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1. The Southern 1966-04-08

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Buzzelli, Jerry, Terrell, Mike, Oberle, Terry, Gauches, Joe, Jonas, Jackie, Fried, Hal, Hussey, Margaret, Aarthun, Steve, Eichhorn, Toni, Fichtner, Margaria, Cleveland, Montine, Stowers, Alan, Orr, Robert K., Williford, Kay, Berry, Sandi, DiBiccari, Bob, Johnson, Bill, Downard, Allen, Strother, Shelby, Gibson, Sandy, Gardner, Mike, Newcomer, Pattie, Haynes, Susan, Uzelac, Bob, Redfern, Judy, Bain, Bruce, Edge, Perry, Burke, Barbara, Lewis, Joe, Emmons, Richard, Keeler, Garland, Permar, Pam, DeWitt, Susan, Hornbeck, Karen, Brown, Rosemary, Nelson, Nikki, Knight, Nancy, Wells, Trudie, May, Judy, Wille, Paul, Toy, Betty, Waters, Hal, Newton, Judy, Buzzelli, Jerry, Terrell, Mike, Oberle, Terry, Gauches, Joe, Jonas, Jackie, Fried, Hal, Hussey, Margaret, Aarthun, Steve, Eichhorn, Toni, Fichtner, Margaria, Cleveland, Montine, Stowers, Alan, Orr, Robert K., Williford, Kay, Berry, Sandi, DiBiccari, Bob, Johnson, Bill, Downard, Allen, Strother, Shelby, Gibson, Sandy, Gardner, Mike, Newcomer, Pattie, Haynes, Susan, Uzelac, Bob, Redfern, Judy, Bain, Bruce, Edge, Perry, Burke, Barbara, Lewis, Joe, Emmons, Richard, Keeler, Garland, Permar, Pam, DeWitt, Susan, Hornbeck, Karen, Brown, Rosemary, Nelson, Nikki, Knight, Nancy, Wells, Trudie, May, Judy, Wille, Paul, Toy, Betty, Waters, Hal, and Newton, Judy

Abstract

vol. 79 no. 21, Rick Norcross isn't a wayward captain, but a former Southern student visting the campus. He has been singing in England to earn money to return to college next year. (p. 1) -- Tim Skidmore, recently elected president of the student body, expresses his views about SGA with SOUTHERN reporter Perry Edge. (p. 1) -- "He Is Risen" (p. 1). Winners of the Pi Delta Epsilon creative writing contest are: (l to r) David Swoyer, first place in poetry; Russell Meachem, honorable mention in poetry; Dick Haynes, second place in prose. Not pictures is David Winkler, who took first place and honorable mention in the prose division. (p. 2). Eddie League scores on a single by Steve Hockensmith during a four-run uprising in the first inning against William and Mary last Friday. (p. 5). Dave Honeycutt belts a homer in this game between TKE and PiKA. Pike edged TKE on a seventh inning home run, 9-8. (p. 6)., 1-6

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2017

2. The Southern 1966-03-11

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Buzzelli, Jerry, Terrell, Mike, Oberle, Terry, Gauches, Joe, Jonas, Jackie, Fried, Hal, Hussey, Margaret, Aarthun, Steve, Eichhorn, Toni, Fichtner, Margaria, Cleveland, Montine, Stowers, Alan, Orr, Robert K., Williford, Kay, Berry, Sandi, DiBiccari, Bob, Johnson, Bill, Downard, Allen, Strother, Shelby, Gibson, Sandy, Gardner, Mike, Newcomer, Pattie, Haynes, Susan, Uzelac, Bob, Redfern, Judy, Bain, Bruce, Edge, Perry, Burke, Barbara, Lewis, Joe, Emmons, Richard, Keeler, Garland, Permar, Pam, DeWitt, Susan, Hornbeck, Karen, Brown, Rosemary, Nelson, Nikki, Knight, Nancy, Wells, Trudie, May, Judy, Wille, Paul, Toy, Betty, Waters, Hal, Newton, Judy, Buzzelli, Jerry, Terrell, Mike, Oberle, Terry, Gauches, Joe, Jonas, Jackie, Fried, Hal, Hussey, Margaret, Aarthun, Steve, Eichhorn, Toni, Fichtner, Margaria, Cleveland, Montine, Stowers, Alan, Orr, Robert K., Williford, Kay, Berry, Sandi, DiBiccari, Bob, Johnson, Bill, Downard, Allen, Strother, Shelby, Gibson, Sandy, Gardner, Mike, Newcomer, Pattie, Haynes, Susan, Uzelac, Bob, Redfern, Judy, Bain, Bruce, Edge, Perry, Burke, Barbara, Lewis, Joe, Emmons, Richard, Keeler, Garland, Permar, Pam, DeWitt, Susan, Hornbeck, Karen, Brown, Rosemary, Nelson, Nikki, Knight, Nancy, Wells, Trudie, May, Judy, Wille, Paul, Toy, Betty, Waters, Hal, and Newton, Judy

Abstract

vol. 79 no. 19, Thinking students are these: (Left) Robert Standifer, first place winnter in the "I Think" speech contest, and Vicki Shannon, second place winner. (p. 1) -- This is an artist's view of the million-dollar-plus library to be built on the Florida Southern College campus. The modernistic library was designed by Nils Schweizer & Associates, Winter Park, to harmonize with Florida Southern's Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (p. 1) -- Memebers of the press are seated (left to right), Cleve Hamm, Cortland Anderson and Leo Stalnaker. Representing the lawyer's side of the "case" are standing, Thomas Perkins and Eugene Harris. Also standing (center) is moderator Steve Aarthun. (p. 1). Southern students in a tutorial session in Spanish Literature. Left to right: Jan Martin, Prof. Esquer, Kay Page and Carolyn Hicks. (p. 3). Women's dormitory of College when located at Sutherland, now Palm Harbor. The College was located here from 1901 - 1921. (p. 4) -- Fire swept the women's dormitory of Sutherland in January, 1921. Much of the College was destroyed and the campus was moved to Clearwater Beach. (p. 4) -- Clearwater Beach, 1922, the College was again struck by fire. Six temporary buildings were destroyed and that same year the college was moved to the permanent Lakeland location. (p. 4) -- Frank Lloyd Wright (left) pictured with his student, Nils Schweizer, during the construction of Polk Science. Schweizer continued with Wright's theme for campus buildings. (p. 4). The former Lambda Chi Alpha house which is located on McDonald Street. (p. 5) -- The Kappa Sigma house when the fraternity was located off-campus. (p. 5). Inger Horn (p. 6). Baby Mocs Face Amherst J.V. In Season Opener / Junior Varsity Shell (p. 7) -- Bill Ingram (p. 7) -- Jim Steward (p. 7) -- Howard Harvill (p. 7) -- Paul Wilhelmsen (p. 7) -- Brian Weaver (p. 7) -- Jim Goforth (p. 7) -- John Wilcox (p. 7) -- Dave Robertson (p. 7) -- Dale Hamm (p. 7) -- Kurt Hoch (p. 7). Members of the varsity track team are front row, 1-8

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2017

3. The Southern 1965-11-19

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Stover, Allen, Terrell, Mike, Oberle, Terry, Jonas, Jackie, Fried, Hal, Gauches, Joe, Stowers, Alan, Buzzelli, Jerry, Hussey, Margaret, Fichtner, Margaria, Eichhorn, Toni, Cleveland, Montine, Orr, Robert K., Aarthun, Steve, Williford, Kay, Haynes, Susan, Tippins, John, Burke, Barbara, Berry, Sandi, Bain, Bruce, Edge, Perry, Redfern, Judy, Wells, Wally, Weaver, Jay, Uzelac, Robert, Strother, Shelby, Reece, Thomas, Pontius, Pat, Newcomer, Pat, Lewis, Joe A., Gibson, Sandra, Gardner, Mike, Emmons, Richard, Downard, Allen, DiBiccari, Bob, Tibbitts, Fred, Bowden, Betsy, Wellington, Roger, DeWitt, Susan, Thornal, Ben, MacDuff, Bonnie, Haynes, Dick, Brown, Rosemary, Nelson, Nikki, Hornbeck, Karen, Knight, Nancy, Wells, Trudie, Moreira, Domingo, May, Judy, Wille, Paul, Toy, Betty, Waters, Hal, Newton, Judy, Stover, Allen, Terrell, Mike, Oberle, Terry, Jonas, Jackie, Fried, Hal, Gauches, Joe, Stowers, Alan, Buzzelli, Jerry, Hussey, Margaret, Fichtner, Margaria, Eichhorn, Toni, Cleveland, Montine, Orr, Robert K., Aarthun, Steve, Williford, Kay, Haynes, Susan, Tippins, John, Burke, Barbara, Berry, Sandi, Bain, Bruce, Edge, Perry, Redfern, Judy, Wells, Wally, Weaver, Jay, Uzelac, Robert, Strother, Shelby, Reece, Thomas, Pontius, Pat, Newcomer, Pat, Lewis, Joe A., Gibson, Sandra, Gardner, Mike, Emmons, Richard, Downard, Allen, DiBiccari, Bob, Tibbitts, Fred, Bowden, Betsy, Wellington, Roger, DeWitt, Susan, Thornal, Ben, MacDuff, Bonnie, Haynes, Dick, Brown, Rosemary, Nelson, Nikki, Hornbeck, Karen, Knight, Nancy, Wells, Trudie, Moreira, Domingo, May, Judy, Wille, Paul, Toy, Betty, Waters, Hal, and Newton, Judy

Abstract

vol. 79 no. 11, Journalism forum featured from left to right: Jess McCord, Jacquie Bell, Melvin Estroff, Cleve Hamm, Tom Hughes, Duane McConnell, and Jack Pridgen. Standing is Kay Williford, Pi Delta Epsilon president. (p. 1) -- Ben Thornal talks with three of The Platters after last week's SGA-sponsored concert. (p. 1). Scott Fitzgerald goes up for two despite attempted block by Tom Conner. Action came in a Red-White Intra-squad tilt. (p. 5) -- The ball at the other end of the field is anxiously watched by the teams, during a recent Intramural football game. (p. 5). Soccer Mocs Mike Sheiman and Jim Yeatts control the ball in Southern's 2-1 victory over Rollins last Saturday. In the third picture, Sheiman sets up a shot, one of 38 taken by the Mocs as they clinched the conference championship. (p. 6)., 1-6

Published
2017

4. The Southern 1966-04-22

Author

Buzzelli, Jerry, Terrell, Mike, Oberle, Terry, Gauches, Joe, Jonas, Jackie, Fried, Hal, Hussey, Margaret, Aarthun, Steve, Eichhorn, Toni, Fichtner, Margaria, Cleveland, Montine, Stowers, Alan, Orr, Robert K., Williford, Kay, Berry, Sandi, DiBiccari, Bob, Johnson, Bill, Downard, Allen, Strother, Shelby, Gibson, Sandy, Gardner, Mike, Newcomer, Pattie, Haynes, Susan, Uzelac, Bob, Redfern, Judy, Bain, Bruce, Edge, Perry, Burke, Barbara, Lewis, Joe, Emmons, Richard, Keeler, Garland, Permar, Pam, DeWitt, Susan, Hornbeck, Karen, Brown, Rosemary, Nelson, Nikki, Knight, Nancy, Wells, Trudie, May, Judy, Wille, Paul, Toy, Betty, Waters, Hal, Newton, Judy, Buzzelli, Jerry, Terrell, Mike, Oberle, Terry, Gauches, Joe, Jonas, Jackie, Fried, Hal, Hussey, Margaret, Aarthun, Steve, Eichhorn, Toni, Fichtner, Margaria, Cleveland, Montine, Stowers, Alan, Orr, Robert K., Williford, Kay, Berry, Sandi, DiBiccari, Bob, Johnson, Bill, Downard, Allen, Strother, Shelby, Gibson, Sandy, Gardner, Mike, Newcomer, Pattie, Haynes, Susan, Uzelac, Bob, Redfern, Judy, Bain, Bruce, Edge, Perry, Burke, Barbara, Lewis, Joe, Emmons, Richard, Keeler, Garland, Permar, Pam, DeWitt, Susan, Hornbeck, Karen, Brown, Rosemary, Nelson, Nikki, Knight, Nancy, Wells, Trudie, May, Judy, Wille, Paul, Toy, Betty, Waters, Hal, and Newton, Judy

Abstract

vol. 79 no. 23, Bill Curry, defensive linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, will be the guest speaker at Florida Southern's Annual Athletic Banquet. (p. 1) -- Wanda Crowell is chosen to reign as Miss Interlachen for 1966. (p. 1). Fashions on the Avenue are modeled by (l. to r.) Ann McGill, Jean Manston, Karen Stanley and Joyce Jones. (p. 2). Judi Eubanks, SEA president (left), presents Jane Downing the $100 J. Ogden Nash scholarship. (p. 4). Mack Brown (p. 5) -- Pitcher Charlie Simmons throws to Steve Hockensmith for pickoff attempt on Tampa baserunner. Hockensmith fumbled ball with runner advancing to third. (p. 5). A close play at home in Intramural Softball action. (p. 6) -- These three seniors on the Southern tennis team closed out their careers last weekend in the Florida Intercollegiate Conference tennis tourney at Winter Park. The tree Moc seniors left to right: Roger Levine, Steve Black and Stan Cushman is from Miami. The Moc netters won four matches, most in quite a few years. Rollins was highly favored to win the title. (p. 6)., 1-6

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2017

5. The Southern 1965-11-05

Author

Stover, Allen, Terrell, Mike, Oberle, Terry, Jonas, Jackie, Fried, Hal, Gauches, Joe, Stowers, Alan, Buzzelli, Jerry, Hussey, Margaret, Fichtner, Margaria, Eichhorn, Toni, Cleveland, Montine, Orr, Robert K., Aarthun, Steve, Williford, Kay, Haynes, Susan, Tippins, John, Burke, Barbara, Berry, Sandi, Bain, Bruce, Edge, Perry, Redfern, Judy, Wells, Wally, Weaver, Jay, Uzelac, Robert, Strother, Shelby, Reece, Thomas, Pontius, Pat, Newcomer, Pat, Lewis, Joe A., Gibson, Sandra, Gardner, Mike, Emmons, Richard, Downard, Allen, DiBiccari, Bob, Tibbitts, Fred, Bowden, Betsy, Wellington, Roger, DeWitt, Susan, Thornal, Ben, MacDuff, Bonnie, Haynes, Dick, Brown, Rosemary, Nelson, Nikki, Hornbeck, Karen, Knight, Nancy, Wells, Trudie, Moreira, Domingo, May, Judy, Wille, Paul, Toy, Betty, Waters, Hal, Newton, Judy, Stover, Allen, Terrell, Mike, Oberle, Terry, Jonas, Jackie, Fried, Hal, Gauches, Joe, Stowers, Alan, Buzzelli, Jerry, Hussey, Margaret, Fichtner, Margaria, Eichhorn, Toni, Cleveland, Montine, Orr, Robert K., Aarthun, Steve, Williford, Kay, Haynes, Susan, Tippins, John, Burke, Barbara, Berry, Sandi, Bain, Bruce, Edge, Perry, Redfern, Judy, Wells, Wally, Weaver, Jay, Uzelac, Robert, Strother, Shelby, Reece, Thomas, Pontius, Pat, Newcomer, Pat, Lewis, Joe A., Gibson, Sandra, Gardner, Mike, Emmons, Richard, Downard, Allen, DiBiccari, Bob, Tibbitts, Fred, Bowden, Betsy, Wellington, Roger, DeWitt, Susan, Thornal, Ben, MacDuff, Bonnie, Haynes, Dick, Brown, Rosemary, Nelson, Nikki, Hornbeck, Karen, Knight, Nancy, Wells, Trudie, Moreira, Domingo, May, Judy, Wille, Paul, Toy, Betty, Waters, Hal, and Newton, Judy

Abstract

vol. 79 no. 09, Dean Eicholtz (p. 1) -- Dr. Hugh Anderson exhibits form that made him one of the Scotland's all-time soccer greats, the equivalent of an All-American. (p. 1). "Listen Honeycutt, we aren't lost, it's just that the rest of the Company is . . . (p. 2). Peering through a newly acquired 10-inch telescope, Prof. George Robinson may be looking for the donor of a small plot of ground on which the College can build an observatory. (p 4). Even headstands couldn't help the Mocs in last Friday's soccer game, as Miami shut them down 4-0. (p. 5) -- Terry Darby (p. 5)., 1-6

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2017

6. The Southern 1965-10-22

Author

Stover, Allen, Terrell, Mike, Oberle, Terry, Jonas, Jackie, Fried, Hal, Gauches, Joe, Stowers, Alan, Buzzelli, Jerry, Hussey, Margaret, Fichtner, Margaria, Eichhorn, Toni, Cleveland, Montine, Orr, Robert K., Aarthun, Steve, Williford, Kay, Haynes, Susan, Tippins, John, Burke, Barbara, Berry, Sandi, Bain, Bruce, Edge, Perry, Redfern, Judy, Wells, Wally, Weaver, Jay, Uzelac, Robert, Strother, Shelby, Reece, Thomas, Pontius, Pat, Newcomer, Pat, Lewis, Joe A., Gibson, Sandra, Gardner, Mike, Emmons, Richard, Downard, Allen, DiBiccari, Bob, Tibbitts, Fred, Bowden, Betsy, Wellington, Roger, DeWitt, Susan, Thornal, Ben, MacDuff, Bonnie, Haynes, Dick, Brown, Rosemary, Nelson, Nikki, Hornbeck, Karen, Knight, Nancy, Wells, Trudie, Moreira, Domingo, May, Judy, Wille, Paul, Toy, Betty, Waters, Hal, Newton, Judy, Stover, Allen, Terrell, Mike, Oberle, Terry, Jonas, Jackie, Fried, Hal, Gauches, Joe, Stowers, Alan, Buzzelli, Jerry, Hussey, Margaret, Fichtner, Margaria, Eichhorn, Toni, Cleveland, Montine, Orr, Robert K., Aarthun, Steve, Williford, Kay, Haynes, Susan, Tippins, John, Burke, Barbara, Berry, Sandi, Bain, Bruce, Edge, Perry, Redfern, Judy, Wells, Wally, Weaver, Jay, Uzelac, Robert, Strother, Shelby, Reece, Thomas, Pontius, Pat, Newcomer, Pat, Lewis, Joe A., Gibson, Sandra, Gardner, Mike, Emmons, Richard, Downard, Allen, DiBiccari, Bob, Tibbitts, Fred, Bowden, Betsy, Wellington, Roger, DeWitt, Susan, Thornal, Ben, MacDuff, Bonnie, Haynes, Dick, Brown, Rosemary, Nelson, Nikki, Hornbeck, Karen, Knight, Nancy, Wells, Trudie, Moreira, Domingo, May, Judy, Wille, Paul, Toy, Betty, Waters, Hal, and Newton, Judy

Abstract

vol. 79 no. 7, Steve Bowles President (p. 1) -- Sue Clay Vice-President (p. 1) -- Anderson (p. 1). Freshman Jill Albert learns sad lesson of sticky pledge pin. (p. 2)., 1-4

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2017

7. The Southern 1965-12-10

Author

Terrell, Mike, Oberle, Terry, Jonas, Jackie, Fried, Hal, Gauches, Joe, Stowers, Alan, Buzzelli, Jerry, Hussey, Margaret, Fichtner, Margaria, Eichhorn, Toni, Cleveland, Montine, Orr, Robert K., Aarthun, Steve, Williford, Kay, Wille, Paul, Toy, Betty, Waters, Hal, Newton, Judy, Terrell, Mike, Oberle, Terry, Jonas, Jackie, Fried, Hal, Gauches, Joe, Stowers, Alan, Buzzelli, Jerry, Hussey, Margaret, Fichtner, Margaria, Eichhorn, Toni, Cleveland, Montine, Orr, Robert K., Aarthun, Steve, Williford, Kay, Wille, Paul, Toy, Betty, Waters, Hal, and Newton, Judy

Abstract

vol. 79 no. 12, Mike Huber (43) watches as Scott Fitzgerald (22) shoots a basket during the Citrus Invitational in the new George Jenkins Field House. (p. 1) -- Donning civilian attire after 29 years in an army uniform, Lt. Col. Mack Gieger, right, is welcomed to his new post as Florida Southern College's assistant dean of students by Dean Phillip Campbell. (p. 1). Roger Nichols, Sophomore Class president, presents Larry Bland, track coach, with a check for $135 for track uniforms as Dan Barber looks on. The check was a gift from the sophomores. (p. 2). Co-Captain Mike Huber (p. 3) -- Scott Fitzgerald (p. 3) -- Dave Spiro (p. 3) -- Gail Knappenberger (p. 3) -- Jerry Presley (p. 3) -- Coach Tom Greene (p. 3) -- Ellis Shaw (p. 3) -- Fred Lewis (p. 3) -- Tom Conner (p. 3) -- Rich Gensler (p. 3) -- Jim Hayes (p. 3) -- Co-Captain Dan Doherty (p. 3)., 1-4

Published
2017

8. Public access: at books & books, Mitchell Kaplan has created a great space--and a thriving community. (Shop Watch)

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
Booksellers -- Management -- Exhibitions, Book publishing -- Exhibitions, Authors -- Florida -- Behavior, Literature/writing, Company business management, Management, Exhibitions, Behavior
Abstract

MITCHELL KAPLAN MAY JUST BE THE MAN WHO PUT MIAMI ON THE literary map. The co-founder of the largest book fair in the country, the week-long Miami Book Fair International, [...]

Published
2001

9. Garden of renewal

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Margaria Fichtner MIAMI _ They have blossomed together, this reclaimed garden and this sweet, rescued man. ''This is where it was,'' Peter Rodriguez says, jiggling open the gate leading [...]

Published
2003

10. It's another world out there

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

THAT OLD ACE IN THE HOLE, by Annie Proulx; Scribner, 384 pages, $26. The Ace of Annie Proulx's title is hardly your usual trump card. He is Ace Crouch, the [...]

Published
2003

11. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST IN ABSENTIA

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST IN ABSENTIA (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

By MARGARIA FICHTNER, SPECIAL FROM THE MIAMI HERALD MIDDLE AGE: A Romance, by Joyce Carol Oates; Ecco/HarperCollins; 464 pp., $28. Two years ago in 'Broke Heart Blues,' her uproarious look [...]

Published
2001

13. AMALGATED JUMBLE CONVERGES ON A TOWN

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
AMALGATED JUMBLE CONVERGES ON A TOWN (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

By MARGARIA FICHTNER, Special from The Miami Herald JOHN HENRY DAYS: A Novel, by Colson Whitehead; Doubleday, 389 pp., $24.95. Race relations, the trivialization of modern culture, the weight of [...]

Published
2001

14. AS ARCHIVES DISAPPEAR

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
AS ARCHIVES DISAPPEAR (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

By MARGARIA FICHTNER, Special from The Miami Herald DOUBLE FOLD: Libraries and the Assault on Paper, by Nicholson Baker; Random House, 370 pp., $25.95. Righteous outrage can be a fine, [...]

Published
2001

15. WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION IN EVERYDAY LIFE (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

By MARGARIA FICHTNER, Special from The Miami Herald [...]

Published
2001

16. `When We Were Orphans,' by Kazuo Ishiguro; Knopf

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The novels of Kazuo Ishiguro are like sweat-drenched anxiety dreams. Whispered earnestly in our ear by self-deceptive narrators with whom we never quite feel comfortable and whose stories we never [...]

Published
2000

17. Couple pens Latina novel, `A Little Love'

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

'What happens is first we talk and take a lot of notes, discuss who the characters are going to be,' Carolina Hospital says. 'We need to agree on what they [...]

Published
2000

22. THE UNCONSOLED, by Kazuo Ishiguro; Knopf (534 pages, $25)

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
The Unconsoled (Novel) -- Criticism and interpretation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Travelers' advisory: If you ever find yourself in the lobby of the hotel that is the setting for much of Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and cruel new novel, turn smartly, stride [...]

Published
1995

23. SLEEPING AT THE STARLITE MOTEL: AND OTHER ADVENTURES ON THE WAY BACK HOME, by Bailey White; Addison-Wesley (238 pages, $20)

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
Sleeping at the Starlite Motel: And Other Adventures on the Way Back Home (Nonfiction work) -- Criticism and interpretation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

We were cleaning out a drawer the other day and found a small, dour-looking photograph of our Aunt Dorothy, one taken a few years ago for her church directory. Taped [...]

Published
1995

24. OF LOVE AND OTHER DEMONS, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman; Knopf (147 pages, $21)

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
Of Love and Other Demons (Novel) -- Criticism and interpretation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez always has insisted that the fantasy flooding his fiction arises not from a dark whirlpool of mysticism and absurdity but from his journalistic attitude [...]

Published
1995

25. Author Edwidge Danticat writes about being young, black, Haitian and female

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
Danticat, Edwidge -- Behavior -- Biography, Breath, Eyes, Memory (Novel) -- Criticism and interpretation, Women authors -- Behavior, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

It is 9:30 a.m., and the voice on the phone from Brooklyn _ a voice that at times seems to brim with loss and longing _ shudders a bit and [...]

Published
1995

26. THE MATISSE STORIES, by A.S. Byatt; Random (134 pages, $17)

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
The Matisse Stories (Short story collection) -- Criticism and interpretation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

After her wonderful fifth novel, the Booker Prize-winning ``Possession,'' was published in the United States in 1990, Antonia Susan Byatt told an interviewer that she ``would like to write the [...]

Published
1995

27. Coyotes are coming to town

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Abstract

Byline: Margaria Fichtner MIAMI _ They will announce themselves with mournful yowls rolling through the dusk, perhaps, their presence confirmed by footprints in the garden or a bushy form blurring […]

Published
2004

29. 'Chasing Churchill' provides portrait of an era

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Abstract

Byline: Margaria Fichtner "Chasing Churchill" by Celia Sandys; Carroll & Graf ($25) ___ Always, beneath the humid decadence, there has been a tinge of swank about this place, so when […]

Published
2004

30. FACE OF AN ANGEL, by Denise Chavez; Farrar Straus & Giroux (467 pages, $22)

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
Face of an Angel (Novel) -- Criticism and interpretation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Hot, gusting cultural crosswinds sweep through the southern borderlands of Denise Chavez's New Mexico. This is a place where mere day-to-day survival strains the bonds of family, religion and tradition, [...]

Published
1994

31. Romance novelist has Florida on her mind

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
Runaway (Novel) -- Criticism and interpretation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

When we meet her, Tara Brent has just hired on as a waitress at a New Orleans tavern, clearly an odd setting for such a jewel. Not only is Tara's [...]

Published
1994

33. This summer, books take readers to different worlds

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Abstract

Byline: Margaria Fichtner As summer temperatures spike almost to combustion, as mosquitoes and flapping blankets of humidity reduce our usual gentility to snarls of "Getmefreakingouttahere," we scurry toward summer's best […]

Published
2003

34. 'The Light of Day' by Graham Swift; Knopf

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
Swift, Graham
Abstract

Byline: Margaria Fichtner Well, yeah, babe, maybe they're all over the place here, the hard-luck private eye, the doll in trouble, the messy sex, the gruesome death, the smudgy cops, […]

Published
2003

37. 'Good Faith' by Jane Smiley; Knopf

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
Smiley, Jane
Abstract

Byline: Margaria Fichtner Well, here we are, back in the 1980s, that bubblebath of insolence and excess, so surely the most obvious of the zillions _ yeah, why not zillions? […]

Published
2003

38. 'Waiting for April: A Novel' by Scott M. Morris; Algonquin

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Abstract

Byline: Margaria Fichtner By the time Roy Collier, the narrator of this humid coming-of-age tale, gets to high school, he has learned almost everything worth knowing about Citrus, Fla., his […]

Published
2003

39. Murder, unknown writers, debut novels score big

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Abstract

Byline: Margaria Fichtner In these turbulent, strained, even shattering times, books _ usually so capable of transporting us away from everyday absurdities and stresses _ clearly have their work cut […]

Published
2002

40. 'That Old Ace in the Hole' by Annie Proulx; Scribner

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Abstract

Byline: Margaria Fichtner Just to get things squared from the start, from the "good a meet you" _ as one of the rough, proud and exhaustingly garrulous inhabitants of this […]

Published
2002

43. 'The Little Friend' by Donna Tartt; Knopf

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
Tartt, Donna
Abstract

Within just the first sentence of "The Secret History,' the high-minded thriller that turned her, at 28, into a hip-lit superstar, Donna Tartt managed to reveal not only that a […]

Published
2002

44. 'Caramelo: A Novel' by Sandra Cisneros; Knopf

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Subjects
Cisneros, Sandra
Abstract

If you were a child in the 1950s or early '60s, you remember summer vacations such as this. Well, maybe not PRECISELY like this one, but all those are-we-there-yet? lurches […]

Published
2002

48. 'The Whore's Child And Other Stories' by Richard Russo; Knopf

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Abstract

'Nice opening," the professor who narrates the title story of this disarming, sometimes maliciously amusing new collection scribbles in the margin of a student's paper. The student is an elderly, […]

Published
2002

49. Teen's writing talent is all in the family

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Abstract

Nick McDonell's conversation, like that of any 18-year-old, is a patchwork of "you knows," "sort ofs" and "I means," but its sweetest tic is that old heartfelt phrase, "To tell […]

Published
2002

50. Summer reads

Author

Fichtner, Margaria

Abstract

When the days stretch out before us like long roads to no place, when time festoons muggy afternoons with deep stretches of solitude and contemplation, when the fine line between […]

Published
2002

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