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Haruki Murakami’s new novel journeys to the past

NEW YORK – Haruki Murakami’s new novel is yet another risky reunion with the past. “The past is my treasure chest, and once I open it, I have so many materials in there,” says the...

Bunny Mother looks back at 1960s

Local author tells true story of sister at her Playboy Club gig

Prize-winning poet still at work at age 86

NEW YORK – He is 86 years old, his eyesight is failing and much of his recent work reads like a man saying goodbye. But W.S. Merwin continues to write poems; he cannot help himsel...

Colorful past comes to life

‘Shootout at the El Moro’ recounts 1906 tragedy in Durango

The Home Place a strong debut for Carrie La Seur

“The Home Place” (William Morrow), by Carrie La Seur Carrie La Seur’s finely crafted debut chronicles a woman’s complicated relationship with her hometown of Billings, Montana, he...

Book Buzz: Dueling ‘Mockingbirds’ duke it out on list

Apparently there’s nothing like a good old-fashioned author smackdown to propel book sales. Last week famously reclusive author Harper Lee, 88, made headlines disavowing;http://ww...

Burke fashions epic story in Wayfaring Stranger

Wayfaring Stranger (Simon & Schuster), by James Lee Burke Author James Lee Burke is a descendant of tough Texas lawmen. In fact, his maternal great-grandfather once tangled with s...

What goes into editing a book? Ask the editors

Pair of New York publishing figures to discuss books, more at Maria’s Bookshop

Nadine Gordimer, Nobel laureate, author, activist, dies

JOHANNESBURG – Nadine Gordimer was first a writer of fiction and a defender of creativity and expression. But as a white South African who hated apartheid’s dehumanization of blacks, she was...

For author Ben Winters, the apocalypse is now

INDIANAPOLIS — Ben H. Winters isn’t on a survivalist kick, and he’s not an author who jumped on the zombie bandwagon.;http://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/arts/2014/07/08/time-nigh-be...

A life woven through 2 cultures

Former Durango resident to read from her memoir

Review: New Neil Armstrong book glides, not soars

“Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight” (St. Martin’s Press), by Jay Barbree This is not a definitive biography of the man who first walked on the moon. It’s not even authorized by his...
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