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The Passion of Dan Brownnew
The Da Vinci Code: crap or fiction?
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
05-17-2006 |
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Bride of Frankensteinnew
Harvard student Kaavya Viswanathan committed plagiarism with the help of an invisible and ruthless marketing machine.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
05-12-2006 |
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Leading the Waynew
An independent black publisher cracks the national best-seller list for the first time with The Covenant With Black America.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
04-07-2006 |
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The 'Da Vinci' Plagiarismnew
Where does ownership of an idea really begin?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
03-24-2006 |
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Tags: The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
Courtney's Family Cursenew
Kurt Cobain's wild widow comes from a long line of misbehaving mamas, as documented by a slew of books -- some new, some old.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
03-22-2006 |
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Jersey Guynew
With words, pictures and a podcast, the serial Web novel True Jersey takes fiction to new dimensions.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
03-21-2006 |
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Tags: podcasting
Do the Write Thingnew
The small, leftist publishing house Chelsea Green is having a national impact.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
03-17-2006 |
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Octavia E. Butler, 1947-2006new
Butler's 12 science-fiction novels encourage a compulsion to tear through one after the other, to never want to be away from her sprawling universes and her staggering humanity.
The Village Voice |
Dream Hampton |
03-08-2006 |
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Octavia Butler, 1947-2006new
Butler's work was grounded in the reality of a grim, racist Pasadena that Jackie Robinson, another native son, hated and never wanted to return to.
L.A. Weekly |
Jervey Tervalon |
03-02-2006 |
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J.T. and Menew
Rocker Kay Hanley explains how she fell for the second-best literary hoax of the year -- the self-styled transgendered drug addict J.T. Leroy.
Boston Phoenix |
Kay Hanley |
02-24-2006 |
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Juvenile Justicenew
Administrators and other adults should read what teens read before judging what is and isn't acceptable.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Corbin |
02-24-2006 |
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Bibliophilianew
Here's the lowdown on this year's crop of Valentine's Day books and whether they're worth your time.
Seattle Weekly |
Kellie Hwang |
02-08-2006 |
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Boca to the Maxnew
Who knew puking in South Florida would get Tucker Max on the bestseller list in New York?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
02-07-2006 |
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Bucking the Programnew
Will addicts ever recover from James Frey's A Million Little Pieces?
Reno News & Review |
Anonymous |
02-02-2006 |
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In Defense of Lyingnew
Is James Frey our A.J. Liebling?
New York Press |
Tim Marchman |
02-02-2006 |
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