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Bebe Buell, Rock ’n’ Roll Muse, Sings Her Own Song

Decades after those wild nights at Max’s Kansas City and her many rock-star romances, she is making the case for herself.

By George Gurley

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A ‘Greenwich Village’ on the Prairie

When Mari Sandoz, chronicler of frontier life, fled the Sandhills of Nebraska, she found fertile creative ground among the poets and artists of Lincoln. Exploring her world.

By Carson Vaughan

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A Joan Didion Party at the New York Public Library

Writers and editors celebrated the author, and sampled her recipes, at a party commemorating the library’s acquisition of her voluminous archive.

By Alex Vadukul

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John Underwood, Stylish Sportswriter and Author, Dies at 88

After a fishing trip with Ted Williams in 1967, he collaborated with the baseball great on two books. He also helped the University of Alabama football coach Bear Bryant write his autobiography.

By Richard Sandomir