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Nicholson Baker

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Nicholson Baker (born January 7, 1957) is an American novelist and essayist. [1]

46 relations: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, American Newspaper Repository, Bill Clinton, Checkpoint (novel), Clothes dryer, Double Fold, Eastman School of Music, Fermata, George W. Bush, Giovanni Boccaccio, Haverford College, House of Holes, Human Smoke, James Madison Freedom of Information Award, John Updike, Joseph Pulitzer, Lewis Frumkes, Microform, Monica Lewinsky, National Book Critics Circle, New York City, New York World, Pacifism, Phone sex, Pornography, Random House, Rochester, New York, Room Temperature (novel), San Francisco Public Library, South Berwick, Maine, Stream of consciousness (narrative mode), The Anthologist, The Decameron, The Fermata, The Guardian, The Mezzanine, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Way the World Works, U and I: A True Story, Vox (Nicholson Baker novel), Washington, D.C., Wikipedia, World War II.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.

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American Newspaper Repository

The American Newspaper Repository is a charity whose purpose is to collect and preserve original copies of American newspapers.

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Checkpoint (novel)

Checkpoint is an American novel written by Nicholson Baker in 2004.

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Clothes dryer

A clothes dryer, tumble dryer, drying machine or dryer is a powered household appliance that is used to remove moisture from a load of clothing, bedding and other textiles, usually shortly after they are washed in a washing machine.

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Double Fold

Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper is a non-fiction book by Nicholson Baker that was published in April 2001.

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Eastman School of Music

The Eastman School of Music is a comprehensive school of music located in Rochester, New York.

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Fermata

A fermata ("from fermare, to stay, or stop"; also known as a hold, pause, colloquially a birdseye or cyclops eye, or as a grand pause when placed on a note or a rest) is a symbol of musical notation indicating that the note should be prolonged beyond the normal duration its note value would indicate.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio (16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist.

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Haverford College

Haverford College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania.

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House of Holes

House of Holes: A Book of Raunch is a 2011 novel by American writer Nicholson Baker.

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Human Smoke

Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization is a 2008 book by Nicholson Baker about World War II.

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James Madison Freedom of Information Award

The James Madison Freedom of Information Award is a San Francisco Bay Area honor given to individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to the advancement of freedom of expression, particularly freedom of information (as in freedom of information legislation and open government).

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John Updike

John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic.

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Joseph Pulitzer

Joseph J. Pulitzer (born József Pulitzer; April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World.

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Lewis Frumkes

Lewis Frumkes is an American educator, humorist and writer.

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Microform

Microforms are scaled-down reproductions of documents, typically either films or paper, made for the purposes of transmission, storage, reading, and printing.

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Monica Lewinsky

Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American activist, television personality, fashion designer, and former White House intern.

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National Book Critics Circle

The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) is an American nonprofit organization (501(c)(3)) with nearly 600 members.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York World

The New York World was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 until 1931.

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Pacifism

Pacifism is opposition to war, militarism, or violence.

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Phone sex

Phone sex is a conversation between two or more people on the phone where one or more of the individuals is describing the act of sex.

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Pornography

Pornography (often abbreviated porn) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal.

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Random House

Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.

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Rochester, New York

Rochester is a city on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in western New York.

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Room Temperature (novel)

Room Temperature is Nicholson Baker's second book, and continues the genre established in his first novel The Mezzanine, though this time the action spans a few minutes at the narrator's home (in Quincy, Massachusetts).

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San Francisco Public Library

The San Francisco Public Library is the public library system of the city of San Francisco.

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South Berwick, Maine

South Berwick is a town in York County, Maine, United States.

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Stream of consciousness (narrative mode)

In literary criticism, stream of consciousness is a narrative mode or method that attempts to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind.

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The Anthologist

The Anthologist is a novel about poetry by Nicholson Baker which was first published in 2009.

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The Decameron

The Decameron (Italian title: "Decameron" or "Decamerone"), subtitled "Prince Galehaut" (Old Prencipe Galeotto and sometimes nicknamed "Umana commedia", "Human comedy"), is a collection of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375).

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The Fermata

The Fermata is a 1994 novel by Nicholson Baker.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Mezzanine

The Mezzanine (1988) is the first novel by Nicholson Baker, about what goes through a man's mind during a modern lunch break.

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The New York Review of Books

The New York Review of Books (or NYREV or NYRB) is a semi-monthly magazine with articles on literature, culture, economics, science and current affairs.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The New York Times Magazine

The New York Times Magazine is a Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The Way the World Works

The Way the World Works is a 2012 book by Nicholson Baker that collects thirty-four previously published essays together.

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U and I: A True Story

U and I: A True Story is a non-fiction book by Nicholson Baker that was published in 1991.

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Vox (Nicholson Baker novel)

Vox is a 1992 novel by Nicholson Baker.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free encyclopedia that is based on a model of openly editable content.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholson_Baker

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