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    Paul Beatty (born June 9, 1962) is an American author and an associate professor of writing at Columbia University. In 2016, he won the National Book...
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  • The Sellout is a 2015 novel by Paul Beatty published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and in the UK by Oneworld Publications in 2016. The novel takes place...
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    Ned Thomas Beatty (July 6, 1937 – June 13, 2021) was an American actor. In a career that spanned five decades, he appeared in more than 160 films. Throughout...
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    Henry Warren Beatty (né Beaty; born March 30, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. His career has spanned over six decades, and he has received an...
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    winner not from the Commonwealth, Ireland, or Zimbabwe was American Paul Beatty in 2016. Another American, George Saunders, won the following year. In...
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    II, Howard (2008). "The Vengeance of Black Boys: How Richard Wright, Paul Beatty, and Aaron McGruder Strike Back". The Mississippi Quarterly. 61 (4)....
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  • The White Boy Shuffle is the 1996 first novel of poet Paul Beatty. A satiric coming-of-age tale following the life of poet, basketball star, and self-described...
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  • the film a positive review and wrote, "...The Gutter — like an early Paul Beatty novel — seems destined to be a cult classic." Stephen Saito of Variety...
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  • Beatty is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin. In some cases from Bartholomew, which was often shortened to Bate or Baty. Male descendants were then...
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  • Bulworth (category Films directed by Warren Beatty)
    co-produced, directed by, and starring Warren Beatty. It co-stars Halle Berry, Oliver Platt, Don Cheadle, Paul Sorvino, Jack Warden, and Isaiah Washington...
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    Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 April 2020. Levy, Milton; Buckley, Paul; Beatty, John; Brown, Richard; Huie, Robert; Bhansali, Kirt B. (June 1992). Failure...
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  • of industry participants and moviegoers. For instance, the works of Paul Beatty, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, and Aldous Huxley's Ape and Essence are...
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  • Reds (film) (category Films directed by Warren Beatty)
    epic historical drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Warren Beatty, about the life and career of John Reed, the journalist and writer who chronicled...
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    27 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 13 September. Paul Beatty was awarded the 2016 Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout, receiving...
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  • post-modern, post-identity politics, post-politically correct." Novelist Paul Beatty also included an excerpt of Oreo in his 2006 anthology of African-American...
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  • award, and in 2016 with The Sellout by Paul Beatty, who became the first American winner of the prize. In 2023, Paul Lynch became the third Oneworld author...
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    Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO, PC (17 January 1871 – 12 March 1936) was a Royal Navy officer. After serving...
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  • Balfour Beatty plc (/ˌbælfʊ ˈbiːtiː/) is an international infrastructure group based in the United Kingdom with capabilities in construction services,...
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  • filmmakers. Darryl Littleton and Mel Watkins have written about the subject. Paul Beatty edited Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor (2006). So Why We...
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    Waldman, Antler, Andy Clausen, David Cope, Eileen Myles, Eliot Katz, Paul Beatty, Sapphire, Lesléa Newman, Jim Cohn, Thomas R. Peters Jr. (poet and owner...
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  • Hardcore (1979 film) (category Films directed by Paul Schrader)
    project, Warren Beatty became attached as the star and producer of the film. Clashes between Beatty and Schrader resulted in Beatty dropping out of the...
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  • Rules Don't Apply (category Films directed by Warren Beatty)
    directed by Warren Beatty. The film is based on the life of businessman and film producer Howard Hughes. The ensemble cast features Beatty, in his first screen...
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  • Heaven Can Wait (1978 film) (category Films directed by Warren Beatty)
    fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry about a young man (played by Beatty) being mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian...
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    III: Max Blagg, Danny Hoch, Maggie Estep, Jim Carroll, John S. Hall and Paul Beatty – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 13 Lenny Kravitz – Sony Music Studios...
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  • Elliot the Musical.[citation needed] "Jordana Beatty Biography". Tribute. Retrieved 7 August 2015. Paul, Pamela (3 June 2011). "Hollywood Challenge: Portrayals...
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  • Robert Rutherford Beatty (19 October 1909 – 3 March 1992) was a Canadian actor who worked in film, television and radio for most of his career and was...
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  • solo album I Got Shit on My Mind (1992) includes the track "Cisco". Paul Beatty noted Cisco's popularity among "white college hepsters at the University...
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    The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties (3rd ed.). p. 509. Beatty, Paul (2008). Slumberland. New York: Bloomsbury USA. p. 185. ISBN 9781596912403...
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  • Muriel Spark Graham Swift Sarah Waters 2 nominations Martin Amis Tash Aw Paul Bailey Nina Bawden John Berger Carol Birch William Boyd Melvyn Bragg Anita...
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    Edsall and playwright Eliza Wyatt graduated from Boston University. Paul Beatty, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology at BU, won...
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