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steven-robert-travers's picture
May.28.2009
Explaining the history of the anti-American Left   As we approach the 2004 Presidential election, the pundits are talking incessantly about the...
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May.28.2009
I just started a conservative club called WHO IS JOHN GALT? Come join the resistance!
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May.28.2009
"In Los Angeles he is a legend. You say Raymond, they say Lewis. You say Lewis, they say Raymond."--Bob Hopkins, former New York Knicks...
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May.28.2009
Travers paints a beautiful picture of baseball in its golden age, a time that should be remembered fondly. All of the characters with their required...
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May.28.2009
  Author of One Night, Two Teams: Alabama vs. USC and the Game That Changed A Nation (www.RLPGTrade.com), 2007; the true story of...
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May.28.2009
What makes a great sports column? Beyond fancy lingo and entertaining tricks there must be a good opinion, written with the voice of authority,...
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May.28.2009
Marv Goux, among others, said that Sam Cunningham “did more for civil rights in three hours than Martin Luther King did in 20 years.” King himself,...
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steven-robert-travers's picture
Jun.01.2009
Obama says we "can't rest on our laurels." That's like a baseball manager with a 70-92 record saying he can't relax after such a successful...
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steven-robert-travers's picture
Jun.05.2009
"In 20 years, historians will call Steve Travers's ONE NIGHT, TWO TEAMS the BOYS OF SUMMER of college football." -  Fred Wallin, Sports...
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steven-robert-travers's picture
Jun.06.2009
TRAVERS HITS HOME RUNS IN THE TRADITION OF ANGELL, JORDAN AND MURRAY!  Steve Travers is as fine a sportswriter as there is in America. He has great...
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louise-young's picture
Nov.26.2009
In the clouded half-light of dawn, I thread my way along the ledges of the canyonito.  Just past those gnarly rocks is a little spring: only a seep...
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charles-davis's picture
Jan.10.2011
Writers are a curious breed. Most of us spend the greater part of our time discreetly observing the people around us, refraining from intruding on...
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caroline-rance's picture
Mar.25.2009
Ah, wouldn't it be lovely to go on a writing retreat? A week alone in a wilderness-y location, free to tap away on my laptop, scribble in a pretty...
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moira-richards's picture
Dec.12.2009
I've enjoyed the recent proliferation of South African fiction written by S'african writers and, being a long-time whodunnit addict, I pounced...
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dk-christi's picture
Dec.01.2009
Conncecting with the past seems to be a common theme among my contemporaries.  Those who are writing books and short stories are often telling about...
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laurie-halse-anderson's picture
Aug.27.2009
Wow! I've had incredible feedback already - thanks to everyone who checked in on Twitter, Facebook, LJ, MySpace and all the other landing zones for...
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Aug.27.2009
I'm off to give a speech this morning... a speech about writing. To teachers. I'll be telling them about this challenge, among other things, and...
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Sep.15.2009
1. I salute thee, Brooklyn, and your slightly less-cool brethren: Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and Manhattan! I implore all of your peoples to come...
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Sep.22.2009
I've been AWOL from blogging for a week, but it has been for the best of all possible reasons. Last weekend I was at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Saw...
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Sep.29.2009
I have not heard anything about the challenge to TWISTED in Kentucky yet. This week's entries at A.Word.A.Day all deal with censorship. (Thanks to a...
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