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they look to people like james -- james merrill. since that time, over the 30 plus years, the seminar has stuck to that same four-day format. it is an investigation of a particular literary theme. anyway you can divide contemporary american literature, we have had seminars devoted by biography an autobiography, seminars devoted to poetry as well as in a particular sense the poetry of elizabeth bishop. we have looked at the popular crime fiction genre. we did a seminar called the dark side. a lot of really wonderful big-name crime writers. we delve into nonfiction through a variety of topics. one of the things we like to do is explore how nonfiction writing and fiction talk to one another and how a biographer or historian can learn something from an all of us -- from a novelist. >> the idea that writing can restore something to us, biography is an act of recovery. it is applicable to both biography and fiction. here is another thing the two , we areve in common desperate for information about how other people live because we want to
they look to people like james -- james merrill. since that time, over the 30 plus years, the seminar has stuck to that same four-day format. it is an investigation of a particular literary theme. anyway you can divide contemporary american literature, we have had seminars devoted by biography an autobiography, seminars devoted to poetry as well as in a particular sense the poetry of elizabeth bishop. we have looked at the popular crime fiction genre. we did a seminar called the dark side. a...
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tennessee williams, richard wilbur, james merrill, ralph ellison. just an amazing number of writers who have lived in key west and whose works have been impacted by key west. we try to make sure literary heritage in key west is not just something you read about, but something that is ongoing and a living tradition. that key west remains a place for great writers to live and work and for passionate and engaged readers to spend time and participate in that history. >> david mcconell is the author of "american honor killings." he sat down with the c-span cities tour in key west to talk about his book. is provocative, i guess. i wanted to describe killing, accounts of several murders and cases where game and have been killed by straight men or people who think they are straight or ostensibly straight or identifying as straight at the time. the reason i called it honor killings is because i want to focus on the criminals in this and i wanted to examine the psychology that goes behind all of this. after looking at it very carefully, i decided that was wha
tennessee williams, richard wilbur, james merrill, ralph ellison. just an amazing number of writers who have lived in key west and whose works have been impacted by key west. we try to make sure literary heritage in key west is not just something you read about, but something that is ongoing and a living tradition. that key west remains a place for great writers to live and work and for passionate and engaged readers to spend time and participate in that history. >> david mcconell is the...
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let's bring back james barty from bank of america-merrill lynch. restructuring is a theme. geable about what happened with greece. here is ukraine. is this a progressive step? james: if you look at what the imf says about debt burden, it has to be affordable. greece and other countries that need to restructure debt, you need to bring down debt levels to levels they can afford to repay. the key point is getting into the right level where the country can afford to pay it and the creditors get what they can. francine: the key point is how you put it, it needs to be affordable. james: christine lagarde and the imf have said that. you need to get a point where the country can afford to service its debt obligations. francine: the fed is dialing back expectations of a rate hike next month two days after dennis lockhart said china's slowdown and the oil slump or complicating the outlook. the new york fed president casting more doubt. >> the decision to begin the normalization process at the september fomc meeting seems less compelling than it was a few weeks ago. normalization could
let's bring back james barty from bank of america-merrill lynch. restructuring is a theme. geable about what happened with greece. here is ukraine. is this a progressive step? james: if you look at what the imf says about debt burden, it has to be affordable. greece and other countries that need to restructure debt, you need to bring down debt levels to levels they can afford to repay. the key point is getting into the right level where the country can afford to pay it and the creditors get...
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merrill piece moving that stock. i think it goes back to 18. >> it's no lebron james of banking.etflix choosing to not renew its streaming cop tent with epix. a big deal? >> no. the epix deal disadvantaged netflix. it wasn't exclusive to netflix, number one. number two, the delay in terms of them getting films versus others was much too long. they're going to reallocate that money. they spent $150 million on their own production. it's a great deal. disney paying $25 million a film versus $10 million to epix but they have the exclusive to it. not a big deal. >> jcpenney a buy to a hold. >> i think the analysts are coming out around now and bringing this stock from where it was 18 months ago at a sell back to a hold and now to a buy. 9.25 to me, it's running into upside resistance. the rest of retail really not doing as well. i'm not a big fan of that space right now. i would be selling into the advance of jcpenney. >> a buy rating and $60 price target on fitbit. >> if their assumption is right about this company's platform will truly mean going forward, then the stock does get to
merrill piece moving that stock. i think it goes back to 18. >> it's no lebron james of banking.etflix choosing to not renew its streaming cop tent with epix. a big deal? >> no. the epix deal disadvantaged netflix. it wasn't exclusive to netflix, number one. number two, the delay in terms of them getting films versus others was much too long. they're going to reallocate that money. they spent $150 million on their own production. it's a great deal. disney paying $25 million a film...