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Apr.07.2013
Photo: The Rose Main Reading Room of the New York Public Library, Manhattan
I realized recently that I have a book-hoarding problem. You know, like those people on the show Hoarders, who have psychotic breaks when a professional therapist, visiting the squalid house, tells them that...
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Mar.30.2013
The princess was young, beautiful, spoke English better than Maggie Smith, carried a smart phone everywhere, and we were her guests. One of the most modern countries in the world, India also remains one of the most traditional. It...
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Feb.23.2013
When I said I am rebel People did not take it well When I said “go to hell” They kept quiet and did not tell When I said I am holy They did not question wholly They followed me but with suspicion No permission was granted from religion ...
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Jan.20.2013
Once upon a time in a magical land far, far away there was a city that rose beside a vast sea. In that city there rose a many-hued palace known for its wonders of music and laughter. One afternoon the sky grew unexpectedly dark. Deep thick clouds rolled over the city and...
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Jan.04.2013
Photo: Movie poster from its Wikipedia page
Any Tarantino flick is worth seeing, and this one is no exception. Though worth seeing, however, I can't say it was on par with his latest and greatest. In fact, this one was the biggest disappointment for me since Jackie Brown....
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Dec.29.2012
Photo: Movie poster, from its Wikipedia page
I'd heard (and read) a lot of negative reviews about this movie, so I approached it with great trepidation. After all, who wants to pay $11.50 per ticket and sit through an almost-three-hour film if it's terrible?
I needn't have...
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Dec.22.2012
Photo: A pile of confiscated guns in Kenya, soon to be set ablaze. From Wikipedia's "gun control" page. The caption with the photo is interesting:
"Pyre of smuggled weapons in Uhuru Gardens, Nairobi, Kenya. Original caption states, 'A cache of more than 5,000 smuggled...
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Dec.10.2012
When my first novel started to drag I decided to call a meeting. Things were bogged down and I wasn’t sure why. So I sat the major characters down at an imaginary table and asked them what I should do to kick start The Lion and the Eagle, my novel about the Revolutionary War.
The...
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Feb.09.2012
Full of lush ferns and palm trees, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built on the roof of the huge palace of the King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, who reined between 604 to 561 B.C.E. This Babylonian king destroyed Jerusalem and captured the Jews who then refused to bow before his golden image....
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Feb.07.2012
Harriet @ Poetry Foundation remarks, “you’ve got to check out Esque Mag Issue 3 … It’s beautiful.”
Announcing Esque (click!)
For the third issue of esque, REVOLUTIONESQUE, we asked you to tell us about the revolution. We didn’t define what we mean by that. Whether it lives in...
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