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Book review: 'Astray,' by Emma Donoghue, author of 'Room' Oct 29th 2012, 16:46 The historical short stories in Emma Donoghue's new collection, "Astray," wander across centuries and continents, but they actually don't stray far from this Irish-born writer's preoccupations with captivity, sexual predation, prostitution and the grip of parenting. Donoghue is best known for her previous book, the heart-stopping novel, "Room," about a young woman who gives birth and raises a small son while held captive in a bunker for seven years by a rapist. Readers looking for the visceral power of "Room" will find tastes of it, but in small, snack-size packages. Read full article >> | At the end of the trail with Plouffe on Obama's '48-hour fly-around campaign marathon extravaganza' Oct 28th 2012, 20:05 SWING STATES, AMERICA — "This race is ours to — land," David Plouffe, the president's electoral mastermind, said on the spin room floor of Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. Plouffe's hesitation before landing on "land" served as a reminder that the word "lose" does not exist in the Obama vocabulary, or, for that matter, in the lexicon of any self-respecting campaign. Likewise, the campaign promoted it's frenzied No!-Sleep!-till-Cleveland! sweep last week as a swing-state romp FORWARD! to a brighter Obama future and not a desperate, mad dash around the country to secure the battlements of his battleground fortresses. Read full article >> | |
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