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George Plimpton Biography

George Plimptonwriter, editor, actorBorn: 3/18/1927Birthplace: New York City Tall professional author and editor who also makes cameo appearances in films. Thoroughly educated, first at…

2003 PEN Literary Award Winners

PEN/Laura Pels Award for Drama John Guare, master American dramatist Craig Lucas, playwright in mid-career PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship Franny Billingsley PEN/…

2000 PEN Literary Award Winners

PEN/Nabokov Award for Career AchievementWilliam GassPEN/Laura Pels Award for DramaHorton Foote, master American dramatistSuzan-Lori Parks, playwright in mid-careerPEN/Voelcker Award for…

The Life and Times of JFK, Jr.

July 16 marks the anniversary of Kennedy's tragic plane crash by Beth Rowen John F. Kennedy, Jr., and his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, died in a small plane on July 16, 1999. The Kennedys John…

2001 PEN Literary Award Winners

PEN/Laura Pels Award for DramaRichard Foreman, master American dramatistCharles L. Mee, playwright in mid-careerPEN/Kolovakos Award for Hispanic TranslationGregory Rabassa and Alastair…

Ages Four and Up

Books that delight practically everyone by Holly Hartman A six-year-old who crashes parties at New York's posh Plaza Hotel. A talking dog and her astonished family. Verse about evil weevils…

Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery occupies 612 acres in Virginia on the Potomac River, directly opposite Washington. This land was part of the estate of John Parke Custis, Martha Washington's son. His…

2003 People in the News

Abu Abbas,Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),John Abizaid,Kofi Annan,Sami Al-Arian,Lance Armstrong,Peter Arnett,John Ashcroft,Tariq Aziz,José María Aznar,Steve Bechler,David Beckham,William Bennett,…

Luke: 10

Luke Chapter 10 1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. 2…

1999 Gramophone Awards

Opera (Record of the Year)Antonín Dvorák, Rusalka, Mackerras (Decca)Editor's ChoiceNaxos's British music series Baroque InstrumentalJacquet de la Guerre, Premiére livre, Carole Cerasi (…