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The Little Town Where Faulkner and Football Rule
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 month agoI keep winding up in Oxford, Mississippi, sometimes for business but always for pleasure.The first time I visited, in 1987, I was a reporter covering the...
At Hot Dog Eating Contest, a Chance to Crown a New King
The New York Times via Yahoo Canada News· 4 weeks agoNEW YORK — It is the Fourth of July in New York City, and that can mean only one thing. No, not...
Emile Hirsch to Narrate Audiobooks of Pioneering Queer Author Fritz Peters
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoTwo works from the early queer literary canon will see audiobook release this June, narrated by...
How Richard Bausch learned to stop worrying and trust his instincts
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoRichard Bausch's new novel, 'Playhouse,' reflects his lifelong fixations on 'King Lear,' anxiety and...
Her Day Job Is Teaching Southern Lit. Come Sundown She Rocks the Bandstand
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoMelissa PayneOn a breezy Saturday night Florence Dore pulls into Howlin’ Wolf Den in the New Orleans...
Kansas high school softball: Find state scores, winners, stats and schedules
Wichita Eagle via Yahoo Canada Sports· 2 months agoThe Kansas high school softball state tournaments are underway on Thursday and Varsity Kansas will...
Alice Munro, Nobel Prize-Winning Writer, Dies at 92
People via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoMunro was the acclaimed author of short story collections like ‘The Love of a Good Woman’ and ‘Dear Life’ Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Alice Munro in 2009 Alice...
Winfrey, Maddow and Schwarzenegger among those helping NYC's 92nd Street Y mark 150th anniversary
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoOprah Winfrey, Rachel Maddow and Arnold Schwarzenegger will be among those appearing this fall at...
Alice Munro, Nobel Prize winner and ‘master of the short story,’ dies at 92
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoAlice Munro, the Nobel Literature Prize winner best known for her mastery of short stories and...
Ellen Gilchrist, 1984 National Book Award winner for 'Victory Over Japan,' dies at 88
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoEllen Gilchrist, a National Book Award winner whose short stories and novels drew on the...