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- No. 1 Detective Agency Goes From Book to TV - 3/11/2008
Talking Authors panelist Alexander McCall Smith's best selling series "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" to be brought to TV!
- Beverly Sills, All-American Diva With Brooklyn Roots, Is Dead at 78 - 7/4/2007
The Connecticut Forum laments the loss of Beverly Sills, Forum panelist, star opera singer and star individual. Here is a touching article from The New York Times about this amazing person.
- Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket interview - 5/22/2007
Handler talked to The A.V. Club about the books, the film, and what it's like to be the best and only accordion player anyone knows.
- Amy Tan- The Spirit Within - 5/10/2007
Read on for a great interview with world-reknowned author Amy Tan!
- My life in a single bite - 8/20/2006
I am writing this from a place called the Island of the Deer. Many people know this island from afar, from its three almost-conical mountains, the Paps of Jura, but not that many set foot on it. In spite of its considerable size, Jura is practically empty. There are barely 180 people here, which means that the population is greatly outnumbered by the ubiquitous red deer, and by the sheep, and the cattle too. In fact, by everything.
- Gordon Parks, 1912-2006 - 3/17/2006
It is with great sadness that The Forum pays tribute to Gordon Parks, past panelist, who died on March 7, 2006…
- Hostage To Fortune - 11/26/2005
Here is an article about Amy Tan and her novel, "Saving Fish From Drowning," which is political and funny at the same time.
- A listing of works by Joyce Carol Oates - 6/28/2005
Take a glimpse at the astounding breadth of work Oates has created.
- 10 Questions for Salman Rushdie - 6/20/2005
TIME Magazine's Lev Grossman sits down with Forum past panelist Salman Rushdie for a brief but comic interview.
- Stepping Out And About - 6/20/2005
A look at the life of author Salman Rushdie now as his newest novel, Shalimar the Clown, hits book shelves September 6, 2005.
- Exclusive! -- Lemony Snicket's "The Lump of Coal" - 12/12/2004
Here's your chance to get immersed in the strange, eccentric world created by this famed author, who enjoys cult status among kids. Read his holiday story here.
- A Writer's Journey: Botswana to Boswell Territory - 10/6/2004
LONDON, Oct. 5 - As if he were not busy enough, the Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith decided some months ago to embark on the Dickensian pursuit of writing a serial novel for his local newspaper, in his case The Scotsman in Edinburgh. The news was not greeted with universal happiness
- Autographed Books - 11/7/2003
Autographed Books and Gift Certificates for your friends and family!
- Phish Festival Falls Short, but Still 'It' - 8/18/2003
First outdoor run since 2-year hiatus
- The Iron Is Hot For A Hepburn Museum - 7/9/2003
CT Women's Hall of Fame in the news!
- Scheherazade in the Consulting Room - 6/15/2003
"best known master is the neurologist Oliver Sacks"
- Books for Summer Reading - 6/1/2003
CT Forum panelists included in selection of Summer Reading by NYT
- Tupac's Revenge on Bennett - 5/18/2003
Forum panelist in the news.
- Bites of Passage - 5/4/2003
New Times Book Review
Excerpt
'Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, From Kansas City to Cuzco''
- 'Lost in America' - 2/9/2003
The Rise of Shep Nudelman
- Tim Ferris wins best book of the year! - 12/8/2002
Editors' Choice
- Forum PHISH Panelist in the news! - 12/8/2002
Phish Is Happily Reunited to Go Against the Grain
- Anatomy of Power - Book Club Discussion-Wealth and Democracy by Kevin Phillips - 10/29/2002
Wealth and Democracy (by Kevin Phillips) Book Club Discussion
- An Academic Ready to Take the Plunge Into Novelistic Success - 5/27/2002
Past Panel Stephen L. Carter "takes the plunge into novelistic success," for a mere $4.2 million.
- The Talk of the Book World Still Can't Sell - 5/20/2002
Past Panelist Sylvia Ann Hewlett's recent publication is the talk of the town, but can't seem to make it's way on to the New York Times Best Seller list.
- Power of Music panelist Trey Anastasio releases solo album - 5/9/2002
- Toni Morrison on the end of Oprah's Book Club - 4/15/2002
OPRAH TURNS THE PAGE
Why the end of her influential club spells trouble for publishers and booksellers
(With comments by Toni Morrison, Forum panelist May 4, 2001)
- Patriotism in The Cross Fire - 4/15/2002
Article references books written by past panelists Bill Bennett (Conversation with Reich and Bennett April 7, 2002)and Michael Moore (World of Business April 20, 1999).
- Forum Panelist Gwen Ifill in O' Magazine - 4/1/2002
Literary Round-Trips...Newscaster Gwen Ifill savors the shock of the old, the new, the strange, the funny.
- Beverly Sills to Step Down - 4/1/2002
Beverly Sills to Step Down as Chairman of Lincoln Center
- Historian's Fight for Her Reputation May Be Damaging It - 3/31/2002
Forum Panelist in the news...
- Editorial Reviews - 1/11/2002
When Character Was King by Peggy Noonan
- Beverly Sills: Diva Among the Divas - 1/6/2002
Power of Music panelist in the news!
- Musicians Share Memories, Opinions - 12/1/2001
"I needed it, my bandmates needed it, and the people needed it. We needed the power of music to make us feel strong, to make us feel whole." Bobby Weir
- Forum Finale receives standing ovation! - 11/30/2001
Panelists Nicholas Payton, Bobby Weir of The Grateful Dead and Trey Anastasio of Phish delight The Connecticut Forum audience with an impromptu performance for the close to "The Power of Music."
- Anastasio Sees A Harmonic Convergence - 11/29/2001
Tonight's Power of Music Forum in the news!
- Trey Anastasio added to 'The Power of Music' Forum - 11/29/2001
- Oysterhead much more than leftover Phish - 11/12/2001
Music Review
- A Uniquely Personal Storyteller - 6/28/1996
Everything you ever wanted to know about Amy Tan... check out this in depth interview!
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