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Dec.24.2008
Dear Reader, People believe what they want to believe. That’s something I’ve learned these past months during the controversy that has surrounded my...
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Dec.24.2008
Dear Reader, I was thrilled to learn that I had a national TV reporter interested in interviewing me. But when I went to the Seattle, WA, FOX News...
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sherry-jones's picture
Dec.24.2008
Dear Reader, It was surprising to read that Lorraine Adams, author of the recent review of THE JEWEL OF MEDINA in the New York Times, has a...
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Dec.24.2008
Dear Reader, In researching “The Jewel of Medina,” I was surprised to find that the Prophet Muhammad was quite progressive when it came to women’s...
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Dec.24.2008
Dear Reader, I am pleased to announce that I have recently accepted an offer from Stockholm publisher Earbooks for Swedish rights to “The Jewel of...
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sherry-jones's picture
Dec.24.2008
Dear Readers, Hundreds of hardy Montana souls braved the bitter cold and ice to hear me deliver my speech as part of the Carroll College President’s...
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anne-brooke's picture
Dec.24.2008
Got up early today to do a spot of last minute shopping in Godalming - and managed to find a couple of items to supplement Lord H's gift pile, so...
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farzana-versey's picture
Dec.24.2008
I looked at the Pieta again. A small replica in white stone, chiselled almost to perfection. When I had seen the original, alien emotions had...
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dale-estey's picture
Dec.24.2008
And who can/should/dare argue with the LIBRARY JOURNAL?  Recommendation: The Trial by Franz Kafka for its timeless portrayal of the absurdity of the...
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Dec.24.2008
When I was little, I believed that adults did very certain things depending on their gender, not that I knew what gender meant at the time.  Women--...
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robert-cumming's picture
Mar.01.2009
I regret to note that long time Iris Press poet and novelist, George Scarbrough, died quietly in his sleep in Knoxville, Tennessee, on the morning of...
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former member's picture
Mar.01.2009
by former member
Twelve Angry Lebanese - inmates from Lebanon's infamous Roumieh Prison are putting on an adaptation of Twelve Angry Men - to stunning reviews.
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former member's picture
Mar.01.2009
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Note, too, that “interesting” first appears just two years after “bore.” 1768. Mark this, two years after. Can this be so? From "The Pale King,...
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thomas-burchfield's picture
Mar.01.2009
As I read the first draft of my novel Dragon's Ark for the very first time, I heard the critics' thunder rumble through my brain; my eardrums...
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Mar.01.2009
by former member
While lobbyists line up to torpedo Obama's proposals, and while John Bolton dreams about nuking Chicago, it has been revealed that CNBC correspondent...
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former member's picture
Mar.01.2009
by former member
Science fiction stories in six words. Some by well known scifi authors.
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Mar.01.2009
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quenntis-ashby's picture
Mar.01.2009
With hayfever clogging my sinuses and dry eyes, I'm still tapping away like mad! My breakthrough came today when I decided that I had better finish...
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Mar.01.2009
by former member
During a recent trip to a local Wal-Mart, I saw something quite disturbing as I stood in the checkout line.  In the magazine wrack was a...
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beth-mann's picture
Mar.01.2009
Here’s the long-awaited (by whom?) and much anticipated (oh really?) list of the most overrated sex acts of all time. You know, ideas that really...
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