Larry Brown and others sing
A Larry Brown tribute album will feature many Mississippi acts — including the late author. The concert coincides with publication of his last novel. (Thanks, HC.)
A Larry Brown tribute album will feature many Mississippi acts — including the late author. The concert coincides with publication of his last novel. (Thanks, HC.)
H.G. Wells’ melancholic autobiography reflects his lifelong preoccupation with questions of sex, rationality, and fairness.
A visit to Flannery O’Connor’s home in Milledgeville, GA, gives rise not only to a slide show, but a reason for the Times to excerpt “A Good Man is Hard to Find.”
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Although the Bush administration praises (and funds) Morocco as a moderate Arab state, Laila Lalami observes that freedoms of the press are under threat there.