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I’m getting a kick out of being able to look over the shoulders of famous members of the Twitterati (like Gene Weingarten) to see who they are following. Gene has his serious side, having written a number of amazing in-depth … Continue reading
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Tagged epublishing, Gene Weingarten, great web sites, literary non-fiction, non-fiction
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A lesson of this day of William and Kate: The universal attraction of a love story
I have not yet seen video of the Royal Wedding, but many people have, apparently. I heard on NPR that about a third of the world’s population, in fact, tuned in. Wow. That’s a big crowd. There are, of course, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beverly Eckert, exemplars, literary non-fiction, love story, No Truer Hearts, non-fiction
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Laura Hillenbrand: A master at making a true story sing
It is inspiring to watch a master at work. Here is sentence one in chapter one of Laura Hillenbrand’s wonderful rendering of the story of a horse, Seabiscuit: An American Legend. Charles Howard had the feel of a gigantic onrushing … Continue reading
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Tagged bestsellers, exemplars, Laura Hillenbrand, literary non-fiction, non-fiction, Seabiscuit, Unbroken
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The “Three Cups of Tea” tempest, Part II: The question of authorship
Who really writes the books we read? And do we deserve to know? Let’s start by returning to the Three Cups of Tea kerfuffle. In addition to the problems already mentioned, it is now clear that the cover of the book itself … Continue reading
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Tagged authorship, David Oliver Relin, Etude, Greg Mortenson, literary non-fiction, non-fiction, Three Cups of Tea, Viking
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