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9:52 am
Thu August 23, 2012

From Politics To Pestilence: Everything Is Earlier

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Originally published on Thu August 23, 2012 4:17 pm

Leaves are falling in the summertime. School starts in early August in many places. Politicos are already talking about the presidential election — of 2016.

Everything is happening earlier.

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New In Paperback
7:03 am
Thu August 23, 2012

New In Paperback Aug. 20-26

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Originally published on Thu August 23, 2012 8:31 pm

Fiction and nonfiction releases from Robert Harris, Jennifer DuBois, Tony Horwitz, Thomas Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum and Adam Gopnik.



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Book Reviews
7:03 am
Thu August 23, 2012

A Lyrical Portrait Of Life And Death In The Orchard

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Amanda Coplin received her MFA from the University of Minnesota, and now resides in Portland, Ore.
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Originally published on Thu August 23, 2012 7:54 am

Amanda Coplin grew up in the apple-growing Wenatchee Valley, on the sunny side of Washington state's Cascade range, surrounded by her grandfather's orchards. Her glorious first novel, inspired by family history, takes you back to the days when you could buy what are now considered heirloom apples — Arkansas Blacks and Rhode Island Greenings — from the man who grew them, from bushel baskets lugged into town by mule-drawn wagon. Seattle and Tacoma were mere villages, and train travel was the new-tech way to go.

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Movies
3:16 am
Thu August 23, 2012

The Marlon Brando Of Screen Dance, 100 Years On

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Blessed with athleticism and skill, actor-dancer Gene Kelly always managed to look like a regular guy having a lot of fun dancing.
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Originally published on Thu August 23, 2012 1:01 pm

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Tall Stacks
6:30 pm
Wed August 22, 2012

The economy sinks Tall Stacks for 2013

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A number of people close to Tall Stacks have indicated the music, arts and heritage festival has been cancelled. It had been scheduled for October of 2013.


Sources tell WVXU  the World Choir Games took much of the city's available funding, and the stagnant economy has made it difficult to get corporate sponsors. Tall Stacks Chairman Fred Craig is out of the country and could not be reached for comment.

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