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china-galland's picture
Jul.30.2008
Want to Save the World? The San Francisco Writing for Change Conference Can Help.Please join me and bestselling keynoters Lynn Andrews and Gay...
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lisa-alcalay-klug's picture
Jul.30.2008
You know you’ve landed in Facebook hell when your favorite Scrabulous dies an early death due to a legal battle. Then to make things worse, the beta...
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judith-tannenbaum's picture
Jul.30.2008
I've been on the road the past couple weeks, and missed the Belle-inspired What is a Poem? conversation, but here are two late-in-the-game responses...
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lisa-alcalay-klug's picture
Jul.30.2008
I've just joined Red Room and started counting down to the September 1st release of my first book. It's been a whirlwind of bookings, blogging, and...
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alex-fraser's picture
Jul.30.2008
Yesterday and today, two highly significant developments occurred in bringing President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to justice.   ...
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peter-trachtenberg's picture
Jul.30.2008
The government is in the process of shoring up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the bloated, tottering colossi that between them guaranteed approximately...
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barbara-mountjoy's picture
Jul.30.2008
I remember the days when people used to write something–a novel, a newspaper column, whatever–and it stood. Absent some blatant factual error, what...
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angela-k-nickerson's picture
Jul.30.2008
Today we begin a 6-part series detailing a one-day adventure in Ireland.  The most adventurous part:  driving on the left-hand side of the road.  ...
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dale-estey's picture
Jul.30.2008
Shakespeare *not* written by Shakespeare. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/greatest_shakespeare_movies/
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alex-grant's picture
Jul.30.2008
Had an interesting discussion with Mr Data today, concerning the perception of color - he wished to know how humans came to agreement on what red is...
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enoch-john's picture
Oct.13.2008
To the dolorous strains of Chinua Achebe's classic ''Things Fall Apart'',Wall Street lost a whopping 2.4 trillion in market value this past week, the...
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former member's picture
Oct.13.2008
by former member
Am I like Adrien Monk and the only Red Roomer who is continually chafed by the formatting of our composite blog listings? I find myself momentarily...
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former member's picture
Oct.13.2008
by former member
I have the shingles. Sisterfucking shingles. I have a line of blistering skin around the right side of my torso, front to back, and it is the...
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thelma-davis's picture
Oct.13.2008
My first drafts are like feral cats, lean, mean, and scared. Add a little food (a paragraph) and the feral cat comes back again, a little nicer this...
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former member's picture
Oct.13.2008
by former member
The iconic photographer William Claxton has died at the age of 80. His unforgettable shots of Miles Davis, Steve McQueen,Chet Baker (the book of his...
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former member's picture
Oct.13.2008
by former member
I was debating about adding this to my blog but then, I thought that it would be a good idea. Unfortunately, every woman will have an encounter at...
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lina-ru's picture
Oct.13.2008
by Lina Ru
Have ever asked yourself how did Einstein discover the equation: E=mc2? Why did this equation make him so famous? Let’s tell the story based on...
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hector-briones's picture
Oct.13.2008
I am surrounded by friends and aquaintances who are waiting on livers, who are waiting on donor transplants ,who are going through chemo, or...
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ugonna-wachuku's picture
Oct.13.2008
PROLOGUE __ "Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. I have a dream that my four little children...
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kerri-buckley's picture
Oct.13.2008
This week was rich in interviews. I interviewed Kim Barnes on Wednesday, Jessica Morrell on Friday, Diana Abu-Jaber on Friday, and Jennifer Lee Carol...
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