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Kathy Willens/APWriter Joan Didion, Sacramento native whose 'electric anxiety' inspired a generation, has died at 87When Didion started writing in the 1960s, she put a certain kind of voice on the page — neurotic, female — that hadn't been there before. -
David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17273079/No word on whether Jonathan Lethem was among the first people in line for the latest Star Wars movie. But he was a big fan of the first one (first one…
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Don't you miss the days when you had time to curl up with a good book, and read it from cover to cover? Wait, did you ever really have such a time? Leah… -
There's a certain style to noir detective stories. Example: "Beads of perspiration trickled down my neck, in defiance of the air conditioner that groaned…
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August is nearly here, signaling a return to school and work in a few weeks. But there's still some summer left, and therefore some time to curl up…
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You have a bunch of choices to consider for spending a nice, slow, summer day. Things like whether to bring a beach umbrella or wear sunscreen, whether to…
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Blanket, sunscreen, shades, cool drink: check, check, check, and check. But what will you bring to read on your summer excursion? That's a question we…
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Ah summertime... a chance to pick a shady spot on a warm day and enjoy a good book. But which book? That's a question we aim to answer with our weekly…
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The charms of our region mean people who might otherwise live in bigger cities settle in the hills and valleys around us. Including a number of published…
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Ernest Hemingway is an American icon. He left behind many photographs. He left behind many other artifacts.Michael Katakis is an author. He's collected…
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Any society heading for more repression tends to put a lid on its fiction writers. Azar Nafisi, who lived under the regime in Iran, has seen it happen.…
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Does the name J.P. Beaumont mean anything to you? How about Ali Reynolds? Joanna Brady? If none of those names mean anything, you probably don't read…
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Being able to communicate with each other by speaking made a big difference in our development as a species. But when we turned our pictures into words…
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We wonder sometimes when Robert Arellano sleeps. He's got talents as an author, teacher, and musician (among other skills), and has just cranked out his…
