Tag Archives: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“100 Years of Solitude” vs. United Fruit

By Robin Bates | Published: June 25, 2012

In a battle between Garcia Marquez’s “100 Years of Solitude” and the corporate behemoth United Fruit, the novel ultimately won.

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Dear Frustrated in Love: Read a Classic

By Robin Bates | Published: January 25, 2012

Literature is better than any self help book for relationship guidance.

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The Favorite Books of American Presidents

By Robin Bates | Published: June 10, 2009

I’ve had fun discussing the reading of Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas over the last couple of days, and while I’ve come up dry on further posts about the Supreme Court and literature, it has given me the idea of periodically dipping into reading stories of other political figures. I’ll start a list here, beginning […]

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