Archive for September, 2007

The Smart Set: Lauren Cerand’s weekly events

September 10, 2007

The Smart Set is a weekly feature, compiled by Lauren Cerand, that usually appears Mondays at 12:30pm and highlights the best of the week to come. Special favor is given to New York’s independent booksellers and venues, and low-cost and free events. Please send details to lauren [at] maudnewton.com by the Thursday prior to publication, with the date in the . . .

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On The Great Man

September 10, 2007

“A lot of women were more interesting than the men whose egos they coddled.” Kate Christensen discusses The Great Man.

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New Danticat

September 10, 2007

Edwidge Danticat talks about her memoir, Brother, I’m Dying, an homage to Haiti, her parents, and the uncle who died in Homeland Security custody 3 years ago.

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On the rise & fall of contract bridge

September 10, 2007

“Edgar Allan Poe, the great ratiocinator, viewed a passion for whist as a sign of mental acumen.”

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Wrinkle in time

September 10, 2007

R.I.P. Madeleine L’Engle, whose fiction inspired scientists.

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