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Home again, home again; A new novel finds Minneapolis writer Alison McGhee reimagining the small town where she grew up.(ENTERTAINMENT)
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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April 6, 2003
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- Habich, John
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Byline: John Habich; Staff Writer
Her instincts keep leading Alison McGhee back to the same place.
For her third novel, the prize-winning Minneapolis writer went straight to Sterns, the upstate New York hamlet that served as the backdrop to her first two: a reimagined version of her hometown, with a little grocery store, twin churches and plain-spoken people full of woe and compassion.
"It's the landscape of my heart," McGhee said, "and my writing is all about heart."
Her new book, "Was It Beautiful?" is about the broken heart of William T. Jones. He can't face his job or his friends or even the tinkling of wind chimes, beclouded by anguish after his only son ...
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Return ofthe native MOTHERWELL MOTHERWELL Mark McGhee left Scottish...
The Sunday Herald;
June 17, 2007 ;
Michael Grant;
787 words
...MARK McGhee and Gordon Strachan realised they were...came their way from Sir Alex Ferguson. McGhee once defended Strachan when he was on the...as thieves. Strachan was the best man at McGhee's wedding. They left Scottish football...
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Sooner boomer: As McGhee grows up, Oklahoma reaps the benefits.
The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);
March 18, 2002 ;
708 words
...Byline: Keith Whitmire Oklahoma forward Aaron McGhee once ate a worm for $15. That was the old Aaron McGhee, the one who liked to shoot soft jumpers...constant barking of OU coach Kelvin Sampson, McGhee might eat the worm for free. Heck, he might...
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Oklahoma's McGhee finds strength in his past while looking to future
University Wire;
April 4, 2002 ;
Lisa Munn;
787 words
......Daily) (U-WIRE) NORMAN, Okla. -- Aaron McGhee has gone from a Cincinnati unknown to...overnight. Growing up in Aurora, Ill., McGhee didn't know where he was headed in life...17 rebounds against Chicago Gage Park, McGhee said. I never had a big game like that...
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Play-off chance for McGhee to make his mark; Stewart Fisher says seasoned...
The Sunday Herald;
May 30, 2004 ;
Stewart Fisher;
731 words
......play-offs must die by the play-offs. Mark McGhee has more knowledge than most of the unwritten...promotion of his career. Like the Seagulls, McGhee's job prospects will be soaring again...last 13 years, this afternoon will be McGhee's 592nd game in charge, a tally which...
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McGhee overcomes serious injuries and now tries to make women's Dream...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;
January 26, 1996 ;
Spence, Mike;
787 words
...COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ Carla McGhee remembers when playing basketball in the...brushing her teeth. There was a time when McGhee couldn't do the simplest things for herself...important or even possible. As a freshman, McGhee played on Tennessee's 1986-87 NCAA championship...
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Sooner boomer: As McGhee grows up, Oklahoma reaps the benefits.(The Dallas...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;
March 18, 2002 ;
Whitmire, Keith;
736 words
...Oklahoma forward Aaron McGhee once ate a worm for $15. That was the old Aaron McGhee, the one who liked to shoot soft jumpers instead...the constant barking of OU coach Kelvin Sampson, McGhee might eat the worm for free. Heck, he might eat...
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PATIENCE PAYS OFF FOR FORMER BEARCAT MCGHEE, OU IN FINAL FOUR.(SPORTS)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);
March 25, 2002 ;
343 words
......Daily Oklahoman SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Aaron McGhee is used to waiting. He knows what it's...than what he's been through. After all, McGhee has learned to be patient. Think about...his stuff at Oklahoma. So Saturday, when McGhee sat out a torturous 13-plus minute span...
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McGHEE'S MEN IN FOUL MOOD; Fortune favours the brave: Nancy striker...
The Daily Mail (London, England);
October 3, 2008 ;
787 words
......2 (AS Nancy win 3-0 on aggregate) MARK McGHEE had delivered the warning. Be smart, be...efficiency of a Michelin-starred chef. McGhee's dreams of dining alongside continental...was to be so brutally brief. Pre-match, McGhee had highlighted the highly dubious free-ki...
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McGhee's praise for Molineux sparklers.(Football)
The Birmingham Post (England);
October 31, 2001 ;
596 words
......Scott It was Guy Fawkes' night when Mark McGhee took his leave as manager of Wolverhampton...after his sacking, it's Hallowe'en and McGhee returns to Molineux as manager of Millwall...Saturday's 4-0 away win at Stockport County, McGhee admitted: 'It's certainly no ordinary...
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McGhee finds toughness, future in NBA Muscular Sooner no longer plays...
Chicago Sun-Times;
March 17, 2002 ;
Len Ziehm;
446 words
......Not every college coach envisioned Aaron McGhee's potential when he left East Aurora High...When Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson saw McGhee, he knew there was potential--but plenty...like Godzilla, but he played like a nun." McGhee has come a long way as he leads the Sooners...
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Football M's the word with McGhee; M people's promoter rising up the...
The Birmingham Post (England);
March 31, 2001 ;
787 words
...It's still a bit of a puzzle to Mark McGhee as to why he never took Wolverhampton...Molineux, but Millwall. Yet it does not stop McGhee musing about how close he was to finding...After two years shivering out in the cold, McGhee has made a dramatic return to management...
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McGhee could quit Fir Park
Evening News - Scotland;
May 24, 2008 ;
Barry Anderson;
425 words
...MARK McGHEE will resign if necessary from his position...yesterday refused Hearts' request to speak to McGhee officially, backing him into a corner from...met the Russian businessman privately. McGhee has stated that any contract he signs must...
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OBIT - MCGHEE, CHARLES LARRY
Roanoke Times & World News;
August 27, 2005 ;
299 words
...Charles Larry McGhee, 74, of Roanoke was born April 22, 1931 in Franklin County...He was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Edna Allman McGhee, son, Douglas L. McGhee, parents, Reggie H. and Mearl E. McGhee, five brothers, Russell...
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MEN'S FINAL FOUR; Detour to destiny; Discarded by Cincinnati, Aaron McGhee...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
March 30, 2002 ;
Shelman, Jeff;
570 words
......up playing in a Final Four. Yeah, Aaron McGhee thought that. He just never thought it...Georgia Dome, it will be the high point of McGhee's five-year, three-school journey through...finally make it after all the hard work, McGhee said Friday, wearing a Final Four T-shirt...
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OBIT - MCGHEE, HARVEY D., (BUD)
Roanoke Times & World News;
November 15, 2006 ;
154 words
...Harvey D. McGhee (Bud), 81, of Rocky Mount, passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2006. Harvey was preceded in death by his wife, Pricie Ramsey McGhee; daughter-in-law, Margaret McGhee; brother, R.G. McGhee; and a sister-in-law, Marie W. McGhee...
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