Book examins Baldwin's Harlem life
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"Baldwin's Harlem" (Atria Books, 184 pages, $24), by Herb Boyd: As an adult, James Bladwin Â the novelist, playwright and poet of such works as "Giovanni's Room," "Another Country" and "Go Tell It on the Mountain" Â may have visited Harlem only intermittently, but the uptown Manhattan neighborhood always had a strong hold on him.
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LOS ANGELES  - William Baldwin will  play an FBI agent in ABC's drama pilot "Pros and Cons," a  stylish caper about group of con artists working for the feds.
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Click here for the full advertisment. GalleyCat served up a timely reminder yesterday of the busy, and tasty, goings-on over at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan. Whenever Iâm poking around in back issues of the Book Review, I always stop to gaze in mild wonder at old 92nd Street Y ads. Has this institution ever [...].
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The fragrant smell of onions and coriander wafting from the bubbling pot of beans on my kitchen stove conjures up the memory of my mother, a Southerner who would have recognized and appreciated many of the humble dishes I am cooking for my study of how and what Cubans eat.
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Another Clinton book is on the way, this time by the best-selling author and former editor of The New Yorker, Tina Brown. "The Clinton Chronicles," to be released in 2010 by the Broadway Doubleday Publishing Group, will be Brown's first book since "The Diana Chronicles," a biography of Princess Diana which came out last year and has more than 300,000 copies in print.
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Arts & entertainment: Francisco Goldman discusses his first non-fiction book and overcoming his own grief
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The story of a Brandeis University scientist and her famous African grey parrot, Alex, whose untimely death last fall made news around the world, will be told in a book.
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An excerpt from lyricist Sameer's biography, A Way With Words.
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The Martha Graham Dance Companyâs current season at the Joyce Theater gives New York audiences a chronological survey of Grahamâs astonishing career.
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The Onion Picker: Carmen Basilio and Boxing in the 1950s By Gary B. Youmans, Syracuse University Press , 214 pp., $24.95
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The granddaughter of Stanley Marcus, the merchandising wizard who turned Neiman Marcus into the countryâs leading luxury retailer, compiles a book of Mr. Marcusâs life photos.
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With a lifetimeÂs worth of stinging observations and sharp insights, Gore VidalÂs new memoir is unmissable.
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A memoir of life and times in a major boy-band.
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The NBA Players Association and a celebrated youth group are embroiled in a legal battle that is unfolding before a backdrop of a changing Harlem, the unofficial capital of African American political and cultural life.
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Vividly impressionistic and delightfully curious, âPrimo Leviâs Journeyâ retraces the writerâs arduous return from a liberated Auschwitz to his home in Italy.
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Graham Hodges, author of "Taxi! A Social History of the New York City Cabdriver," is taking questions from City Room readers this week.
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"The Reverend Guppy's Aquarium" (Gotham Books, 266 pages, $20), by Philip Dodd: Ever wonder how the Jacuzzi got its name? Or the Frisbee? Or leotards and silhouettes? All these things were named after people, and this book tells you how.