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Nov.27.2010
The design of the Writers Edition Franz Kafka is not only reminiscent of the simple and yet artful style of its eponym, but also pays tribute to Kafka’s most famous work: “The Metamorphosis”. In the fascinating change from square to round in the writing instrument’s form, the metamorphosis...
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Oct.31.2010
Does self-publishing mean you’ll never have a chance at winning a book award?
It certainly seems that way.
The PEN New England Hemingway Foundation Award for First Fiction notes on its submission form — in bold type no less:
No self-published books, electronic submissions, or e-books are eligible...
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Dec.21.2009
Submissions for PEN USA's 2010 Literary Awards are still open. Please see the submission form available on the website at http://penusa.org/awards/submit.
If you have any questions, please contact awards@penusa.org. PEN Center USA’s Annual...
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Sep.25.2009
I'd been on the move for a decade when I reviewed Pico Iyer’s Tropical Classical for the Far Eastern Economic Review, Asia’s pioneering newsweekly magazine closed by its owner Dow Jones this week.
…first I’d escaped the radical provincialism of my hometown by shipping off to a ruggedly urbane...
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May.13.2009
(No Subject)From: trojan cossova (crazed.troyan@hotmail.com) Sent:Saturday, May 02, 2009 12:05:01 PMTo: buzhala_60@hotmail.comndegjo zoteri, ju lus qe te silleni ne pajtim me normat e pergjithshme te jetes sepse qiriri juaj eshte ne fikje e siper.me vje keq por nje gje duhet ta pranoni se me nuk...
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Jul.09.2008
I needed something to write on yesterday. Something other than my computer which has morphed into a devilish link to all sorts of juicy, distractable distractions that might respond to me now. Or in another second. How can I not keep clicking all my inboxes to see? So, no I wanted pen on paper. I...
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May.19.2008
It's the calm before the storm. Camping at Mackerricher State Park, the quiet and the disconnect, coming home to an empty house, putting away the gear, taking a power shower and settling on clean sheets...none of this spoke of his death, or maybe it did...Emails come with a ding, a microsoft...
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