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Short stories I wish that I had written. This week: “The Silver Crown” by Bernard Malamud - The Altamont Enterprise Short stories I wish that I had written. This week: “The Silver Crown” by Bernard Malamud - The Altamont Enterprise Obituary: Robert Kimmel Smith - Publishers Weekly Ange Mlinko · Just a Diphthong Away: Gary Lutz · LRB 7 May 2020 - London Review of Books Short stories I wish that I had written. This week: “The Silver Crown” by Bernard Malamud - The Altamont Enterprise Posted: 16 Apr 2020 12:00 AM PDT Author's note:  For years, I have been telling my English classes that someday I wanted to edit an annotated anthology titled "Short Stories I Wish I Had Written."  I do not have any publishers beating down my door to get such a volume into print, but since we are all stuck in our homes these days, this seemed a good time to share some of my appreciation of these ...

UNC's Roy Williams recalls first encounter with Michael Jordan - 247Sports UNC's Roy Williams recalls first encounter with Michael Jordan - 247Sports Posted: 27 Apr 2020 06:00 PM PDT In a time where North American sports are indefinitely on hiatus, former NBA star Michael Jordan has once again found his name frequenting national headlines. You can go ahead and thank ESPN for that, with the network currently airing The Last Dance -- a documentary miniseries focusing on Jordan and the 1 997–98 Chicago Bulls -- on Sunday nights. Of course, it was North Carolina where it all began for Jordan on the hardwood. Though born in New York City, Jordan spent the majority of his childhood in Wilmington, North Carolina and ultimately went on to play college basketball for Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina for three seasons before being drafted No. 3 overall by the Bulls in 1984. But what about Jordan's high school ye...

Alaska School District Votes to Ban 2 Iconic Military Books - Military.com Alaska School District Votes to Ban 2 Iconic Military Books - Military.com 45 Years Ago: 'Death Race 2000' Sets Standard for Sci-Fi Dystopia - Ultimate Classic Rock Review: Stephen King's latest book gives fans 4 new stories - KOMO News Alaska School District Votes to Ban 2 Iconic Military Books - Military.com Posted: 27 Apr 2020 05:00 AM PDT The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District school board, headquartered in Palmer, Alaska has banned teachers from assigning Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War classic "The Things They Carried" and Joseph Heller's World War II satire "Catch-22" for their high school English classes. The books are included on a somewhat random-seeming list of dangerous books that also includes F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," Maya Angelou's ...

100 books to read while stuck at home during the coronavirus crisis - USA TODAY 100 books to read while stuck at home during the coronavirus crisis - USA TODAY Posted: 28 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT — Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed's editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission. Our colleagues Barbara VanDenburgh and Mary Cadden from the USA TODAY Life team are here to share book recommendations to get you through social distancing . Every year, you make the same New Year's resolution. No, not the one about losing weight – the one about reading more books. And every year, you mean it. Maybe you join a book club, even if just virtually with   Reese Witherspoon and Jenna Bush Hager . But that well-intentioned to-be-read pile of books on your nightstand just gathers dust. Well, now that ther coronavirus pandemic has us all social distancing in our homes like hermits, we know for a fact ...