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Globe and Mail, May 15, 2012
...week, Oct. 18, 2000. Peter Tym / Globe and Mail On Thursday legendary New Yorker writer and humorist Calvin Trillin will share the stage in Toronto with Canadian comedian, actor and author Sean Cullen to talk about Mordecai Richler, satire and comedy as...
Washington Post, May 8, 2012
...— I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally. — Calvin Trillin (born 1935), writer, humorist I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is. — Warren Zevon 1947-2003, musician There is no recipe...
BabbleBaby, May 7, 2012
...Facebook and Twitter for updates Related Posts : Tags: amanda hesser, best books, best food books, best food reading, calvin trillin, cookbook, food books, food memoirs, food reading, kim severson, reading, Ruth Reichl...
New York Times, May 5, 2012
...seem to want to take that choice away from me. On a roll, I called up another meat-eater. Calvin Trillin, a product of Kansas Citys barbecue-centric culture and the author of books on the pleasures of food, wondered if the arguments on behalf of in vitro...
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, May 4, 2012
...relates to—is drop-dead funny. (The only contemporary serious writers I find as consistently so are Dave Barry and Calvin Trillin.) In his previous books, Jacobs tended to organize around a calendar year, sharing his experiences reading and acting upon...
New York Times, April 25, 2012
...possible that no father in literary history has so stood on the right side of this dictum from Calvin Trillin: Your children are either the center of your life or not, and the rest is commentary. Theres a certain amount of candied stickiness of...
New York Times, April 23, 2012
...possible that no father in literary history has so stood on the right side of this dictum from Calvin Trillin: Your children are either the center of your life or not, and the rest is commentary. Theres a certain amount of candied stickiness of...
American Banker, March 2, 2012
...In last week's , humorist Calvin Trillin turned his satirical gaze on Newt Gingrich and the GOP presidential candidate's claim that Freddie Mac hired him as a historian, and not as a lobbyist or influence...
Huffington Post, February 27, 2012
...and Obama super PACs are also major lobbying players. Another take on the debate over whether Citizens United . Calvin Trillin imagines some super PAC coordination problems. Help us populate our list of campaign videos. Send any notable TV, radio or web...
New York Times, February 25, 2012
...you: no communication. No coordination. By law, a super PAC cannot coordinate or communicate with a candidates campaign. Calvin Trillin is the author, most recently, of “Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff...
San Francisco Bay Guardian, February 24, 2012
Minnesota Public Radio, February 24, 2012
...Politicians tend to take themselves very seriously. That's why we're fortunate enough to have writers like Calvin Trillin, who's been gently poking fun at politicians for decades...
American Prospect, February 21, 2012
...Adelson says he might give Gingrich $100 million. Adelson and Obama join forces in hating Citizens United . Calvin Trillin: “Three Scenes Inspired By the Newt Campaign.” Forbes charts the impact of billionaires on the 2012 race. ...
Oregonian, February 21, 2012
...lot of people in my condition: It was all there for the enjoyment. One of my favorite writers, Calvin Trillin, once described his view that if you happened upon something delicious, or potentially delicious, or with the slightest chance that it may be...
