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Celebrated writer George Saunders to appear in Tampa on February 18

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Acclaimed writer George Saunders will be making a rare appearance in Tampa next month, just days after the publication of his debut novel, Lincoln in the Bardo. Saunders will be at the Tampa Theatre on Saturday, February 18, at 2:30 p.m., in an appearance with 2016 National Book Foundation ‘5 Under 35’ honoree Thomas Pierce and LA Times Book Prize finalist David James Poissant for what the Tampa Theatre’s website calls “a landmark conversation about writing, humor, and the role of fiction in contemporary life.” The event is…

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.20.16 — Cleveland’s curse is history

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Congratulations to the city of Cleveland and fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers worldwide, after they defeated the Golden State Warriors in Game 7 of the NBA Finals last night, 93-89, bringing the city their first sports championship in 52 years. Okay, that wasn’t too difficult for me to type. As a lifelong Warriors fan, it’s a crushing feeling, having the team with the best regular season in history coming up just short, but the fact is, the better team won. Although the…

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Ron DeSantis slams White House over the “marketing” of Iran nuclear deal

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U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis says that while he always opposed the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran last year, he thought at worst they were simply naive about the Iranian regime. But after comments made last week by a top White House adviser on the marketing of the proposal, he says that “it was all a fraud.” “Basically this deal was initiated with Iran’s hardliners, negotiated with Iran’s hardliners, and is empowering Iran’s hardliners,” the Ponte Vedra Beach GOP Congressman and 2016 Senate candidate said…

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