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William T. Vollmann - Book People - Pictures
William T. Vollmann - Book People - Pictures
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Japan's Emperor Akihito, sitting in a chair, listens to a poem during the annual verse reading
ceremony with Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito, third left, and Prince Akishino, second left,
at Imperial Palace in Tokyo Jan. 12, 2006. Naruhito and his wife, Crown Princess Masako, penned
"tanka" poems about their 4-year-old daughter Aiko, who could become Japan's first reigning
empress in more than two centuries.
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This image, released by Rajaa al-Sanie on Thursday Dec. 14, 2005, shows the Saudi author in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Al-Sanie's book, "The Girls of Riyadh," has sparked controversy in Saudi
Arabia for tackling issues about the love lives and dreams of Saudi women, issues society there
doesn't talk about. The book, published in Lebanon in September, has been selling so fast that its
publisher is printing a third edition.
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Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, left, thanks the President of Nicaragua, Enrique Bolanos, after
receiving Nicaragua's highest cultural award, the Ruben Dario Cultural Order, during a ceremony in
Managua, Nicaragua, on Tuesday Jan. 3, 2006.
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Author William T. Vollmann poses in his studio in Sacramento, Calif., with his novel "Europe
Central," for which he won the National Book Award for fiction in 2005.
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Former TV show host Ed McMahon attends a signing ceremony for his new book "Here's Johnny! My
Memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show And 46 Years Of Friendship" at Book Soup on Dec. 8,
2005, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Matthew Simmons/Getty Images)
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Sir Paul McCartney reads to children from Princes Plain Primary School as he launches his first
children's book "High In The Clouds" at Waterstone's, Piccadilly, in London on Dec. 14, 2005.
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TV personality Sharon Osbourne signs copies of her autobiography "Extreme" at Waterstone's
Oxford Street, London on Dec. 9, 2005.
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