Month: August 2009
August 29, 2009
Scheduling Conflicts
I have a problem: I’m supposed to start my tour for Hardball on September 22, but that’s also the season premiere for NCIS. I confess that I’m a fan. Some […]
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Slow Reading
There’s a beautiful, thought-provoking commentary on reading in the August 23 NY Times, a tribute to the late Richard Poirier, whose work I confess I didn’t know–but am now eager […]
READ MOREAugust 19, 2009
Hardball, Chapter 1, Part 1
Click below to listen to author Sara Paretsky read from Hardball, Chapter 1. Part 1 of 2. Hardball, Chapter 1, Part 1
READ MOREAugust 18, 2009
In the Unlikely Event
Of one’s own death, what happens to all your emails, websites, blogs, bank accounts and bills with online only access? Searching for another topic, I came on a nifty article […]
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Hardball, Chapter 1, Part 2
Click below to listen to author Sara Paretsky read from Hardball, Chapter 1. Part 2 of 2. Hardball, Chapter 1, Part2
READ MOREAugust 17, 2009
Hardball, Chapter 24
Click below to listen to author Sara Paretsky read from Hardball, Chapter 24. Hardball, Chapter 24
READ MOREAugust 16, 2009
FYI
The New York Times Magazine has an essay of mine this morning in the “Lives” section. It’s about my husband’s and my experience with the French health system, with a […]
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Hardball, Chapter 40, Part 1
Click below to listen to author Sara Paretsky read from Hardball, Chapter 40. Part 1 of 2. Hardball, Chapter 40, Part 1 of 2
READ MOREAugust 15, 2009
Hardball, Chapter 40, Part 2
Click below to listen to author Sara Paretsky read from Hardball, Chapter 40. Part 2 of 2. Hardball, Chapter 40, Part 2 of 2
READ MOREAugust 14, 2009
Barack, Gates, and America’s Most Segregated City
A reporter asked me recently how I feel, as a Jew, when I tour in Germany. I said I feel like a ghost–in every major city there’s a Jewish museum […]
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