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Still wild about Harry

If only there was a spell to fight the "dark art" of sleep deprivation. Hundreds of Harry Potter fans of all ages - some costumed - waited late into the night Friday at Lawrence bookstores for the midnight release of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," J.K. Rowling's latest novel about the orphaned wizard. Many readers were expected to dive into the novel immediately upon purchase and keep reading until dawn.

Time ‘Bomb’: Garry Wills’ new book claims Congress and the courts have become immaterial
Tirdad Derakhshani/The Philadelphia Inquirer
February 7, 2010
It’s time we revised our eighth-grade social studies textbooks. America has no presidency any longer, but a monarchy.
Playwrights tap their memories of theater
By Michael Kuchwara - AP Drama Writer
February 7, 2010
Theater can be a transformative experience, particularly for those who choose it as a career.
Poet’s Showcase: ‘Renewable’
By Jan Strecker - Lawrence
February 7, 2010
The drawers were stuffed, boxes,envelopes, recipe books old, and even older.Across the pages were her notes,scribbled in ink, pencil,even a purple crayon.
Writers’ block: County inmates work through emotions in poetry class
By Cathy Hamilton
February 7, 2010
They file into the classroom wearing uniforms of orange, blue and white. It’s 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon, time for the men’s poetry class, one of the most popular programs at Douglas County Jail…
Write on: Langston Hughes Award winners experience twists and turns in literary careers
By Jon Niccum
January 31, 2010
Amy Stuber is amply familiar with legendary Lawrence writer Langston Hughes. “I taught college writing for about 10 years, and his work was one of my favorite things to teach,” she says…
Totally ‘Committed’: ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ author Elizabeth Gilbert has moved on to the latest chapter of her life
Christopher Borrelli/Chicago Tribune
January 31, 2010
Elizabeth Gilbert is not a messiah or guru. She is a writer, a person, like other people who eat, pray, love, do stuff.
Ordinary day turns man’s life topsy-turvy in ‘Thunderstorms’
Mary Foster/Associated Press Writer
January 31, 2010
Life can change in a blink of the eye — completely and forever. It’s a bitter lesson that Adam Kindred learns on a rainy evening in London in William Boyd’s “Ordinary Thunderstorms.”
Poet’s Showcase: ‘When Love is Real’
Patrick Pritchard
January 31, 2010
When love is real You love without preamble
Books pulled from Amazon in pricing fight
Associated Press
January 31, 2010
New copies of Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall,” Andrew Young’s “The Politician” and other books published by Macmillan were unavailable Saturday on Amazon.com, a drastic step in the ongoing dispute over e-book prices.
Horoscope for January 29, 2010
January 30, 2010
For Saturday, Jan. 30: This year, your actions could be, at best, provocative to some and distorted to others. Make sure you have all the facts and are not coming from a place of judgment. Often you only see situations as you would like them to be. If you are single, you meet people with ease, yet maintaining a long-term tie is challenging at best. If you are attached, the two of you need to work on mutuality and better understanding.
‘Catcher in the Rye’ author J.D. Salinger dies at 91
Associated Press
January 28, 2010
J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose “The Catcher in the Rye” shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91.
Tongue ties: Six books explain rules and illuminate idiosyncrasies of an ever-changing language
By Howard Shapiro - eThe Philadelphia Inquirer
January 24, 2010
Now, here’s a look at six books that cut the mustard.
Poet’s Showcase: ‘I Know That for Sure’
By Katie Lashbrook
January 24, 2010
Going up and down the aisles in the grocery store yesterday, I thought of what you might like for dinner, if you were still here with me.
Poet’s Showcase: ‘Visiting Writer’
Brian J Daldorph
January 17, 2010
I don’t need a passport.
Web skeptic Jaron Lanier challenges Internet euphoria
By Rich Jaroslovsky - Bloomberg News
January 17, 2010
In the first flowering of the Internet a decade and a half ago, the astronomer and computer expert Clifford Stoll wrote “Silicon Snake Oil,” a vigorous assault on the overheated promises and dreamy utopianism of the new digital world.

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