Walter Kirn on His Oscar Snub: ‘I Just Feel Crestfallenness’ By Emma Rosenblum , a journalist and novelist. She is the best-selling author of ‘Bad Summer People’ and ‘Very Bad Company.’ ...

Teacher and archaeologist; Born June 10, 1920; Died July 17, 2009. Betty Rennie, who has died aged 89, was one of the best known and most respected characters in Dunoon. Born in Glasgow, she was ...

West Virginia University starting pitcher Griffin Kirn was announced the Co-Big 12 Pitcher of the Week. Kirn pitched a gem Friday night in the series opener versus Queens (NC) in his second start ...

WVU Baseball punched their ticket to the Big 12 Tournament semifinals on Thursday, May 22, dismantling the Cincinnati Bearcats 10-3 after a slow start at the plate. The win moves the Mountaineers ...

Kirn has a 5-2 record with a 3.13 ERA and 100 strikeouts against 29 base-on-balls. In addition to trying to limit one of the top offenses in all of college baseball in LSU, ...

Walter Kirn, the author responsible for 2001 novel Up in the Air — adapted by Jason Reitman into the George Clooney–starring Best Picture nominee — is understandably upset that he’s not ...

Mr. Kirn, 59, is the author of seven books, including the novel “Up in the Air” (2001), which was adapted into a seductive and successful movie.

Kirn ended the regular season with fifth-lowest ERA (3.36) and the sixth-most strikeouts (83) in the Big 12 Conference to earn an All-Big 12 First Team selection.

It borders on the absurd for Mr. Kirn to play the martyr to left-wing orthodoxy at Harper’s, since the magazine’s reputation for defending liberalism and criticizing political correctness and ...