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robert-grudin's picture
Jun.18.2013
Please join me in congratulating two local literary figures who have just received major awards: Paola Gianturco, whose Grandmother Power:  A...
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marilyn-kallet's picture
Jun.18.2013
     If you are a member of a writer's family, you will be written about!  Sometimes, if you are parents, the writer may...
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dale-estey's picture
Jun.18.2013
Kafka's first novel has a new translation and embarks upon its own voyage into the new world. Though it is not really new - it is the same old world...
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steven-robert-travers's picture
Jun.18.2013
Early in 1970, University of Alabama football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant was in Palm Springs to play in Bob Hope’s golf tournament. Before driving to...
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steven-robert-travers's picture
Jun.18.2013
(Note: When non-English speaking people speak - Germans, French, etc. - it shall be in their native language, with sub-titles)   FADE IN:...
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jodi-bowersox's picture
Jun.18.2013
My brother, Tim, and I had many cats during our youth, and it all began with a charming couple named Muffin and Blackie. Muffin was grey, and Blackie...
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earl-merkel's picture
Jun.18.2013
Just saw the first ad for "World War Z - The Movie," and I have a bad feeling about this... If you have not yet read the novel --yes, it's about a...
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earl-merkel's picture
Jun.18.2013
NOTE TO NEIL GAIMAN: No, no, no, Neil-- we never (seriously) considered bumping YOUR interview for one with Ken Burns on this Sunday's "The Book,...
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sam-barry's picture
Jun.18.2013
Today Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (of Authors) Tells All, by Stephen King, Scott Turow, Amy Tan, Dave Barry, Roy Blount Jr., Mitch...
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jessica-anya-blau's picture
Jun.18.2013
I was thrilled to be interviewed by Marshal Zeringue about my wacked-out dog, Pippa. She's an 11-year old toy poodle who sees herself as a badass,...
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michael-seidel's picture
Jun.18.2013
This is just about the best example of someone finally reaching their limit. It's an instance of people accepting things until they are personally...
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casey-bachus's picture
Jun.18.2013
I was recently introduced to the Twilight Saga. Oh my goodness, that is the best movie series I've ever seen! I got sucked up in the love story...
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alysa-salzberg's picture
Jun.18.2013
Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you. - Ovid    “It’s not fair,” my brother complained half-jokingly one night on...
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enoch-john's picture
Jun.18.2013
Some called her ''the Dark Continent'',perhaps because they had''dark intentions'', But out of Africa has come not only the ivory,gold and slaves...
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lee-romano-sequeira's picture
Jun.18.2013
  “Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits.” ~ Mason Cooley One of my favorite fun and totally kitschy possessions was my...
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dr-paul-griner's picture
Jun.18.2013
The clock tower in Prague (Old Town) is one of the most remarkable pieces of engineering that I have ever seen. In addition to telling the time, it...
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sarah-byrd's picture
Jun.18.2013
Psalm 39:4-5 Show me, O Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. You have made my days a mere handbreadth...
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anne-born's picture
Jun.18.2013
You should notice her right away.  It’s 80 degrees, it’s humid for this time of year, everyone is shifting their weight, looking for a bit of...
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michael-seidel's picture
Jun.18.2013
Jealousy has surfaced again.  It's about photographs.  More clearly, it's about other people's photographs and my own photograph. I look at...
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bob-mustin's picture
Jun.18.2013
  Okay, I'm a movie fanatic, I admit it. I own 'em, I watch 'em multiple times. Odd for a writer to be so fascinated with the silver screen,...
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Red Room Blogs banner photograph (at the top of the page) is of writer Ernest Hemingway with Lady Duff Twysden, Hadley Hemingway, and three unidentified people at a cafe in Pamplona, Spain, during the Fiesta of San Fermin in July 1925; photograph used courtesy of the Ernest Hemingway Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.