James! Thanks, bobess48, for your take on the Mansfield Park film and your link to Roger Eberts review! Thank you! Lena Horne. setDisplayBids: function() {}, Very interesting to see facts about authors like these, all in one space. I noticed that you used a somewhat different alias for your previous comment. This post will mention several of their books, and offer some interesting information about their lives. Well, they are with some exceptions, of course. Dental work is no fun. Michael Donaghy (1954-2004) by Don Paterson. The Abbey Lincoln song that quotes the title of Maya Angelous memoir: Dave, I love the article today! Colin Dexter - English author of the Inspector Morse series. Hes that good, I think, and always have. "I didn't. (Though Ive read its still uncertain whether releasing Go Set a Watchman the year before she died was totally her decision.). He was most known for his often-hilarious fantasy novels in the 41-book Discworld series, and also known for usually not splitting his novels into chapters. Maya Angelou (1928-2014) wasnt a novelist, but I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and her six other memorable memoirs certainly used literary techniques. A legendary group of writers, J.J. All great with words, with some nicer than others. J.B. was the last surviving member of the generation of newspaper columnists I faithfully read in my salad days, an ink-stained crew also encompassing Nat Hentoff, as well as Jack Anderson, Murray Kempton and Mike Royko. Thank you for the very kind words, hopewfaith! I was, at thirteen, gratified by the appearance of the Beatles, who, in their own high regard for Berry, seemed to feel similarly, at least a bit. So it makes sense for course inclusion as an example of novels from that earlier era. Movies better than the novels that inspired them are rare indeed. Your favorite authors who died during the past five years either ones I named or others? Its like the Three Stooges meet the mob. Sic transit gloria mundi. // Beverly Cleary, who enthralled tens of millions of young readers with the adventures and mishaps of Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, the bratty Ramona Quimby and her older sister Beezus, and other. Adrienne Rich (1929-2012), The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems Selected and New, 1950-1984. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("resource", "List_171107"); a paucity of fiction, at the moment, but thats the way it is. gads.async = true; Whats not as well known is that Lees actual first name was Nelle (the backward spelling of her grandmother Ellens name) and that Harper worked as an airline reservation agent before achieving literary immortality. And, yes, the so-called alt-right (aka Americas Nazis and near-Nazis) dragging Jane Austen into their warped belief system is despicable. But sadly, he had been drifting away from us for a while, and could no longer write. You are too funnyha ha.. } ), If you get a chance to watch it one of these days, dont be influenced, JJ. 10/1/13: Tom Clancy, a celebrated author of crime fiction and military thrillers, perished in a hospital in Baltimore. Thank you, Michele, for your interesting, heartfelt, eloquent words about Maya Angelou! I also considered that, as an adventure yarn, it was inferior to the pulpy tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs. I agree that usually novels can go much more more in depth and provide more information and insight into characters minds and hearts than movies can. I am counting on three generals particularly Mattis to expose DT to the world . Ah, yes, maybe the most famous book editor of them all! Yes they did post what I wrote above which is mind..some posters are not so mild..one goes..just before mine.. What the alt-right likes are books like Atlas Shrugged and Camp of Saints. E.L. Doctorow (1931-2015) penned excellent novels such as Ragtime and Worlds Fair (the latter a fictionalized memoir) after years as a publishing-company editor who worked with writers such as James Baldwin, Ian Fleming, Norman Mailer, and Ayn Rand. grand master of science fiction and fantasy, Writing Advice From The Worlds Most Famous Authors, The Relationship Between Famous Writers & Their Cats. Eventually, the song became Maybelline (thanks to the commercial savvy of Alan Freed), and the rest for once, really was history, musical history of the first water. I actually like World Without End, Amen. Its very raw and in your face. Two of my favorite authors were mentioned by you. Not the place one would expect such a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker to show up. William Peter Blatty (1928-2017), The Exorcist. Only I, or another WordPress blogger, can do that. try { Yes Harper Lee right after Go set a watchman was published. } The whole thing in the movie seemed gratuitous and unnecessary; there were so many other social issues brought up about Britain at that time. Most of it went towards things for my home, many of which add value should I ever have to sell my house but some was for dental work which is important but so excessively expensive, even with dental insurance. Too late! Anne Bront was an English poet and novelist, sister of Charlotte and Emily Bront and author of Agnes Grey (1847) and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848). Now we know the answer is wherever Voyager may wander. Children's poet, author, and anthologist Arnold Adoff, widely noted for his inventive poetry style and for depicting African American experiences in his work, died on May 7; he was 85 years old . Removing this book will also remove your associated ratings, reviews, and reading sessions. Mark Strand (1934-2014), Selected Poems. . one neednt speculate long on that idea. Good luck with Love in the Time of Cholera! Good luck finishing it. Stephanie Adams. Lena Horne died on May 9, 2010. Reading and wearing a story title at the same time! 2010s And When She Was Good Attica Locke best of the decade Bluebird Bluebird Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead Dare Me Denise Mina Every Man a Menace Fuminori Nakamura Gillian Flynn Gone Girl Laura Lippman Leonardo Padura Megan Abbott Patrick Hoffman sara gran The Long Drop The Man Who Loved Dogs The Thief CrimeReads http://crimereads.com Ha, Dave! Snailmail wins! De gustibus, etc. Reality star Ivanka now has an office and will have classified information ? Elisabeth Sifton - American editor and the former senior vice president of Farrar, Straus & Giroux. I grew up in a family of six kids, me being the youngest, and I spent most of my nights curled up on the end of our sofa, either doing homework or reading a book, with the TV blaring, and everyone else doing their thing. There were probably many films that were made from books that are probably better than the book itself, though Im having trouble thinking of one offhand. Thanks for the special article. q("i", arguments) Naps? Oh goodness, this just makes me want to throw up. Camilleri wrote 23 novels starring his Sicilian detective, which sold more than 30 million copies. } While we remembered to mention the work, we were . Well, I just had two more comments disappear into the ether, so Im typing this into a Word document and hope to copy it over to your site, Dave. wallow in her words I like that phrase!!! P.D James a great writer , just borrowed a short story by her. Somewhere in the past five years, I did read The Martian Chronicles again and was amazed how well it held up, even knowing that there are no Martians. Give him 1000 dollars in cash, provide a back-up band, and get a show. Is it showing up anywhere on your side of things, or did I mess things up after posting my avatar? I sometimes wonder where they go is there some great big dead email/comment office in the sky? How much a smile can mean to someone who sends and receives. "Cassius Clay is a slave name," he said. But glad you were able to get stuff for your home, and put the card to good use on two Ray Bradbury books! Thanks for your excellent comment, Mary! 2. This list was created and voted on by Goodreads members. Yes, perhaps deadlines plus Breslin and Royko had that gruff, hard-bitten journalist attitude. A compelling book starring an ambitious, resourceful, resilient protagonist named Adah who is frustrated with the ultra-patriarchal nature of 1960s Nigeria and eventually makes her way to London for a life that ends up still having plenty of challenges such as dealing with an abusive husband and blatant racism. One woman becomes pregnant and gets sought after by various political/terrorist groups, some to use the pregnancy as a threat to the prevailing power structure and others to kill her/it. This is not to say that Austen didnt have a sense of humor, because she certainly did, nor that certain characters werent playful or witty, which many were. Other literary figures who died : A. Alvarez - British novelist, essayist, and critic. //