Word: fiction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...book. You're too busy to read the book. And if you cared enough to read the book yourself, you're probably going to see the movie anyway and decide for yourself. So I promise I won't tell you how much I relished Patricia Highsmith's wicked little fiction The Talented Mr. Ripley a couple years ago, and its four cold-blooded sequels in the years since. You don't care. I barely care. We're moving...
...prize honors Cohn's most recent book of comparative literary theory, The Distinction of Fiction...
Cohn's work was praised for "challeng[ing] current arguments that eradicate the distinction between fiction and nonfiction," in the selection committee's statement. "Her arguments, rich and encompassing, are presented with elegance and concision...
Their Y2K Pops, which stands for The Year 2000 Presumed Obsolete Performing Symphony, will showcase computers at the Hynes Convention Center that play classical, popular and science fiction theme music with synchronized graphics...
...report's chronicle of the life these children lead reads like the bleakest fiction. They are ostracized by their communities. Some children interviewed in Harare--their words appear on the opposite page--insisted on using pseudonyms. They have no way to earn money and live in fear that they have the disease themselves. Many do. Young orphan girls often turn to sex to survive and end up catching the virus. A South African study found that 9.5% of pregnant girls under age 15 were HIV-infected. And there is virtually no money to help. A recent UNAIDS study found that...