Banned books Oct 8, 2009
I was in my college Spanish class and the teacher read a list of about 30 or so books that include The Great Gatsby, The Catcher in the Rye, A Farewell to Arms, A Clockwork Orange, and other classics. This list is for the 2008-2009 banned books list; I honestly thought that these were books banned before I was born, not while I was in school. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
• Events Calendar Sep 18, 2009
" General admission tickets are 8 for adults, 7 for seniors and 5 for students. A four-concert season ticket is 25 for individuals and 90 for a friends-or-families package (four adults, or two adults and up to four students). Season tickets: Richard Cook, symphony business manager, 734-6549.Book discussion/Twin Falls"Let's Talk About It," book discussion of "A Thousand Pieces of Gold" by Ruthanne Lum McCunn, 6 p.m. OCT. 21 at Twin Falls Public Library, 201 Fourth Ave. E. Free;... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Gary Cooper Commemorated on Stamp Sep 13, 2009
Hemingway had Cooper in mind when writing A Farewell to Arms to which Cooper later played the lead role when the book was made into a movie ... All told, Cooper made more than 100 movies, including such other notable films as Morocco (1930), A Farewell to Arms (1932), and Beau Geste (1939). (PR Newswire)
Relevancy is focus for college summer reading Aug 17, 2009
It s a better idea than just being told, OK, you need to read A Farewell to Arms, said Mia Huntley, a Holy Cross freshman from Andover, who scans the papers for arts coverage every day. The posts have exposed me to different topics that I may not have had any interest or desire to learn about before. (Boston Globe)
Austen meets zombies in mash-up Aug 16, 2009
Rekulak says he can't stop friends and family sending him ideas for more books - he has a list of more than 200 titles, from "A Farewell to Arms and Legs" to "The Brothers Kara-zombie.". Originally published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, August 16, 2009. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Time for the great summer ritual homework Jul 28, 2009
Maggie Schiff Gieseke, a mom from Cincinnati, says her oldest daughter, a rising high school senior, is supposed to read "Hamlet," "The Oedipus Cycle" and "A Farewell to Arms," among other things. Her younger girl, who'll be a freshman, must read "The Hobbit" and "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros. (MSNBC -- Health)
Ark. town a forgotten haven for Hemingway Jul 2, 2009
He wrote about 100 pages of "A Farewell to Arms" from a converted studio over an old barn near their home before the heat of an Arkansas summer and his own restlessness drove him away ... The studio included a bathroom, bed and a slanted ceiling, but it offered a more important luxury distance between the writer and his new in-laws as he struggled to decide what to do with Frederic Henry, the protagonist of "A Farewell to Arms." ... Soon, he and Pauline traveled to Kansas City for the baby's... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The age of snark has killed good old gossip Mar 2, 2009
Certainly, the bulk of her reportage felt sourced from half a century ago: Recent columns recalled her time as a personal assistant to Elaine Stritch when the actress was filming A Farewell to Arms in 1957, a funeral for an old friend, and an evening in which Jack Benny's daughter regaled a group of diners at a fancy restaurant with tales from her childhood. Smith had been a regular presence in the city's papers since 1976, when she started a column with the Daily News. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
