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My Soirée With Napoleon, Madame Curie & Other Luminaries
So I was leafing through the New York Times Book Review the other day when I came across this piece about The Dinner Party Writers Dream Of. This year, our By the Book series of author interviews turned 10 — … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelia Earhart, Austen, Baldwin, Book Review, Harry Houdini, Jonah, Lewis & Clark, Madame Curie, Marie Antoinette, Methuselah, Morrison, Napoleon Bonaparte, New York Times, Octavia Butler, Proust, Sappho, Shakespeare, The Dinner Party Writers Dream of, Tolstoy, Twain
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Why Tom Stoppard Is Right to Be a Snob
Several months ago British playwright Tom Stoppard created a tempest in a theaterpot with an interview he gave to the Telegraph. Quiz: Are Tom Stoppard’s plays too clever for you? As the playwright says he has to dumb down his … Continue reading