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geling-yan's picture
Apr.04.2008
This doesn't fit well in the "interview" category and won't play through on the "video" category, but here are two interviews of...
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ellen-r-sheeley's picture
Apr.04.2008
On April 7, 2007, a 17-year-old Iraqi girl named Du'a Khalil Aswad was stoned to death by a mob for falling in love with a boy outside her community...
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gerard-jones's picture
Apr.04.2008
Nothing about America’s future today, only our distant past. Archaeologists from the University of Oregon have just announced the discovery of the...
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jane-straus's picture
Apr.04.2008
Although most people don’t consider themselves isolated or friendless, 1/4 of Americans say they don’t have even a single close friend (according to...
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darlene-arden's picture
Apr.04.2008
Today's newspaper and some media newsletters have picked up on the story that Harper Collins has announced that they are starting a new division,...
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steve-hauk's picture
Apr.04.2008
. . . they have a kind of library heaven, according to poet Jane Knechtel. Oh, hours were cut back a few years ago but voters came to the rescue by...
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ericka-lutz's picture
Apr.04.2008
My bed is an active tool in my writerly toolkit, so today I want to talk a little about the best writing technique I know. Sleep writing. Sleep...
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judith-tannenbaum's picture
Apr.04.2008
Obama talks about the importance of arts in the schools, and students at a South Bronx high school talk (beautifully) about “Yes we can.” http://...
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cliff-burns's picture
Apr.04.2008
"It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives...
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jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
Apr.04.2008
I started running the year after my father died, deciding that I was going to go out for the cross country team.  The year before, I had quit my year...
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sherrie-theriault's picture
May.22.2013
  May 22         Inspection       My disease paid a discourtesy call on my bourgeoning sobriety.  Peeked...
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edward-averill's picture
May.21.2013
It's been a fun ride.  I thank all of you that have read my blog, and my stories. But, there is an end to all things, and I can't write any more...
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manny-pacheco's picture
May.21.2013
On Tuesday, Laurie and I visited Chicago-proper, mostly traveling by train. The Metra is an outlying railway that gets you to downtown’s Union...
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steven-belanger's picture
May.21.2013
Photo: Book's cover from its Wikipedia page   Almost as quick a read as its predecessor, this one is told from the point of view of Stevie,...
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moni-schott's picture
May.21.2013
I’m lucky. I feel lucky today, with sun streaming to one side of me, radiating onto my hand as it meanders across this page, and over my cheek and...
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mark-hunter's picture
May.21.2013
The proof copy of Smoky Days and Sleepless Nights is in! Here’s a photo Emily shot just after we got it: http://markrhunter.blogspot.com/2013/05/...
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casey-bachus's picture
May.21.2013
This weekend I had the opportunity to do a book signing at ResCare, one of the many facilities Jeff stayed at after his accident. It was great to see...
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annette-talbert's picture
May.21.2013
Caroline and Randy continued to see each other as Spring gave way to Summer.  The sweet jasmine faded, and the smell of the sweet grass baking...
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phil-naessens's picture
May.21.2013
Would you trade Mike Trout for Troy Tulowitski and Clayton Kershaw? Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Writer Nick Falk joins host Phil Naessens to discuss...
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sue-glasco's picture
May.21.2013
I had meant to talk about Myra Branch in my previous blog about UGA softball.  Not only has it been fun to watch this fast-running senior  ...
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