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3 P.M. Children's author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka reads from his new picture book, Punk Farm on Tour (his sequel to the story of Cow, Sheep, Pig, Goat, and Chicken chronicled in 2005's Punk Farm ) at Treetop Kids, 1382 Chain Bridge Rd., McLean, Va., 703-356-1400. He will also read on...Read more : 04.11.2007 11:00:00
Letters
In his review of three books dealing with the war on terror as possible "blowback" from US policies (Book World, Oct. 21), Fawaz A. Gerges argues that the principle of unintended consequences has been operative in US foreign policies both before and after 9/11, generating self-defeating outcomes...Read more : 04.11.2007 11:00:00
Poet's Choice
Poetry unsettles complacency. It refreshes the familiar by dissolving the encrustation of clich¿s. Reed Whittemore, now in his late 80s, has made a body of work that often gives pleasure by dosing cant with the solvent of laughter. His new prose memoir, by quoting entire poems, encloses what is in...Read more : 04.11.2007 11:00:00
Souvenirs from All Over the Globe
Don't mistake this astonishing work by Australia's Shaun Tan for a picture book, even though it consists of nothing but pictures. At 128 pages, it's what could be called a pictorial novel, since the usual label -- graphic novel -- suggests more of a manga- or comic-style book, bristling with text....Read more : 04.11.2007 11:00:00
MICHAEL DIRDA
CRAWFISH MOUNTAIN By Ken Wells Random House. 364 pp. $25.95Read more : 04.11.2007 11:00:00
Modern Angel
LOST PARADISE By Cees Nooteboom Translated from the Dutch by Susan Massotty Grove. 151 pp. $23 Cees Nooteboom has been called a Dutch Italo Calvino, a Netherlandish Nabokov, but his name remains virtually unknown among American readers. Nooteboom, who began publishing in 1955, wasn't translated i...Read more : 04.11.2007 11:00:00
Everything to Fear
THE GHOST By Robert Harris Simon & Schuster. 335 pp. $26 The narrator of "The Ghost" is a professional ghostwriter whose name is never mentioned -- ghosts don't rate names. After writing books for minor rock stars and aging actors, he is offered a big score. Adam Lang, a British prime ministe...Read more : 05.11.2007 12:00:00
Withering in the Shadow of Genius
DEATH AND THE MAIDENS Fanny Wollstonecraft and the Shelley CircleRead more : 06.11.2007 12:00:00
'Gone' but Not Forgotten
RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE By Donald McCaig St. Martin's. 500 pp. $27.95 The dust jacket gives "Rhett Butler's People" a subtitle: "The Authorized Novel Based on Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind." Frankly, my dear, should we give a damn? After all, Alexandra Ripley's 1991 blockbuster "Scarlett" ...Read more : 07.11.2007 12:00:00
The Foot-in-Mouth Gene
AVOID BORING PEOPLE Lessons From a Life in ScienceRead more : 08.11.2007 12:00:00
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