Arts, Briefly: Young Writer Alert: 5 Under 35 Named

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Doris Lessing had to wait until she was 87 to receive her Nobel Prize in literature last year; five young authors are being saluted a bit sooner. The National Book Foundation is paying tribute to these fiction writers younger than 35, chosen by previous National Book...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem

Everything Is Preachy Keen In 'Resurrection'

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In "Resurrection," Daniel Beaty's perky new poetry slam of a play about the hardness and softness of life for African American men, a 10-year-old science wiz spends hours with his chemistry set, trying to perfect a formula for the world's best herbal iced tea. The...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem