From Peter Pan to James Bond, via The Man in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and JG Ballard’s alter ego, Jim, Tony Parsons chooses his favourite literary troubled males
When Time Magazine opened an Internet poll earlier this year to determine the “world’s most influential person,”[...] Han Han, a 27-year-old novelist, race car driver and bad boy teen heartthrob who also happens to be China’s most popular blogger, was second only to Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. Given the reach Mr. Han has among China’s 400 million Internet users, it could almost be considered an upset that he didn’t win the contest outright.
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…for all ages?
The commonalities in methodology between poetry and science are what draw Adam to recognize and sometimes create a relationship between the oil and the water. He sees how both streams incorporate metaphorical thinking; how scientists and poets are forever using metaphors to make their findings/revelations understandable to the layman.
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Here’s a wonderful, pleasant way to start your morning: well-edited video of Bill Murray, reading poetry to the construction workers of Poets House, which, if you don’t know (and many people don’t!), is lower Manhattan’s national poetry library. The video also has lovely music.
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Come celebrate the end of term and the launch of Qwerty’s latest issue:
QWERTY 25: stories, etc.
We’ll have readings from grad students, including April Ripley, Jesse Ferguson, and Ben Griffin, and LIVE MUSIC from the legendary Kid Winnipeg and the Ontarians! To top it all off, we’re offering a smashing drink special: JUST $10 FOR AN ISSUE AND A PINT!
Be at the grad house on Monday, May 3 at 8:00 pm to help us dazzle the hockey fans with music and poetry!
Your friends,
The QWERTY board
Such best sellers as Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving, or popular non fiction such as Oprah by Kitty Kelley and Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert are being offered, said O’Neill. Many notable authors are also included, such as James Patterson, Nora Roberts, and Alice Munro. Customers can check out up to three titles at a time. At the end of a 7 or 14-day loan period (the member chooses the length of time), the audiobooks automatically expire and return to the collection. The digital titles have no late fees or damage costs.
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“It’s a fictional story. I’m not revealing secrets, I’m not revealing investigative techniques or anything like that. Why they are against it, there are things in there that the cops aren’t portrayed in positive light. But if I wrote a book where the cops were all squeaky clean, the book would never be published,” Const. Pilkey told the National Post in March, saying he was ready to accept any consequence that came from writing the book.
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