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Sep.14.2008
According to an article on the CBC news site and the Los Angeles Times, the body of author David Foster Wallace was discovered by his wife in the...
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jacquelyn-mitchard's picture
Sep.14.2008
 Silly man Paul Krugman writes on the Times' Op-Ed page that the recent scattershot of claims from the McCain-Palin campaign have one thing in common...
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gerard-jones's picture
Sep.13.2008
I think you might like the new episode of My Pal Splendid Man (uploaded here). This is that series of satirical stories I'm cowriting with Will...
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arlene-goldbard's picture
Sep.13.2008
Judging from my friends' reactions (and the level of unrest in the Blogosphere and Punditstan), Sarah Palin's nomination has unleashed a tidal wave...
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ernie-j-zelinski's picture
Sep.13.2008
It may come as a surpise to some people that we all have our doubts and our fears about our projects and career aspirations, regardless of how much...
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heywood-gould's picture
Sep.13.2008
RED HOOK, Brooklyn, September 12...Until last week Barb Blasingame thought Shylock was just a character in  a Shakespeare play. But then her bank...
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jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
Sep.13.2008
     On a drive up the coast of California, my destination Crescent City and a local writer’s conference there, I found that I was passing by a...
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cheryl-l-snell's picture
Sep.13.2008
The Oddville Press has debuted:  http://theoddvillepress.com I'm on page 61 .
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gregory-wilson's picture
Sep.13.2008
I'm in the midst of trying to get caught up on some work, but I wanted to briefly mention something I just ran into over at Pat Rothfuss's blog--he's...
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elizabeth-stark's picture
Sep.13.2008
It’s a gorgeous, sunny day and we just got back from the Berkeley Farmers’ Markey. Today the park there was also hosting the Berkeley Old Time Music...
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beth-snowberger's picture
Nov.15.2008
No, not writing guilt. I've kept up a pretty steady pace of 2000 words a day, to my great shock, and passed 31,000 today. It's work guilt. I teach...
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vicki-nikolaidis's picture
Nov.15.2008
Vicki's Favorite Quote This Week  "Maybe we need a publishing bail out package!" Sam Tanenhaus, Host, New York Times Book Review Podcast,...
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former member's picture
Nov.15.2008
by former member
http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2008/10/victoria-strauss-writers-myths-giv...
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catherine-nagle's picture
Nov.15.2008
Tis  the Season....to entrust my heart to the 'Silent Night'   Christmas was truly a holy one for us, and every year Dad would paint...
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c-sharma's picture
Nov.15.2008
My religion perpetually flows, It never loses its sheen & glow; My religion never binds, It always opens up the mind.   Love lesson is at its...
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ac-cantuba's picture
Nov.15.2008
I used to dream when I was a kid. A lot. I dreamed about being famous. Of being a matinee idol or something. At some point in my life I even dreamed...
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brad-green's picture
Nov.14.2008
The call came in as soon as I'd arrived at work.  "She's fallen." my mother said in a rush.  "We're at the hospital in Madill.  Her...
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amanda-baker's picture
Nov.14.2008
I have attempted my fist novel ever, and, because I do things the hard way, I've chosen to write it in thirty days through the NaNoWriMo project. I...
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former member's picture
Nov.14.2008
by former member
Nabokov and the Moment of Truth. He talks about metaphors of time, great books, and reads the first line of Lolita.
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donna-frenkel's picture
Nov.14.2008
Today is November 17.  The 1st seems like it was just a minute ago and the 31st is flying up to hit me. It is too near, way too near. On October 31,...
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