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David Foster wasn't attuned to Broadway, until he wrote the music for 'Boop!'

David Foster wasn't attuned to Broadway, until he wrote the music for 'Boop!'

TORONTO David Foster says writing music for a new Broadway musical starring Betty Boop has been filled with highs notes and "a lot of drudgery.
Book Review: 'John & Paul' explores complex ties between Lennon and McCartney

Book Review: 'John & Paul' explores complex ties between Lennon and McCartney

Ian Leslie's John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs, takes a detailed look 426 pages at how John Lennon and Paul McCartney worked together from their meeting as teenagers until Johns death.
Holocaust survivor Ruth Sigal recognized with Vancouver honour, memoir reissue

Holocaust survivor Ruth Sigal recognized with Vancouver honour, memoir reissue

A Holocaust survivor who dedicated her life to raising awareness about the horrors her family endured before moving to Canada has received a special honour in Vancouver.

Thomas Pynchon has a new novel coming this fall. It's his first in 12 years

NEW YORK (AP) One month shy of his 88th birthday, Thomas Pynchon is set to publish his first book in 12 years. Shadow Ticket is scheduled for Oct. 7, Penguin Press announced Wednesday.
Patti Smith will take another look back in a new memoir, 'Bread of Angels'

Patti Smith will take another look back in a new memoir, 'Bread of Angels'

NEW YORK (AP) Even after publishing a handful of memoirs, including the classic Just Kids, Patti Smith has a lot more to say about her life. The poet-writer-musicians Bread of Angels will be published Nov. 4, Random House announced Wednesday.
Book Review: 'Make Sure You Die Screaming' is an absurd road trip novel for modern times

Book Review: 'Make Sure You Die Screaming' is an absurd road trip novel for modern times

If you cant beat em, join em on a multi-day, drunk-driving road trip in middle-class middle of America to find their missing father with a garbage goth girl named Yivi whom they met two weeks ago in an Airbnb basement.

Trump, interrupted: Cory Bookers 25-hour Senate speech calls for collective action

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Book Review: Katie Kitamuras new novel about an actor explores idea that 'all the worlds a stage'

Book Review: Katie Kitamuras new novel about an actor explores idea that 'all the worlds a stage'

A woman meets a man half her age at a sleek Manhattan restaurant for lunch. Is he her lover or her son? If the former, then you might expect her to wield the power, like the character of Mrs.
Book Review: 'No More Tears' scrutinizes the legacy of health giant Johnson & Johnson

Book Review: 'No More Tears' scrutinizes the legacy of health giant Johnson & Johnson

Health care giant Johnson & Johnson is one of the most well-known and respected brands, and its response to the 1982 tampering of Tylenol bottles that killed seven people is held up in business schools as a model.
Book Review: David Denby profiles 4 'eminent Jews who profoundly changed post-WWII American culture

Book Review: David Denby profiles 4 'eminent Jews who profoundly changed post-WWII American culture

When Lytton Strachey set out to write Eminent Victorians in 1918, he sought to enliven the stuffy Victorian conventions of biographical writing by portraying his subjects with warts and all.