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Inaugural balls give Obama fans chance to party Jan 23rd 2013, 05:52 The enormity of the occasion met the enormity of the room. Like, wowza. What a room! Acres of concrete floor at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center to sashay across in gowns and heels, to clippity-clop around in tuxes and shiny dress shoes. All in search of that special "I-was-there" moment, an inauguration night when a city consumed by its quarrels stopped its sniping for a few, and just smiled. Read full article >> 'Habits of the House,' by Fay Weldon Jan 22nd 2013, 23:46 Unabashedly positioned to appeal to the audience of "Downton Abbey," Fay Weldon's entertaining new novel peeps into the drawing rooms and bedrooms of an aristocratic London mansion in the fall of 1899, with a few glances at the kitchen to maintain its "Upstairs Downstairs" pedigree. (Weldon wrote the pilot episode of that perennially popular series, but she is better known for her many novels, including "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil.") This formula seems to appeal especially to Americans: We love to wallow in descriptions of lavish, upper-crust clothes and parties, but apparently we feel better about it if some salty working-class characters democratically remind us that their labors support this sybaritic lifestyle. Read full article >> Barbara Meade retires from Politics and Prose, reflects on a life in books Jan 22nd 2013, 23:34 After 35 years in the book business — 29 of them spent running Politics and Prose Bookstore with the late Carla Cohen — Barbara Meade recently became a book customer. Cohen and Meade built the Northwest Washington shop into one of the world's great independent bookstores. After the store was sold to Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine in 2011 , Meade stayed on as an adviser. But this month, she announced that she had hung up her book bag and retired. Read full article >> Book review: Lynn Coady's 'The Antagonist' Jan 22nd 2013, 23:25 Dear Lynn Coady, I know, I know — those reviews written in the style of the book being reviewed are always an embarrassment, a too-cute indulgence that some friend or editor should have snuffed out before they saw the light of publication. Maybe you saw just two months ago when a certain New York Times critic tried to write a poem about Calvin Trillin's poems. (No, iamb not kidding!) But your strange epistolary novel, "The Antagonist," sent me reeling, and I can't help reaching out to you privately. Besides, when a person — a grown man! — summarizes the plots of books for a living, the thirst for novelty can sometimes drive him to desperate acts. Read full article >> Israeli tensions spill onto the stage in new 'Enemy of the People' Jan 22nd 2013, 19:35 Henrik Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" is proving to be a play for all political times. During the fall election season, "Enemy" was on Broadway starring Richard Thomas, while a separate production at Baltimore's Centerstage featured a "Mad Men"-civil rights era design (skinny ties, TV monitors). Read full article >> Kevin Bacon serial-killer drama lures 10.4 million Jan 22nd 2013, 18:50 About 10.4 million people caught Fox's unveiling of its highly hyped serial-killer drama "The Following" at 9 p.m. Monday. Fox notes this is a bigger crowd than it scored with either of its Monday drama debuts last season – "Alcatraz" (10.1 million viewers) or "Terra Nova" (9.2 million). Read full article >>

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