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June 6, 2008

Coming Sunday -- poets and presidents

This Sunday, check the Arts & Life cover for a look at a new book about the late Josephine Jacobsen, a Baltimorean who became U.S Poet Laureate. The 32-page chapbook, called Contents of a Minute., was published by fellow poet Elizabeth Spires, who was sounding-board, confidante, occasional editor and full-time friend to Jacobsen.

Inside, the Book page features a review of White House Ghosts, by Robert Schlesinger. The veteran reporter, who teaches at Boston University's Washington Journalism Center, draws on 90 interviews and voluminous archival material to examine the relationship between presidents and their wordsmiths.

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.
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