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...think it’s a very disparate class in some respects,” he said. “We have journalists and academics, but for the first time we have a satirist...
...love their neighbors. Alevis generally embraced Kemal Ataturk's separation of church and state in the 1930s, but their outsider status drew many to leftist politics. The Alevis in Germany started organizing politically in July 1993, after a mob in the Turkish city of Sivas torched a hotel where satirist Aziz Nesin, known for lampooning religious extremism, was entertaining at an Alevi function. Thirty-seven people died, and images of the "Sivas Martyrs" quickly appeared on the walls of Alevi culture centers across Europe. Says Karan: "Those of us who were born in Germany began to wonder about our identity...
Chabon (pronounced Shay-bon) is the best known of a field of established authors who are all at once producing books for the Potterhead age group and up. This fall brings titles by the Chilean novelist Isabel Allende; Carl Hiassen, the deadpan satirist of modern Florida; and Clive Barker, the ghoul--or whatever you would call the man behind the Hellraiser films. There's serious money here. Even before Barker's book appears in stores, Disney has reportedly paid $8 million for the film, merchandising and theme-park rights to his characters. Theme-park rights? This never happened to Faulkner...
Franken, who rose to fame as a writer and actor on “Saturday Night Live” before becoming a bestselling author, on-air political satirist and Grammy-winning comic, said he was thrilled to be selected...
...political satirist, Franken has appeared on countless talk shows and is a regular guest on ABC’s “Politically Incorrect.” And at his own Class Day in 1973, the young comedian delivered the Ivy Speech, traditionally a humorous speech by a student, before playwright Arthur Miller delivered the keynote address...