Archive for September 23rd, 2010
Her fearful Symmetry —
By Tom Teicholz at 23 September, 2010, 4:21 pm
The words come from Blake’s poem, “TheTyger” — but the title now belongs to Audre Niffenegger, for her second novel. Her first novel was the wildly successful “The Time Traveler’s Wife” — a book I own but that I confess I haven’t read. Regal literary is sponsoring a contest to promote the paperback release for […]
Read More >>Antonina Pirozhkova, Isaac Babel’s widow dies at 101
By Tom Teicholz at 23 September, 2010, 12:39 pm
This is also worth reading — and one of those cases where I wish I knew that she had been living in Florida all these years. The obit mentions a book she wrote about Babel which sounds really worth reading, and of course her own accomplishments as one of the lead engineers responsible for Moscow’s […]
Read More >>Remarkable Obit: Eileen Nearne British WWII Spy
By Tom Teicholz at 23 September, 2010, 12:34 pm
Read this amazing Obit to the end — her heroism is incredible and the article gives a great sense of how she did what she did, and its impact on her life. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/world/europe/22nearne.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries
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