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Library of Congress awards prize for American fiction to James McBride
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 8 minutes agoThe Library of Congress has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to James McBride, whose acclaimed novels include “The Heaven & Earth ...
First prison interview: Steve Bannon speaks from Connecticut jail
The Raw Story· 24 hours agoSteve Bannon showed he was still fully focused on politics despite spending the next four months in...
Inside the Astor family, one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age dynasties whose descendants are...
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoThey had three children: Magdalena, John Jacob II, and William. He was one of the wealthiest men in...
Biden Aides to Meet Senators After Pelosi Remarks Deal Blow
Bloomberg via Yahoo Canada News· 18 hours ago...Senate Democrats, as unease over the incumbent’s age and ability to defeat Republican Donald...
The New York Times says South MS native’s book is one of the best of the 21st century
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoWard is an English professor at Tulane University in New Orleans. She’s received a number of awards...
Opinion: This July 4th weekend, a different way to celebrate the history we share
CNN.com· 5 days agoEditor’s Note: Lonnie G. Bunch III is the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Carla Hayden is...
Does America Still Care About Authors?
Esquire via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOnce upon a time, writers were celebrities; now, the role of the public intellectual has gone up in smoke. For one novelist, a glamorous trip to France...
A 216-acre park on Long Island is home to 4 mansions straight out of 'The Great Gatsby' — take a...
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoHarry Guggenheim and Charles Lindbergh.Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images Source: Library ...
These Are America’s Wealthiest Suburbs
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance Canada· 4 days agoMove over New York City, Los Angeles and Miami. Wealthy Americans are swapping notoriously rich city locales in favor of making moves to quiet, secluded...
When Theodore Roosevelt Urged Americans to “Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick”
Mentalfloss· 3 days agoTheodore Roosevelt’s attendance at the 1901 Minnesota State Fair in Minneapolis had been headline...
