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Spider-Man's 'epic turn' puts Peter Parker in perilous predicament in Marvel comic
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December 26, 2012, 7:57AM
Writer Dan Slott, who's been penning Spidey adventures for the better part of the last 100 issues for Marvel Entertainment, said the culmination of the story is a new, dramatically different direction for the Steve Ditko and Stan Lee-created hero. Full story »
Collectors snatch up Robert Frost Christmas cards
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December 24, 2012, 10:03AM
Dartmouth College in New Hampshire has about 500 of the cards, made by a boutique printer and featuring a different poem each year. Some of the cards have been sold for as much as $4,000 to $5,000. Full story »
Giant book tree erected at University of Nevada, Reno, for the holidays
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December 21, 2012, 11:15AM
Piles of green and gold books, ready to be recycled, are piled high for possibly the biggest book tree ever built. Full story »
Bookmarks: Margaret Atwood, Peter Guralnick, Pacific University
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December 21, 2012, 6:00AM
Atwood is the author of "The Handmaid's Tale" and dozens of other books. Full story »
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Bookmarks: Wordstock announces 2013 dates
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December 20, 2012, 4:05PM
The literary festival will return to the Oregon Convention Center Oct. Full story »
Bookmarks: Barry Lopez, Reed College authors, Tom Spanbauer, Hawthorne Books
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December 19, 2012, 1:58PM
Lopez has an essay on sexual abuse in the January issue of Harper's magazine. Full story »
One book you can download; another you can help publish
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December 18, 2012, 10:08AM
One is a psychologist's book about dealing with post-combat stress; the other is a memoir by a World War II vet who lives in Prineville. Full story »
Things to do in Lake Oswego
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December 18, 2012, 6:00AM
My list includes holiday luncheons, plays, and concerts; cooking classes and a wine tasting; and a chance to meet author Rob DeBorde Full story »
The Oregonian's top 10 Northwest books of 2012: No. 1 'Wild' by Cheryl Strayed
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December 15, 2012, 10:00AM
Strayed also published "Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar." Full story »
The Oregonian's top 10 Northwest books of 2012: No. 2 'The Orchardist' by Amanda Coplin
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December 14, 2012, 3:06PM
Coplin got her MFA from the University of Minnesota and received a fellowship from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Mass. Full story »
Missing Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale? Newly discovered manuscript raises the question
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December 13, 2012, 8:10AM
For years, the somber fairy tale about a lonely candle who wanted to be lit dwelt in oblivion at the bottom of a box in Denmark's National Archives. Its recent discovery has sent ripples through the literary world because it is believed to be one of the first tales ever written by Hans Christian Andersen. Full story »
'Hellboy' creator resurrects big red guy
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December 13, 2012, 6:00AM
When Mike Mignola first shopped around his idea for a comic book series centered on a red-skinned hero born in hell, at least one major publisher loved everything about the idea except for the whole "hell" part. Now, nearly 20 years after setting up shop at Milwaukie's independent Dark Horse Comics, Hellboy has come full circle and returned from... Full story »
The Oregonian's top 10 Northwest books of 2012: No. 3 'Beautiful Ruins' by Jess Walter
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December 13, 2012, 6:00AM
Jack Black is starring in a movie based on "The Financial Lives of the Poets." Full story »
The Oregonian's top 10 Northwest books of 2012: No. 4 'Blasphemy' by Sherman Alexie
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December 12, 2012, 1:50PM
Sherman Alexie is working on a sequel to "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian." Full story »
Marvel Comics' Young Avengers face off in 'Hunger Games'-style battle
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December 12, 2012, 10:45AM
Writer Dennis Hopeless called the series -- which sees 16 characters from Marvel Entertainment awake on an island run by the villain Arcade -- as a chance to look at the individual characters and glean what type of heroes they could be, provided they survive. Full story »
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