Mantel is credited with reenergizing historical fiction with “Wolf Hall” and two sequels about the 16th-century English powerbroker Thomas Cromwell.
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Betty White’s belongings will be auctioned, and here are some items you could own
More than 1,500 lots of the late actor’s property – representing her life and her prolific career – will be auctioned off over three days, starting Friday.
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Hundreds honor Joan Didion at memorial
The author died in December at 87 and left behind no immediate family members.
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‘Chef’s Table: Pizza’ is a slice of goodness, J.P. Devine writes
The temperatures have dropped. Soon it will be dark at noon. What then is for dinner? Here, on Netflix is a piece (several slices) for you busy folks to consider and salivate over. “Dig in” it says to the best pizzas from around the world, prepared by renowned chefs who bake passion, creativity and hard […]
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Renowned author Joan Didion honored by hundreds at memorial
Joan Didion, a master of rhythm and of the meaning of the unsaid, was remembered Wednesday as an inspiring and fearless writer and valued, exacting and sometimes eccentric friend.
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Michelle Obama plans 6-city book tour
She will open at the Warner Theatre in Washington on Nov. 15, the publication date.
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Brad Pitt, Nick Cave make surprise art debut in Finland
Pitt reportedly began making ceramic art following his divorce in 2017.
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‘Serial’ host says evidence that freed Adnan Syed was long available
A Baltimore Circuit judge vacated Syed’s conviction for the 1999 killing of ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee and ordered his release Monday after prosecutors found there were alternative suspects and unreliable evidence used at his trial.
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Dar Williams talks about upcoming Sidney concert
Most folks know today’s artist as a singer/songwriter with 14 albums under her belt but Dar Williams is also an educator, urban-planning expert and an author, so when I learned that she would be making her venue debut at Snow Pond Center for the Arts in Sidney on the 28th of this month I wanted […]
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Poet Marilyn Nelson wins $100,000 lifetime achievement prize
The Wallace Stevens Award recognizes ‘proven mastery in the art of poetry.’