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The first time I read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, I was a freshman journalism major in his first quarter at Northwestern University. Two maj...
We've been running the HuffPost Book Club for the better part of a year now, and as both an editor and a book club member, I wanted to go back and go ...
CONFESSION: When I interviewed Junot Díaz in June at BEA (Book Expo America, for non-book industry folks), I had not read anything that he'd written. I knew, of course that he'd written a book that had won the Pulitzer Prize and was read highly among hipsters and intellectuals.
He's enshrined here. In more than one location you can find him in bronze. In this Spanish city and traditionally Catholic country, I'm not referring to the Crucifix, or even the co-patron San Fermin, but American author Ernest Hemingway.
How much of my life as it was lived so far was affected by my reading Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises? I actually asked myself this question while read...
Last week we unveiled to the world our next book choice for the Huffington Post Book Club. Our readers rallied and voted on four choices we eagerly pi...
Ernest Hemingway has become such a legendary character, it's hard to think of a recipe that could match his macho reputation. Whether on a Cuban beach or the African savanna, Hem was a fan of the good life -- and that included good food.
Our current HuffPost Book Club pick is "What It Is Like To Go To War" by Karl Marlantes. We are talking about different aspects of the military experi...
In my novel The Baker's Daughter, four chapters are from the perspective of a Nazi officer. Writing these was no easy task.
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HEAT: ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD'S FIERY PLACESby Bill Streever
Published on January 15th, 2013
THE SOCIALITE WHO KILLED A NAZI WITH HER BARE HANDS (AND 143 OTHER FASCINATING PEOPLE WHO DIED THIS YEAR)
FAR FROM THE TREE: PARENTS, CHILDREN, AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITYby Andrew Solomon
Published on November 13th, 2012
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SPONSOREDTHE BEGGAR KING: A HANGMAN’S DAUGHTER TALEby Oliver Pötzsch
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