tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32507259397988251562012-02-16T01:07:29.976-08:00welcomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06695072104174667916noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250725939798825156.post-39075621842156831192008-06-27T06:04:00.000-07:002008-06-27T06:08:10.942-07:00<p class="summary">In this startling debut story collection, Uwem Akpan filters the horrors of African poverty and strife through the wide eyes of the young.</p> <ul class="refer"><li class="free"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/books/chapters/chapter-one-of-them.html">An Excerpt From 'Say You’re One of Them'</a></li></ul> <!--.columnGroup --> <div class="columnGroup"> <div class="story"> <h5> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/books/27arno.html?ref=books">Ed Arno, Cartoonist of New Yorker Whimsy, Is Dead at 83</a> </h5> <div class="byline">By WILLIAM GRIMES</div> <p class="summary">Mr. Arno created sketchy, casually rendered cartoons on topics domestic and cosmic that appeared 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alt="Uncomfortable in His Skin, Thriving in His Mind" border="0" height="75" width="75" /> </a> </div> <h5 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/books/25eder.html?ref=books">'Notebooks: 1951-1959'</a> </h5> <div style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" class="byline">By ALBERT CAMUS<br />Reviewed by RICHARD EDER</div> <p class="summary"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">The third and last volume of Albert Cam</span>us’s notebooks, finally available in English, records his split with Jean-Paul Sartre.</p> <ul class="refer"><li class="free"><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/albert_camus/index.html">Times Topics: Albert Camus</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="story clearfix"> <div class="callout"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/books/24shack.html"> <img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/06/24/arts/shack75.jpg" alt="Christian Novel Is Surprise Best Seller" border="0" height="75" width="75" 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