Word: lolitas
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...exiled Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov once wrote that Lolita was the record of his love affair with the English language. Well, it’s no Lolita, but John Crowley’s new novel, The Translator, is also a love affair of sorts—a college girl’s love affair with the Russian language, with her poetry professor and with the power of poetry...
...Germanic Languages and Literatures Maria Tatar after meeting her on the Today Show to discuss the Harry Potter phenomenon. Both hit it off and Mitchell was more than happy to speak as a guest lecturer. During his lecture Mitchell discussed the film versions of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, a key book in Tatar’s course. Though there have been many adaptations of Nabokov’s controversial work, Mitchell feels that Stanley Kubrick’s 1962 adaptation is by far the best. It truly stands the test of time, says Mitchell. Kubrick brilliantly meshed Nabokov?...
Because cockfighting and dwarf tossing are illegal, Fox has devised another way to lure viewers: Celebrity Boxing. In a prime-time special to air March 13, Long Island Lolita AMY FISHER, above, will duke it out with former Olympic skater TONYA HARDING. It's hard to know whom to put your money on in this fight. Fisher did time for shooting ex-lover Joey Buttafuoco's wife, but Harding was once arrested for assaulting a boyfriend (not to mention that whole Nancy Kerrigan business). The two will go toe to toe in one of three taped bouts on the evening...
...herself a more serious artist than Spears and ’NSYNC, can look elsewhere in the industry for confirmation of this argument. With her sophisticated and distinct Songs in A Minor, Alicia Keys materialized unexpectedly to release one of last year’s most successful albums. No Lolita-inspired appearance on MTV was called for; the music sold itself. A brief look at the rest of the Billboard 200 proves the point; whether it’s country, hip hop, rap or rock, the music inevitably transcends, or betrays, whatever image the artist is trying to present. After...
...from many other men in the television delivering profession. After setting up a television in an ogling freshman’s common room, Burk was “somewhat surprised” when this teenage vixen importuned him to stay for a drink. Being 27 and not having a Lolita complex, Burk declined. But then this battle for television-boy ass took on a more desperate character...