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In John Irving's latest novel, a TV reporter loses his left hand to a lion while reporting live from India.
Read by Jason Culp
October 4, 2001
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In the novelist's latest, a studly newscaster loses a limb but gains a deeper understanding of sex.
By Emily Jenkins
July 13, 2001
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In adapting his novel for the screen, John Irving wanted the story
to be trimmer than in his book -- as long as he was the one wielding the
knife.
By Charles Taylor
October 27, 2000
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Being at the Academy Awards has a strange effect on the attendees. Some are moved to eloquence, some to idiocy, while others become just plain insufferable.
By Amy Reiter
March 27, 2000
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Oscar watch: The author of "The Cider House Rules" talks about his Academy Award nomination, abortion and his strange fixation on oral sex.
By Jeff Stark
March 8, 2000
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Oscar nominations for suburban satire and Denzel Washington; "Mr. Ripley" and Jim Carrey snubbed.
By Andrew O'Hehir
February 16, 2000
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Driven by Tobey Maguire's marvelously layered performance, Lasse Hallstrvm's old-fashioned cinematic yarn-spinning yields genuine emotion without sentimentality.
By Stephanie Zacharek
January 25, 2000
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"Bonfire of the Vanities" author fans literary feud.
By Craig Offman
January 21, 2000
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I knew Mumia when he was Wesley Cook. Plus: The L.A. Times' "blow job"; don't ask, don't tell about Stuart Little.
Letters to the editor
January 5, 2000
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Irving says Wolfe can't write, Wolfe says Irving's all washed up.
By Craig Offman
December 21, 1999
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The creator of "Ally McBeal" and "The Practice" owns prime time. How many cat fights, dwarf lawyers and middlebrow sermons can we take?
By Joyce Millman
September 20, 1999
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John Irving emerges as a capitalist windbag as class warfare erupts in Vermont.
By Peter Kurth
July 1, 1998
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Peter Kurth reviews 'A Widow for One Year' by John Irving.
By Peter Kurth
April 28, 1998
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Literature's muscle man talks about how he wrestled his writing career to the ground and why he'd like to grind critics' faces into the mat.
By Joan Smith
March 3, 1997
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"A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving
By Cintra Wilson
September 30, 1996