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'Ethical Historian' William Lee Miller Has Died
latimes.com 2 days, 17 hours agoWilliam Lee Miller died in Manhattan on Tuesday at age 86. Although he had been ill, longtime publisher Knopf announced, he had continued writing. His latest book, "Two Americans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World," was published just last month. Miller, who was born in 1926, graduated from Yale in 1950; he stayed on to earn a PhD there in Reglious Social Ethics. He taught at Smith, Indiana University and Yale before settling down at the University of Virginia. He began publishing in the 1960s. He s
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Authors In L.A.: Buzz Bissinger, Richard Ford And Joe Pantoliano
latimes.com 3 days, 20 hours agoThe writer Buzz Bissinger, who appears in Pasadena on Tuesday (details below), has one of those names that feels made up for a superhero comic book. Over the years, however, the quality of his work has made him one of the finest narrative nonfiction writers we have. Bissinger, whose full name is Harry Gerard Bissinger III, is the author of three highly acclaimed nonfiction books , “Friday Night Lights,” “A Prayer for the City” and “Three Nights in August.” He’s written for Vanity Fair, the Daily Beast, Spor
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