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THE COMMITTEE ROOM: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' Career in Publishing
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Thursday, September 26, 2013. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' Career in Publishing. As the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy approaches The Committee Room. Pauses for a look at Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' career in publishing. The death of Greek shipping magnate Onassis in the spring of 1975. Left Jackie, at age forty-five, a widow for the second time. In Jackie as Editor. Following up on the suggestion, Jackie approached Thomas Guinzberg, head of the Viking Press. Jackie...
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THE COMMITTEE ROOM: TCR on Television: An Interview with Mike Thomas, author of "You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman"
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Friday, May 1, 2015. TCR on Television: An Interview with Mike Thomas, author of "You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman". In the recently published You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman. Journalist Mike Thomas examines the life of a major figure in American comedy. This engrossing read is at once a knowledgeable show biz biography and, considering Hartman's violent death, a sensitively put together true crime story. The children's show Pee Wee's Playhouse. Cast mem...
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THE COMMITTEE ROOM: The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013. The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950. What were the best English language novels written in the second half of the twentieth century? And editor/publisher Carmen Callil. Tackle this question in The Modern Library: A Brief Guide to the 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950. Enthusiasm is the driving force of this book. Its purpose is to celebrate the writers we have loved best, and to proselytize on behalf of their novels," Toibin and Callil write in the introduction.