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Pax Aeterna

They are getting closer. I hear them, wave upon wave, mounted upon terrified steeds, poor abused beasts who have no Francis to calm...

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TROJAN:...

by Steven Robert Travers

The SIXTIES BILL REDELL 1960 (Freshman Team) Quarterback I was very fortunate to go to USC when I did go there....

Special Delivery: Part 3

by Eve Kushner

I’ve discovered two new ways of offending the Japanese: 渡し箸 (watashibashi: resting one’s chopsticks across the top of one’s bowl) to cross over +...

Why Literature?...

by Claire Elizabeth Terry

For this week's Red Room blog on 'peace', I'd like to once again share a contribution from 'The Art of Living'*, this time by Mario...

Celebrity

by David Moolten

Marilyn Monroe rules the world, at least The part visible in a photograph, standing Above the troops she’s about to bless With a...

Scala Contarini del Bovolo

by Angela K Nickerson

Medieval and Renaissance Venetians often built exterior staircases on their homes to save precious living space. But the architects of the Scala Contarini...

Peace in Three Parts: Two Children's and...

by J. Ruth Gendler

Peace in Three Parts Part I: A Third grader Personifies Peace Peace is a child, small, invisible, yet powerless over Anger and...

BREAD AND CIRCUSES

by Dale Estey

I luv bread - circuses not so much. I got to partake of a circus the other day. A national circus which is...

New book deal: not a rookie anymore

by Kristina Riggle

I'm so happy to announce a new book deal! I'm thrilled and grateful and yes, proud. It's a two-book deal, which means Books...

The Complete Woodblock Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro...

by Gina Collia-Suzuki

My third book has just been released; all 612 pages of it. 'The Complete Woodblock Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro: A Descriptive Catalogue' is...

From the Mail Bag

by Michael Thomas Ford

For some reason Mondays bring the most reader mail. I don't know if it's because people have more time over the weekend and...

Stories Change Lives

by Eugenia Kim

The North Korean capture and Clinton-assisted release of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee brought a compelling human element into a conflict that...

Settling In

by Evie Shockley

I'm currently in the midst of moving into a new apartment, so perhaps it's fitting that I'm simulaneously "moving into" my new space...

The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing -...

by Mayra Calvani

Hi all,Today on the 9th day of my VBT I'm over at Unwriter, where Ron Berry has written a wonderful review of my...

Where's my money?

by Katherine McWilliams

Dangit, I just lost $40 out of my pocket on a walk. I loaned two tables to my husband when he was my...

Writers Unite, or Why I'm Tired of...

by Sue Guiney

I woke up this morning, looked at my diary, and it clearly said "write blog." I knew exactly what I was going to...

Erika Mailman Influences: Someone once said all authors are reinventing the books they read when they were in fifth grade. For me, that's true to a large extent. I was a voracious bookworm...