Friday, January 9, 2009
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Garrison Keillor recounts the historical highlights of each day and reads a short poem or two.
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Friday's Poem: “Asking for Directions” by Linda Gregg, from Chosen by the Lion. Friday's Literary Notes: It's the birthday of the book critic Michiko Kakutani, born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1955. She's known as a critic who's unafraid to be critical. She got a job as a reporter for The New York Times and became a literary critic there in 1983. As the newspaper's lead fiction critic, she is considered one of the most powerful book reviewers in the world. She doesn't go to literary functions, she doesn't let people take her picture, and she won't give interviews. In 1998, she won a Pulitzer Prize for criticism. Read more...
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