Literature RSS : Gourt http://arts.gourt.com en-us Copyright 2007, Gourt.com 2013-04-02T19:27+01:00 rtruog@gourt.com rtruog@gourt.com Literature RSS : Gourt 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 hourly Books of The Times: ‘My Bright Abyss,’ a Memoir by Christian Wiman http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/books/my-bright-abyss-a-memoir-by-christian-wiman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Toni Morrison Speaks at West Point http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/books/toni-morrison-speaks-at-west-point.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Books of The Times: ‘A Tale for the Time Being,’ by Ruth Ozeki http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/books/a-tale-for-the-time-being-by-ruth-ozeki.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Books: The Human Touch Amid Big Data Medicine - Review of ‘When Doctors Don’t Listen’ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/health/the-human-touch-amid-big-data-medicine-review-of-when-doctors-dont-listen.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Books of The Times: ‘The Interestings,’ by Meg Wolitzer http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/books/the-interestings-by-meg-wolitzer.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Texas Monthly: ‘Cowboy Stuntman’ Dean Smith Writes a Memoir http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/us/cowboy-stuntman-dean-smith-writes-a-memoir.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Thomas McEvilley, 73, Critic and Scholar of Non-Western Art, Dies http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/arts/thomas-mcevilley-critic-and-scholar-of-non-western-art-dies-at-73.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Arts | Connecticut: A Review of ‘The Gilded Age of Hartford,’ at Twain’s Home http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/nyregion/a-review-of-the-gilded-age-of-hartford-at-twains-home.html?partner=rss&emc=rss ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: ‘Earth 2’ at No. 1 http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/graphic-books-best-sellers-earth-2-at-no-1/?partner=rss&emc=rss ArtsBeat: Hit or Flop? Expert on Broadway Musicals to Write History Explaining Why http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/hit-or-flop-expert-on-broadway-musicals-to-write-history-explaining-why/?partner=rss&emc=rss Beliefs: A Book Doctor in Dallas Patches Up Well-Loved Bibles http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/us/a-book-doctor-in-dallas-patches-up-well-loved-bibles.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Inside the List http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/books/review/inside-the-list.html?partner=rss&emc=rss ‘The Retrospective,’ by A. B. 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Whitehead: “Soldier Course.” http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2013/04/08/130408po_poem_whitehead Yusef Komunyakaa: “Night Gigging.” http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2013/04/01/130401po_poem_komunyakaa Sarah Braunstein: “Marjorie Lemke.” http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2013/04/01/130401fi_fiction_braunstein Louise Gluck: “An Adventure.” http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2013/04/01/130401po_poem_gluck Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: “The Judge’s Will.” http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2013/03/25/130325fi_fiction_jhabvala Karl Kirchwey: “Troia.” http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2013/03/25/130325po_poem_kirchwey Barry Blitt: “Manparel.” http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2013/03/25/130325fi_fiction_blitt Alice Fulton: “The Next Big Thing.” http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2013/03/25/130325po_poem_fulton Frederick Seidel: Two Poems http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n07/frederick-seidel/two-poems Nicholas Spice: Is Wagner bad for us? http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n07/nicholas-spice/is-wagner-bad-for-us Paul Taylor: Rigging the Death Rate http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n07/paul-taylor/rigging-the-death-rate John Lanchester: Game of Thrones http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n07/john-lanchester/when-did-you-get-hooked Joanna Biggs: Facebook Feminism http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n07/joanna-biggs/tell-me-everything Jeremy Harding: Short Cuts http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n07/jeremy-harding/short-cuts Stephen Sedley: After Leveson http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n07/stephen-sedley/after-leveson Letters http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n07/letters Table of contents http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n07/contents Letters: 'Peter Worsley was one of Britain's sociology superstars' http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/fRtwJQfpjBA/peter-worsley-obituary-letters Doctor Who: The Roots of Evil by Philip Reeve - extract http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/r65h8I6OwSI/doctor-who-roots-evil-philip-reeve-extract It's full of stars http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/b8e6UlAdInI/cosmic-gallery How Beyond a Boundary broke down the barriers of race, class and empire | Selma James http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/fryZYAJgnCE/beyond-a-boundary-broke-cricket-barriers Is it possible for teenagers to get published? 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