Articles Tagged with #books
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Dispatches
Read It Again, Dad
Good books are frequently credited with being worth reading twice. But when was the last time anyone had time for that?
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Presenting the 2014 Tournament Brackets and Rooster Shirts
With just over a week to go until the 2014 Rooster crows, it’s time to download this year’s brackets and make your picks for which books will...
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The ToB X Zombie Poll
Zombies are everywhere in today’s films, TV, and literature. As we approach the 10th anniversary of the Tournament of Books, can the Rooster at least get a share...
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The Rooster
Announcing The Morning News Tournament of Books X
The rooster is back, and the rooster is famished. Introducing the finalists and judges for The Morning News 10th Annual Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.
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The ToB X Long List
Unfortunately it’s still too early for us to release the 16-or-so finalists for the 10th edition of The Morning News Tournament of Books, arriving in March 2014. But we...
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The Morning News Tournament of Books X
Believe it or not, it’s time to gear up for the 2014 edition of The Morning News Tournament of Books. You may know it as the Rooster, the Grandaddy...
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Personal Histories
The Works and Days of Elena Shvarts
A literary gumshoe visits St. Petersburg to track down the so-called “ninja of Russian verse,” Elena Shvarts, who died in 2010 leaving almost nothing behind.
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Opinions
Go Your Own Way
The recent ho-hum reaction to the purchase and ensuing buyback of Frommer’s obscures one key fact: Guidebooks are creators of social change. A defense of their place in the canon.
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Excerpts
South by Midwest
Flash fiction—prairie-style—from novelists Jonathan Lethem and Aimee Bender, plus an interview with Jeff Martin, editor of the new collection Imaginary Oklahoma.
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TMN Weekender
Citizen Kane
But if Jessica’s book tour doesn't bring her to you, fear not: You can still get to know her a little better the same way we did...
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Other People
Eat, Pray, Murder
Good book clubs rely on commitment, Sauvignon Blanc, and the pruning of members with annoying habits. Unfortunately, sometimes those members are homicidal maniacs. From March, a primer on how to tell.
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The Rooster
Brackets for This Year’s Tournament of Books
Friends, the Rooster is right around the corner. This Monday, March 4, 2013, the Morning News Tournament of Books, presented by NOOK® by Barnes & Noble, officially begins. (If you missed...