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Doria Ragland was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to nurse Jeanette Arnold (1929–2000) and her second husband Alvin Azell Ragland (1929–2011), [3] an antiques dealer who sold items at flea markets. [4] Ragland's maternal grandparents, James and Nettie Arnold, respectively worked as a bellhop and an elevator operator at the Hotel St. Regis on ...
Doria Shafik was born on 14 December 1908 to Ahmad Chafik and Ratiba Nassif in Tanta, Egypt. [2] [3]: 3 She studied in a French mission primary school in Tanta and a Tanta secondary school for girls until 16 years. Then she studied the last 2 years of secondary education called bacaloria in Cairo.
In America is a 1999 novel by Susan Sontag. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction . [ 1 ] It is based on the true story of Polish actress Helena Modjeska (called Maryna Zalewska in the book), her arrival in California in 1876, and her ascendancy to American stardom.
"9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America" comes just in time as the country prepares to select the 45th U.S. president. Hopefully whoever's elected doesn't end up being number 10 on McClanahan's ...
American Book Review is a literary journal edited at the University of Houston-Victoria and published by the University of Nebraska Press. [1] Its mission is to "specialize in reviews of frequently neglected published works of fiction, poetry, and literary and cultural criticism from small, regional, university, ethnic, avant-garde, and women's presses."
IRL, Joan was arrested and sent to jail for 30 months just two weeks after her wedding to Boisie for using a stolen checkbook. After serving her sentence, she then got a job at a jewelry shop and ...
The full story behind the cookbook author's now-infamous conviction.
Joe Francis, born Jonah Frankel, [1] [9] was born on April 1, 1973, in Atlanta, Georgia, to parents Raymond and Maria Francis, the latter of whom was from Austria. [1] [10] According to Francis, when he was seven-years-old, the family moved to Newport Beach, California, where he attended Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Elementary School, and then a series of boarding schools. [11]