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Aug.16.2012 Is it War Or Peace Between Publishers and eBooks? Authors are in a time of publishing transition. We can no longer hope for the old way to return, though I believe we can count on some of the old ways to remain. There will be eBooks and pBooks. eBooks might dominate. Pity those poor chaps who revelled in writing on scrolls. I excerpt this quote...	Feb.06.2012 The validity (and irrelevance) of the historical and religious case against same-sex marriage. The battle has long been fought for recognition of traditional marriage types. Certainly, several exclusive examples in history stand out, where people in authority have had same-sex relationships, and there have been various places and events where same-sex relations were allowed, but as time goes...
Sep.22.2011 Alice Walker Publishes Work As eBooks Alice Walker Publishes eBooks with Open Road Integrated MediaBy Maryann Yin Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, has cut a deal with Open Road Integrated Media to publish eBook editions of some of her most beloved work. Today they released eBook editions of The Color...	Aug.02.2011 A Dish from My Novel Sister of My Heart, Indian Rice Pudding Friends, Many of you have been discussing my novel Sister of My Heart on my Facebook page, and also telling me that you want more recipes, so I thought I'd combine them in this post! Additionally, it's a tribute to my mother, who passed away in 2010. Do let me know if you like it, & if you...
Sep.25.2009 Rolling stone 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...	Mar.17.2009 Traditional Publishing Now Powerless? Here in Istanbul I can feel the tremors coming out of the interactive conference in Austin TX this week after the explosive South by Southwest panel "New Think for Old Publishers." I'm completing a new book and watching the industry combust. This week's events have helped clarify my...
Dec.04.2008 Tradition-Based Episcopal Church Moves On :: MAXiNE A group of conservative bishops met on Wednesday at the Resurrection Anglican Church in West Chicago, Ill. Image Credit: Sally Ryan for The New York Times Tradition-Based Episcopal Church Moves On Ok, so it is out with the new and in with the old. The Episcopal Church, in this new century, has had...	Oct.16.2008 Hope Eternal in a Ritual Bath Hope always finds a way to keep the human spirit alive. In this case, it's being revived through a traditional method that's survived thousands of years -- purification through prayerful immersion in water. The mikveh (a communal ritual bath) has been used for centuries by Orthodox Jewish women to...
Jan.26.2008 Notes Upon Viewing An Oppari Tonight the oppari singer didn't just stop singing when she was asked to. She wept as she stopped. She wept like it mattered -- and it did matter. We were in a home with a small baby and no death in sight. Only poetry. And yet she wept as she took her seat. Somebody took her in their arms and...