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Fun Facts Friday: Carlos Fuentes
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Fun Facts Friday: Carlos Fuentes

Man of la BookNovember 11, 2022

Carlos Fuentes was a novelist and essayist from Mexico. Mr. Fuentes was an influential force in Latin literature, garnering many awards and much praise

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Fun Facts Friday: Walter Lippmann
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Fun Facts Friday: Walter Lippmann

Man of la BookSeptember 22, 2022

Walter Lippmann (22 September, 1889 – 14 December, 1974) was a writer, reporter, and commentator. He is known for his 1992 book Public Opinion.

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Fun Facts Friday: Theodore H. White
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Fun Facts Friday: Theodore H. White

Man of la BookMay 6, 2022

Theodore H. White was a historian and journalist known for his reporting from China during World War II, as well as the series Making of the President

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Fun Facts Friday: John Updike
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Fun Facts Friday: John Updike

Man of la BookMarch 18, 2022

John Updike was a novelist, critic, and poet. Mr. Updike is one of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction more than once.

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Fun Facts Friday: Robert Frost
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Fun Facts Friday: Robert Frost

Man of la BookMarch 26, 2021

Robert Frost (26 March, 1874 – 29 January, 1963) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet known for many poems including A Road Not Taken,and A Boy’s Will

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Fun Facts Friday: Bernard Augustine DeVoto
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Fun Facts Friday: Bernard Augustine DeVoto

Man of la BookDecember 11, 2020

Bernard Augustine DeVoto (11 January, 1897–13 November, 1955) was an award winning historian, teacher, essayist, editor and reviewer. He is known for his Pulitzer Prize winning series on the American West.

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Fun Facts Friday: Wallace Stevens
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Fun Facts Friday: Wallace Stevens

Man of la BookOctober 2, 2020

Wallace Stevens (2 October, 1879 – 2 August, 1955) was an American poet and an insurance executive.

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Fun Facts Friday: R.P. Blackmur
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Fun Facts Friday: R.P. Blackmur

Man of la BookFebruary 21, 2020

R.P. Blackmur (21 January, 1904 – 2 February, 1965) was one of America’s foremost critics of literature, and a distinguished professor in Princeton University.

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Book Review: A Futile and Stupid Gesture by Josh Karp
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Book Review: A Futile and Stupid Gesture by Josh Karp

Man of la BookNovember 25, 2019

A Futile and Stupid Gesture How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever by Josh Karp – a biography of Doug Kenney who cofounded National Lampoon

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Guest Post: These Are the 5 Best Books on How to Negotiate
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Guest Post: These Are the 5 Best Books on How to Negotiate

Man of la BookJuly 25, 2019

When you’re at the negotiation table, you want results skewed in your favor. The person you’re negotiating with wants results skewed in their favor, too.

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