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    Nov 10, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. How 'Moby-Dick' helped Matt Kish reignite his passion for illustration

    A couple of years ago, about the time Matt Kish turned 40, he decided his hobby was becoming laborious and unrewarding. By day he drove from his home in Columbus, Ohio, to Dayton, where he worked in a library, his title, "audio-video materials selection specialist," as exhausting as his commute. But by night he painted and drew — so much so that, though Kish had never taken art classes, trained as an illustrator, found gallery representation or sold a single piece of art, he considered himself something of a frustrated artist.
    Chicago Tribune reporter
    A couple of years ago, about the time Matt Kish turned 40, he decided his hobby was becoming laborious and unrewarding. By day he drove from his home in Columbus, Ohio, to Dayton, where he worked in a library, his title, "audio-video materials selection...

    Tags: Religious Texts, Bible, Heart (music group), Chicago Tribune, Whale (animal)

    2. Nov 11, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Low-rent Chicago lawyers get in over their heads

    Do we need any more evidence than the last 20 years' worth of best-seller lists of the huge human longing — specifically, the huge American human longing — for entertaining and sustained fictional narrative? In other words, for popular novels?
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    Do we need any more evidence than the last 20 years' worth of best-seller lists of the huge human longing — specifically, the huge American human longing — for entertaining and sustained fictional narrative? In other words, for popular novels?...

    Tags: Willa Cather, William Faulkner, Justice System, Trials, John Grisham

    3. Oct 12, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Signed 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' book sells for $9,000

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    A signed first edition of Ken Kesey's 1962 novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" has set one collector back $9,000....
    4. Nov 15, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  4. 5,000 books reportedly thrown out in Occupy Wall Street raid

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    The 5,000 books in the Occupy Wall Street library were removed during an early-morning police raid Tuesday in New York....
    5. Jun 26, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. The creepy Nathaniel Hawthorne story Edgar Allan Poe loved

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    Edgar Allen Poe grudgingly but effusively praised a creepy story by Nathaniel Hawthorne; it's a free download this week from Library of America....
    6. Jul 11, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel

  6. God, Moby Dick and R.C. Sproul

    The Religion World
    Just about every English lit student has studied the symbolism of Herman Melville's book, Moby Dick – particularly the meaning of the great white whale itself. In his latest issue of Tabletalk, theologian R.C. Sproul gives his theory, which he...
    7. Jul 31, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Monday's TV Highlights:

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    Click here to download TV listings for the week of July 31 - Aug. 6 in PDF format TV listings for the week of July 31 - Aug. 6 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can......
    8. Aug 1, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Goodbye Mulder, hello Ahab: Gillian Anderson talks 'Moby Dick'

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    Gillian Anderson left "The X-Files" behind for literary classics. She talks about playing Mrs. Ahab in Encore's miniseries "Moby Dick" with William Hurt....
    9. Aug 1, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Tuesday's Highlights: ‘Take the Money and Run’ on ABC

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    Tuesday's TV Highlights “Take the Money and Run” on ABC...
    10. Aug 2, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  10. NEH gives $40 million in grants; $3.2 million to California

    Culture Monster
    National Endowment for the Humanities issues $40 million in grants, including $3.2 million to California museums, scholars and documentary filmmakers. Documentaries win the biggest grants; others sponsor seminars aimed to improve college and secondary...
    11. Aug 11, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Theater review: 'Moby Dick -- Rehearsed' at the Lyric Theatre

    Culture Monster
    David C. Nichols reviews Whitmore Eclectic's production of Orson Welles' "Moby Dick -- Rehearsed" at the Lyric Theatre....
    12. Jul 18, 2011 | Allentown Morning Call

  12. Summertime gear: Prevent bug bites, stay comfortable and read a book

    Lehigh Valley Wild
    After spending time in the outdoors all spring on activities like camping, taking part in the Lehigh River Sojourn, traversing the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor’s northernmost trail, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’...
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