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Robert B. Parker Remembered

January 21, 2010
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I did a long interview with Bob Parker in 1998, from which I'll post excerpts shortly. If you didn't know already what a nice, interesting, unassuming, and very funny guy he was, the interview will show you.

Meanwhile, a few Bob stories:

1. He and his future wife Joan met when they were three, at a birthday  Read More 
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Robert B. Parker

January 19, 2010
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I was deeply shocked and very saddened to learn just a few minutes ago that Robert B. Parker, one of the greats in mystery writing, has died. Apparently at his desk, too, where he was no doubt at work at another book that would bring pleasure to hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of  Read More 
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Memoirs

January 11, 2010
Tags: memoirs
Memoirs--not the ghosted celebrity tell-alls, but those produced by interesting people who can actually write well and have stories worth telling--are some of my favorite reading. Below is a list of some I've enjoyed. This list isn't in any particular order. Nor is it comprehensive. I'll add to it as more titles occur to me.

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Purrjury

January 10, 2010
Sal Esposito from East Boston has received a summons to serve on a jury in Suffolk Country, Mass. Sal is actually a cat. His/her (I'm not sure of Sal's sex) owner has tried to have Sal disqualified on the grounds that he's not a person. The jury commissioner has turned down the request. Sal's court date  Read More 
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Mary McGarry Morris: Novelist

January 10, 2010
Tags: Author Interviews, Mary McGarry Morris
Here's an excerpt from an interview I did with Mary McGarry Morris. It was first published in 1999 in The Country and Abroad.

Kelly: Did you want to be a writer when you were very young?

Morris: I did. I did. It was one of those things I always knew I wanted to do, wanted  Read More 
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Simon Ortiz: Poet

January 9, 2010
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This is an excerpt of a long interview I did with poet Simon Ortiz, first published in The Country and Abroad, September, 2000.

Kelly: Your first book of poetry was "Naked in the Wind," wasn't it?

Ortiz: Oh my gosh, that's going back a few years. How did you know about that? It was a  Read More 
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Great Headlines: Comestibles

January 9, 2010
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"Australian Police Baffled by Spate of Cucumber Thefts" -- Independent (Ireland), August 12, 2009

"Biscuits Injuring Millions of Britons" -- Metro (London), September 8, 2009

"Boston Celebrates Marshmallow Fluff" -- Boston Globe, September 26, 2009

"Secret Worcestershire Sauce Recipe Found" -- Daily Telegraph (London), November 2, 2009

"Papaya Receives Sex Change Operation" -- LaboratoryEquipment.com, November 3, 2009

"Hunt for Undamaged Beets Continues" --  Read More 
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Great Headlines: Found!

December 30, 2009
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"Colo. Man Comes Home, Finds Squatter in Underwear" -- Billings Gazette (Montana), Nov. 17, 2009.

"Body Discovered in Prince George's Trash Compactor" -- Washington Post, Nov. 17, 2009.

"Hell's Angel Finds God at Bottom of Bottle of Booze" -- Foxnews.com, Nov. 20, 2009.

"Origin of Species Found in British Toilet" -- News.com.au, Nov. 23, 2009.

"Methuen Woman Says She  Read More 
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Best. Headline. Ever.

December 29, 2009
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The New York Post, which gave us the immortal "Headless Body Found in Topless Bar," outdid itself again today (December 29, 2009) with its headline about the terrorist who tried and, happily, failed to blow up a jetliner bound from Amsterdam to Detroit by means of an explosive-packed set of underdrawers: "GREAT BALLS OF FIRE."
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Great Headlines: Crime and Punishment Division

December 29, 2009
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"Rockville Police Shoot Jesus" -- WRC-TV (Washington), Dec. 1, 2009.

"'Elf' Jailed After Threat to Blow Up Santa at Georgia Mall" -- Foxnews.com, Dec. 3, 2009.

"Cocaine Found in Man's Chicken" -- Washington Times, Dec. 4, 2009.

"Georgia Death Row Inmate Dies" -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dec. 7, 2009.

"Pa. Police Arrest Amish Man in Buggy for DUI" -- AP, Dec. 9, 2009.

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