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| March
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BOOK |
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| Letters
of E. B. White |
| (E.B.
White; foreword by John Updike) |
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engaging collection of letters touches on a number
of subjects, including the New Yorker editor
who became White's wife; their dachshund, Fred,
with his "look of fake respectability";
and White's literary colleagues—from Harold
Ross and James Thurber to Groucho Marx and John
Updike and, later, Senator Edmund S. Muskie and
Garrison Keillor. Now updated with newly released
letters from 1976 to 1985, additional photographs,
and a new foreword by John Updike, this unparalleled
collection of letters from one of America's favorite
essayists, poets, and storytellers now spans nearly
a century, from 1908 to 1985. |
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FILM |
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| Notes
on a Scandal |
| (rated
'R' for language and some aberrant sexual content) |
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pottery teacher enters into an affair with one of
her students, causing upheaval in her personal and
professional lives. |
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MUSIC |
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Ray
LaMontagne's Till
the Sun Turns Black |
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put a twist on an enduring adage, this reserved
singer-songwriter speaks softly but packs a mighty
big punch. On this, his sophomore outing, Ray LaMontagne
entrances with his flair for keeping passion burning
over a low blue flame, rather than allowing it to
boil over—a mood that's set with the meditative
opener, "Be Here Now", which wafts along
on a subtle-but-insistent string arrangement and
naggingly evocative piano line. Till the Sun
Turns Black has a bit more stylistic variety
than the New Englander's début, balancing
the gruff, Van Morrison-esque Celt-soul (still evident
on songs like the affably soft-focused "Barfly")
with forays into country-rock and the nearer fringes
of jazz-pop. He's particularly adept at the former,
as borne out by "Empty", an ambling piece
that suggests Gram Parsons at his most sentimental.
That's not to say that LaMontagne constantly wears
his heart on his sleeve. While there's no shortage
of emotion in these grooves, he's just as capable
of letting loose a wizened stream-of-consciousness,
as on the jut-jawed folk strummer "Lesson Learned",
or bringing it all back home in the manner of an
itinerant bluesman, as on the ambling "You
Can Bring Me Flowers". That restlessness, while
palpable throughout the disc, never seems like experimentation
for its own sake; it's merely the sound of an artist
stretching his wings and taking flight on a vivid,
intriguing trip. -David Sprague for Barnes &
Noble |
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TV |
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| An
accountant moves into an office formerly owned by
a private investigator and begins picking up side
work as a private eye, after clients, looking for
the office's previous occupant, inquire about his
services. |
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family of crooks assumes the identity of an upper-middle-class
suburban clan in the Deep South. |
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WEB |
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The
great Bill Moyers takes on the persistent questions
facing us today with some of the world's most
noted authors. |
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personal
site and blog of Gustaf Fjelstrom, graphic artist
and Associate Creative Director at Design
Reactor |
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| COMIC/GRAPHIC
NOVEL |
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| Buffy
the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 (Dark Horse)
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Since
the destruction of the Hellmouth, the Slayers—newly
legion—have gotten organized and are kicking
some serious undead butt. But not everything's
fun and firearms, as an old enemy reappears and
Dawn experiences some serious growing pains.
Buffy creator Joss Whedon brings Buffy back to
Dark Horse in this direct follow-up to season
seven of the smash-hit TV
series.
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