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Monday, May 06, 2013

The Two-Way

Book News: Harper Lee Says Literary Agent Exploited Her Health

Harper Lee smiles before receiving the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House in Washington, D.C.

May 6, 2013 Also: Historian Niall Ferguson apologizes for John Maynard Keynes comments; the best books coming out this week.

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Monday, April 08, 2013

The Two-Way

Book News: Chile Prepares To Exhume Pablo Neruda's Remains

Chilean poet Pablo Neruda arrives in Capri, Italy, in 1952.

April 8, 2013 Also: The EU approves the merger between Penguin and Random House; Lemony Snicket describes the dangers of mayonnaise; and the best books coming out this week.

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Monday, February 11, 2013

The Two-Way

Book News: Pablo Neruda's Body Will Be Exhumed For Autopsy

Chilean poet and diplomat Pablo Neruda in Stockholm with his wife Matilda after he received the Nobel Prize for literature.

February 11, 2013 Also: our pick of the best books coming out this week; the 50th anniversary of Sylvia Plath's death; and the real identity of a popular romance novelist.

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Friday, June 03, 2011

The Two-Way

Was Poet Pablo Neruda Poisoned In 1973? Chile Will Investigate

Pablo Neruda in October, 1971.

June 3, 2011 While the Nobel laureate's family says he died of prostate cancer, his driver has recently claimed Neruda was poisoned — possibly under orders from Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

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