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John Grisham

Posted by on Apr 24, 2015 in Featured, Writers | 1 comment

John Grisham suffers the fate of many popular artists – the cultural snobs condescend because surely something so attractive to the...

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Cormac McCarthy

Posted by on Mar 6, 2014 in Featured, Writers | 1 comment

Most writers would love to have just one book recognized as being among the best novels of its time. Cormac McCarthy has four. Blood...

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Lawrence Block

Posted by on Aug 31, 2012 in Featured, Writers | Comments Off on Lawrence Block

This is a very personal choice, because most Americans don’t know who Lawrence Block is. Even among those who are diligent readers,...

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Stan Lee, Marvel Comics

Posted by on Mar 28, 2012 in Featured, Writers | Comments Off on Stan Lee, Marvel Comics

Stan Lee single-handedly changed the concept of “superhero,” and in so doing changed modern American culture. Lee, who cut his...

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Emily Dickinson

Posted by on Nov 25, 2011 in Featured, The Arts, Writers | Comments Off on Emily Dickinson

Not often we go back to the 19th century for our selections, so when we do, you know it must be worthy. Certainly, Emily Dickinson is one...

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Writer: Ray Bradbury

Posted by on Oct 25, 2011 in Featured, The Arts, Writers | Comments Off on Writer: Ray Bradbury

It’s hard to imagine how many words Ray Bradbury has written over his lifetime. We know him for his groundbreaking science fiction...

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Writer: Dashiell Hammett

Posted by on Sep 22, 2011 in Featured, The Arts, Writers | Comments Off on Writer: Dashiell Hammett

Every now and again, one person comes along who changes the tide of a literary genre. Dashiell Hammett took the genteel mystery novel...

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Writer: Carl Sandburg

Posted by on Jun 6, 2011 in The Arts, Writers | Comments Off on Writer: Carl Sandburg

California has its artists and writers, as does New York. Lots of writers are associated with the South and New England. For some reason,...

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Poet: Robert Frost

Posted by on Jan 15, 2011 in The Arts, Writers | 1 comment

  Who’s the greatest American poet? Experts might nominate Longfellow … Dickinson … Whitman … Cummings. I’d no doubt go...

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Writer: David Mamet

Posted by on Dec 30, 2010 in The Arts, Writers | Comments Off on Writer: David Mamet

  David Mamet is one of the all-time masters of film/stage dialogue. His preference for natural conversation, in which characters...

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