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It's not as simple as it sounds. Ardai needed writers who could hammer out tales in the style of that less lyrical era, crude but effective books that dispensed with stylistic foofaraw and hooked the reader from the get-go with pure plot. (Sample first line, from David Dodge...
TALES OF SURVIVAL
Tonight was supposed to bring the most anticipated TV premiere of the fall season—a 90-minute special television event that would answer the questions that lie on the tips of all Americans’ tongues. Instead, Senator John McCain is hoping to pull the plug on the...
Not many contemporary writers can muster Ghosh's panoramic verve - even fewer can wield it with his deftness and poise. His research into 19th century nautical manifests led him to the lascars, a fascinating pan-Asian community of sailors employed aboard nearly all European craft in the Eastern hemisphere. Some...
In June of 2008, hidden on farmland in a small town in Tennessee, a village of nearly 100,000 people was constructed for four brief days, just at it has been every year since 2002. Since its inception, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has grown in both size and...