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Netherland finally wins something

2/28/2009 1:38 PM

After coming up short in the competitions for the National Book Award and Great Britain's Man Booker Prize, Joseph O'Neill's 'Netherland' won the PEN/Faulkner Award this ... 

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Not something I wanted to read at this point in time, but....

2/26/2009 12:37 PM

'It has been well said that an author who expects results from a first novel is in a position similar to that of a man who drops a rose petal down the Grand Canyon of ... 

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'Corduroy Mansions' comes to an end

2/25/2009 11:09 AM

Alexander McCall Smith's latest serial novel, 'Corduroy Mansions,' reaches its 100th and final installment at the Telegraph website. It ends, as it began, as it continued, ... 

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Murry Sidlin sidelined from Signature Symphony show.

2/18/2009 11:07 AM

Former Tulsa Philharmonic conductor Murry Sidlin will not be able to take part in Saturday's Signature Symphony concert. We received an email late Tuesday from Signature ... 

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Here's a way to bring opera to the mass -- perform it in a bar

2/17/2009 11:38 AM

Well, in this case, they had to -- a power cut doused the lights in London's Royal Opera House theater as the company was about to perform the premiere of George Benjamin's ... 

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REVIEW: Signature Symphony's "Magical Movie Music"

2/15/2009 9:14 AM

The Signature Symphony at Tulsa Community College spent Valentine’s Day weekend at the movies, with two performances of “Magical Movie Music,” presented Friday and Saturday ... 

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"Means of Transit" in Southern Living

2/13/2009 4:38 PM

We are a bit late on this, but the January online edition of Southern Living includes Tulsa author Teresa Miller's memoir 'Means of Transit' among its Editor's Picks ... 

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Anna Nicole Smith: The Opera (?)

2/13/2009 3:12 PM

This almost falls under the 'now I've heard everything' category: England's Royal Opera has commissioned composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and librettist Richard Thomas ... 

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Kim Wayans coming to Tulsa

2/13/2009 3:03 PM

Kim Wayans -- of the same talented family that produced Keenan Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans and 'In Living Color' -- will be in Tulsa Feb. 23 for a booksigning and talk ... 

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Oklahoma Humanities Award winners announced

2/13/2009 11:40 AM

The Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa is one of the recipients of the 2009 Oklahoma Humanities Awards, presented by the Oklahoma Humanities Council. The Tulsa organization ... 

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Oklahoma Book Awards finalists announced

2/13/2009 8:32 AM

The Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Center for the Book announced its finalists for its Oklahoma Book Awards this week, which includes a few Tulsa writers and artists among ... 

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Miscellany: Presidential thoughts on Lincoln

2/11/2009 4:08 PM

The documentary film 'Looking for Lincoln' (which OETA -- not wanting to distract from its scheduled orgy of fund-raising reruns it calls 'Festival' -- is airing at about ... 

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James D. Watts Jr. has lived in Oklahoma for most his life, even though he still has people saying to him, "Don't sound like you're from around these parts." A University of Oklahoma Phi Beta Kappa graduate, Watts has received the Governor Arts Award, Harwelden Award and the National Conference of Christians and Jews Beth Macklin Award for his writing. Before coming to the Tulsa World, Watts worked for the Tulsa Tribune.

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