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...democratic system may be harmed by something far more perilous than acts of terrorism: the worm of deceit. The preservation of democracy may require the use of wicked actions, but any act deemed too wicked to speak of plainly must be too wicked to perform. NICK GODWIN Edinburgh...
...surprised that AOL is experiencing difficulties, since I know how wasteful its marketing strategy is. I have a huge pile of free-trial AOL CDs that were sent to me despite my having repeatedly told AOL that I am very satisfied with my present Internet provider. NICK GODWIN Edinburgh...
...Sept. 11 was a watershed event in our culture," says David Godwin, an agent who represents Will Self and Ben Okri. "It shows how complicated and interconnected the world is, and I think readers are going to want either to escape that or understand it better through serious literature. I think middle-of-the-road books like thrillers may suffer. That kind of fiction now comes too close to our lives...
...Washington. As host of the first National Book Festival, this weekend, the First Lady will oversee an all-day affair on the Capitol lawn with readings, music, food and lessons on bookbinding. Whom has Bush picked as opening acts for this bookfest? John Adams biographer David McCullough, novelist Gail Godwin (Evensong), playwright Larry L. King (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), short-story writer J. California Cooper, historian John Hope Franklin and TV anchor Tom Brokaw (The Greatest Generation). Brokaw, for one, practices reading out loud...
Doyle refers naysayers to her pleased disciples. Rachel Godwin, 23, used to demand that her husband Lenny wear his Adidas socks only with his Adidas sneakers, never his Nikes. Now, she says, Doyle's methods have salvaged her troubled marriage. Yet Judy Divine, 61, a remarried retiree, has a mixed reaction. Divine turned over the finances to her husband Bob and became less critical. But Bob, it turns out, likes her opinion and doesn't want to hear "whatever you think" all the time. Divine says she would give the book to a friend but would tell...