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Philip Roth, on writing and being ticked off
IN PERSON, 75-year-old Philip Roth seems anything but indignant. Seated on a couch in the inner sanctum of his agent's office, he is soft-spoken, prone to long, thoughtful pauses. Even his clothing -- khaki pants, brown shoes, an Oxford shirt with a light...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Fiction, Sherwood Anderson, Colleges and Universities, Jack Klugman
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Author Herman Wouk's spellbinding ways
Special to The TimesThe Library of Congress will present its first Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Writing of Fiction to Herman Wouk on Wednesday night. Now 93, Wouk has enjoyed six decades of unalloyed success. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1951 novel, "The Caine...Tags: Fiction, Tarzana, John McCain, Civil Unrest, Rebellions
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Swamp Sunrise
The SwampGood morning. Here are a few Washington events of note for Wednesday, September 10. The House Homeland Security Committee is holding a hearing on "Mismanagement, Missteps, and Missed Benchmarks: Why the Virtual Fence Has Not Become a Reality." Herman........Tags: Ceremonies, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Society, Michael Chertoff, Defense
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A poison pen
Bloomberg NewsReading "The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal" is like watching a cobra devour forest vermin. Even if you don't have much feeling for the prey, you may pause at the thought of what might happen if the monster turned its attention on you. Not that Vidal...Tags: Gore Vidal, Italo Calvino, Dawn Powell, Edmund Wilson, Tennessee Williams
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
The Washington PostThe Library of Congress is a bit of a misnomer. Yes, members of Congress use the library for research, but next to them, in the Main Reading Room, are the Americans who elected them. Anyone 18 or older with a Library of Congress library card can use any...Tags: Washington Post Company, John Grisham, National Government, Thomas Jefferson, Government
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'Winds of War,' 'Dark Shadows' Creator Dies
Zap2It.comDan Curtis, whose battle to make two Emmy-winning World War II miniseries, "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance," lasted years longer than the war the epics were based on, has died. He was 78. Curtis, who also created the daytime soap opera...Tags: Emmy Awards, Diseases, Christianity, Fiction, Movies
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