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Jenny Diski’s End Notes [17 Jun 2015|05:36pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/magazine/jenny-diskis-end-notes.html

The English writer is facing death the only way she knows how: line by line.
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ArtsBeat: Philip Larkin to Get a Memorial Stone in Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey [17 Jun 2015|06:24pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/philip-larkin-to-get-a-memorial-stone-in-poets-corner-at-westminster-abbey/

The British poet Philip Larkin, who died in 1985, will be honored at Westminster Abbey next year.
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ArtsBeat: Reading About Racial Boundaries [17 Jun 2015|07:10pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/reading-about-racial-boundaries/

Passing is a longstanding theme in American fiction and the subject of several riveting nonfiction books.
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Books of The Times: Review: Jessica Hopper Looks Beyond the Boys and Their Bands in a New Book [17 Jun 2015|07:17pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/books/review-jessica-hopper-looks-beyond-the-boys-and-their-bands-in-a-new-book.html

Ms. Hopper’s new book, “The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic,” is by turns loose and warm and finicky and outraged.
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Vincent T. Bugliosi, Manson Prosecutor and True-Crime Author, Dies at 80 [17 Jun 2015|08:44pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/us/vincent-t-bugliosi-manson-prosecutor-and-true-crime-author-dies-at-80.html

After successfully prosecuting the cult leader Charles Manson and several of his followers, Mr. Bugliosi wrote “Helter Skelter,” the best-selling true-crime book ever.
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Académie Française Honor Highlights Fluid National Allegiances Among Writers [17 Jun 2015|09:42pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/books/academie-francaise-honor-highlights-fluid-national-allegiances-among-writers.html

Many authors on the global stage, like Dany Laferrière, claim multiple national allegiances regarding words and country.
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