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Can writing be taught? David Ulin and Carolyn Kellogg discuss
In the video chat below, L.A. Times book critic David L. Ulin and books staff writer Carolyn Kellogg try to decide if creative writing can be taught. As hundreds of thousands tackle NaNoWriMo, we wonder what it takes to make a writer a writer. Is it...
Tags: David Ulin, Google+, Social Media, Carolyn Kellogg, Authors
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David Petraeus ghost-writer"dumbfounded" by Broadwell affair
Vernon Loeb, the Washington Post editor who worked with Paula Broadwell on the bio of David Petraeus, says he was blind-sided by the affair that ended Petraeus' stint as CIA director. "My wife says I’m the most clueless person in America," he begins...
Tags: The Washington Post, Central Intelligence Agency, David Petraeus
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Oliver Sacks discusses 'Hallucinations', Chekhov and more
Los Angeles Times Book CriticEarlier this fall, I visited Oliver Sacks in his Manhattan apartment to talk about his new book “Hallucinations.” Blending case studies, personal experience and clinical observation, “Hallucinations” is, like much of Sacks’...Tags: General Practitioners, Arts and Culture, Medical Research, Suicide
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Real Generals of Kabul
NEW ORLEANS -- It is tempting, oh so tempting, to unleash the snark as the script unfolds: Real Housewives of Tampa. Or is it Real Generals of Kabul? But recent events are too sad for snark. With so much at stake, schadenfreude has taken a vacation. Here...
Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Police Investigations, Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, Dianne Feinstein
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A spy tale with missing pieces
WASHINGTON -- The one familiar aspect of the David Petraeus scandal is that he had an affair. Everything else about this story is weird. Petraeus, who resigned Friday as director of the CIA, is brilliant, brave, dedicated and accomplished. But he is also...
Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, The Washington Post, Police Investigations, Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama
Nov 13, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Nov 13, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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|Story| Los Angeles Times
Nov 13, 2012
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Nov 13, 2012
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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