a list of his forthcoming works. His family traveled prodigiously, and Le Clézio's early experience with other cultures, and with exile, would mark everything he wrote in later life...
...those more interested in learning about what shaped the author of the bestselling vampire sagas and volumes of sadomasochistic pornography (written under a pseudonym), the book is maddening. Rice drops dark hints of severe dyslexia, militant gender ambiguity, alcoholism and bipolarity, but retreats, giving little away. The startling childhood confession very late in the book suggests that had Rice aired her demons more fully, the tale of her defection to the angels would be that much more powerful...
...Obama looks will not, of course, determine how he would govern if elected. Because he spent part of his childhood in Indonesia, and because he appears international in outlook, some Asians have high hopes for an Obama presidency. The thoughtful Malaysian commentator Karim Raslan warns, however, that Obama could prove disappointing to even those Asians who like him. "There's this idea that Obama will be a transformational figure, a leader of the world," says Karim. "But he's a Democrat, and Democrats have traditionally pushed protectionism and human rights, issues uncomfortable for Asia. Obama's key constituency...
...Wade falls, plenty of states will still keep abortion legal. I could even live with the fact that she inspires strange Oedipal-like feelings in me because of her resemblance to the teacher/stripper in Varsity Blues—it’s just the consequence of some childhood trauma that I’ve repressed. But what I can’t live with is not knowing what Sarah Palin thinks about dinosaurs.My concern probably would not have manifested itself had it not been vocalized by political pundit Matt Damon, who in an interview with Air America said...
Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: Tourists—don’t touch John Harvard’s foot! Favorite childhood activity: Building forts...