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March 26, 2009 R.I.P. – John Hope Franklin (1915-2009)
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March 26, 2009 Brevity Is the Soul of Poetry: Ben Okri Releases New Poem on Twitter
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March 26, 2009 R.I.P. – Johnny Blanchard (1933-2009)
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March 26, 2009 Being Ernest Hemingway: Anthony Hopkins to Play Hemingway in New Film
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March 26, 2009 Artful Mailers: Transforming “Found” Postcards into Objets D’Art
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March 25, 2009 Frugal Travel: Saving Money on International Calls
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March 25, 2009 Big City Blues (& Yellows): NYC Hikes Subway, Bus Fares (Taxis OK)
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March 25, 2009 R.I.P. – George Kell (1922-2009)
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March 25, 2009 Sana Krasikov Wins 2009 “Sami Rohr Prize” for Jewish Literature
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March 23, 2009 Travel Photo of the Day: Krakow, Poland (Remu Shul Cemetary)
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March 20, 2009 “The Treasures of Pompeii” at The National Gallery of Art
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March 20, 2009 “Protest Novel” Parissiene: French Protest Sarkozy Policies with 17th-Century Novel
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March 19, 2009 The Houses HOK Built: The “New” Yankee Stadium & the Mets’ Citi Field
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March 19, 2009 Selling Short: George W. Bush’s Sad Book Deal
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March 18, 2009 2009 Man Booker “International Prize” Contenders Announced
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March 18, 2009 Iconic “Iconic”: The Iconic Adjective for Our Iconic Times
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March 17, 2009 Yellow Brick Code, or: “The Wizard of Oz” as Monetary Allegory
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March 17, 2009 Nobody’s Everyman: Richard Ford on Frank Bascombe
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March 17, 2009 Lost in the Stacks?: British Library “Mislays” 9,000 Books
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March 17, 2009 R.I.P. – Alan W. Livingston (1917-2009)
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