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Young Venezuelan fills his goal here

When Edgar Romero left his native Venezuela in 2001 at 21 years old, with the intention of studying literature , he first stepped on Spanish soil.

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Lifeline book sale a hit (News Mail)

ERYN Tessier might be only two years old but the literature-loving little girl knows how to spot a bargain.

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‘Wicked’ author honors ‘Wild Thing’ Maurice Sendak (Newsday)

“Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation” (William Morrow, 200 pages, $27.50), by Gregory Maguire: Maurice Sendak, now 81 years old, may be the most revered living figure in children’s literature.

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Black Canons: Peter Craven writes back (Crikey)

Meanjin editor Sophie Cunningham took Peter Craven to task for his review of the latest Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature . Here Peter Craven replies.

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Robert Penn Warren, Poet and Author, Dies (New York Times)

Robert Penn Warren, whose complex poetry and novels drawn from Southern life formed an intricate mirror of the human experience, died of cancer yesterday at his summer home in Stratton, Vt.

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Mao Tse-Tung: Father of Chinese Revolution (New York Times)

HONG KONG, Sept. 9–Mao Tse-tung, who began as an obscure peasant, died one of history’s great revolutionary figures.

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