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4 days ago · Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American politician and comedian who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018. He first gained fame as a writer and performer on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he worked for three stints.
2 days ago · Maus, [a] often published as Maus: A Survivor's Tale, is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman, serialized from 1980 to 1991.It depicts Spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor.
4 days ago · Alan Turing was driven to a terrible despair and early death by the nation he'd done so much to save. This remains a shame on the British government and British history. A pardon can go some way to healing this damage. It may act as an apology to many of the other gay men, not as well-known as Alan Turing, who were subjected to these laws. [192]
2 days ago · The book maintains the message and story set out in The Other Wes Moore, but is more accessible to young adults. [56] In April 2021, Unanimous Media announced it would adapt The Other Wes Moore into a feature film. [57] As of June 2022, a film has yet to be produced. [58] In January 2015, Moore wrote his third book, The Work. [59]
4 days ago · Irwin Allen Ginsberg (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ n z b ɜːr ɡ /; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer.As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation.
Sep 6, 2024 · The second book I’ll codename BLACKOUT for now. It takes place in WWII during the bombing of Britain. I’m about 25,000 words into it, but I keep getting interrupted to work on FAMILY OF KILLERS. FAMILY was actually one of the hardest books to write I’ve ever done.
Sep 12, 2024 · Alan Vanneman, a published writer of two novel-length Sherlock Holmes pastiches, also wrote Three Bullets: A New Nero Wolfe Threesome in the early 2000s. The first of the three novelettes takes place in the original timeline (1930s), while the last two stories see Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin and the rest transferred to the 21st century, post-9/ ...
