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The Ghost Writer—Art Imitating Life?

Sunday, March 14th, 2010
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Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer, based on the novel by Robert Harris, clearly demonstrates that Roman Polanski, at 77 and under house arrest in Switzerland,

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Joyce Carol Oates: An American Classic

Monday, January 11th, 2010
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In a discussion with the Mystery Writers of America’s New York chapter at The National Arts Club on January 6, Joyce Carol Oates discussed her

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Lethal Legacy—Behind the Scenes at the Public Library

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
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Linda Fairstein’s mysteries also serve as tour guides into some of New York’s storied landmarks. In Lethal Legacy, her eleventh, we go behind the scenes

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