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...officially because his blood pressure was zooming, ostensibly because the University of Southern California came from 24 points behind to beat Notre Dame by 31. The truth is, if a score nudged him out, it was a 14-6 victory over Navy that so many of Parseghian's pen pals considered a crime against nature...
...good behavior? Mailer was raising money for what promises to be one of the largest gatherings of literary notables ever held: the 48th Annual Congress of International PEN, an association of poets, playwrights, editors, essayists and novelists, which opens in New York City next week. The London-based association, which has 83 affiliate centers worldwide, is dedicated to fighting censorship and the jailing of writers. Founded in 1921, it takes its inspiration from Walt Whitman, who wrote in 1881: "My dearest dream is for an internationality of poems and poets...
...latest land of make-believe. Explaining that his hotel will be a mellow retreat, without the glitz and campy themes that have made him such a sensation in the past, Wynn breaks into a rendition of Bali Ha'i from South Pacific. Then he takes out a pen and starts sketching a picture of his hotel before launching into a touchy-feely description of its varying moods and, leaning forward in his chair, teaching me a little lesson about the importance of loyalty. I am deeply afraid we are going...
...children’s picture books, including “I’m A Manatee” and “Marsupial Sue,” are all New York Times best sellers and have spurred Lithgow to pen works for parents as well...
Notepad and pen in hand, I posed for the portrait that would run every Friday in The Crimson for the next two years, alongside my question of the week and five clever—or not-so-clever—answers from students...