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Rethinking the 'Bounds'
When Amber Lehman transferred schools to join her boyfriend, everyone knew something about him that she didn't. He was gay. Lehman, then 16, recalled a sense of bewilderment about her former beau, who exuded a "tough guy" vibe. "I was surprised...
Tags: Literature, Book, Gays and Lesbians, Arts and Culture
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The Latest: Crusading for 'Sight'; the same old Sense
Hope in Sight Aisha Simjee, MD White Spruce Press; 240 pages Aisha Simjee is a tough cookie. On her first mission trip as an ophthalmologist, the Newport Beach resident flew to Guyana and set up her equipment in an unused school building. Shortly...
Tags: Common, Burma, Music
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The Latest: 'Crow' flies high; Moonsville nods to past
Black Crow White Lie Candi Sary Casperian Books; 159 pages In the film noir classic "The Night of the Hunter," Robert Mitchum plays a preacher who tattoos the word "love" on one hand and "hate" on the other — a symbol, he explains, of the...
Tags: University of California, Irvine, Popcorn, Washington, DC, Anthony Clark, U.S. Military
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Smith: Appreciating the little things in life
In 1998, I was invited to appear in a live debate on CNN. I had given up my successful small business to pursue a career as a writer and was asked to present the arguments for having one parent at home with the kids instead of working, which was the...Tags: Larry Flynt, CNN (tv network)
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Friends of the Libraries: Celebrate books with Literary Orange
I want to remind you that Literary Orange is happening Saturday at the Irvine Marriott in Irvine. Walk-in registration is $70, and that includes breakfast and lunch. You will hear authors J.A. Jance and Tatjana Soli give their keynote talks and be...Tags: Landforms, eBay Inc., Mountains, Libraries, Arts and Culture
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Getting published is only half the battle
Dear sir or madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write. Will you take a look? So begins the Beatles' "Paperback Writer," a song whose lyrics take the form of a query letter by a fledgling author to a publisher. The subsequent verses nail...Tags: Radio, Book, Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc., Libraries
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Mother, son team up for study skills book
Justin Muchnick likes to challenge himself to get good grades. At age 14 and away at Phillips Academy Andover school in Massachusetts he needs to live up to the challenge. Muchnick, a straight-A student, is a scholar-athlete. He went through the...
Tags: Book, Wrestling, Stanford University
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Friends of the Libraries: Lessons from the Panama Canal
For some time after my husband read the book "The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914", by David McCullough, and recommended it to me as a "very readable" book, I have had it in my pile of reading material. But the very size...Tags: Panama, Apple iPad, Environmental Issues, Lifestyle and Leisure, Apple iTunes
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A Word, Please: Losing the apostrophe isn't always an option
Not long ago I wrote a column about how sometimes in terms like "teachers' union" and "homeowners' policy" the apostrophe is optional. If you really mean that the first noun possesses the second, an apostrophe makes sense. But if the first noun is...Tags: Book, Holidays, Mother's Day, Veterans Day, Family
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Check It Out: Finding the right book
How do you find a good book to read? Ask a friend for a recommendation? Look up bestseller lists online? Visit a bookstore? Scan the books on the library shelves? At the Newport Beach Public Library, we love to recommend books! Let us help you find the...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Literature, Fiction, Suzanne Collins, Libraries
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City Lights: Unplugging in a fast-paced digital world
I'm living an austere lifestyle as I write these words. At least, as austere as possible under the circumstances. My Twitter and Facebook accounts are logged off. My iPhone, which harbors my Hotmail account and text messages, is in my pocket untouched....Tags: Social Media, Twitter, Inc., Joe DiMaggio, Apple iPhone, Google Inc.
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Remembering Bukowski with O.C.'s 'poet grandfather'
I am not a writer of prose. This is not an article, an anecdote or short story. It is simply the imperfect account of an evening from several points of view. So begins the document that Lee Mallory has set in front of me at a cramped wooden table in the...
Tags: New Year's Day, Literature, Colleges and Universities, University of California, Santa Barbara, Libraries
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