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Dec.26.2010

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Nina's Latest Blogs

Oct.04.2011 - 12:31 pm
  “How I love you, she always wanted to say, and you can never know it. I would die for you without a thought. You have given to my life its sheerest, its profoundest...
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Sep.22.2011 - 11:32 am
  In Stephen O’Connor’s short story, “Ziggurat,” (from his short story collection here comes another lesson) a Minotaur discovers a new girl sitting at the computer playing...
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Aug.26.2011 - 9:50 am
If you're needing a spark to ignite your writing, please take a look at Able Muse's new 30-day writing program: http://www.ablemuse.com/able-muse-30-day-writing-program Only $20....
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Jul.20.2011 - 8:46 pm
  I recently assigned F.Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby to my graduate creative writing students. More than a couple students told me they’d already read it. Implicit in that...
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Comments from Nina

Jul.21.2011 - 8:54 am
In response to: Why Reread?
Kenneth, I'm sorry to hear about the roadblocks to Carraway. What a great idea, and I'm sure you would have had Gatsby...
May.30.2011 - 5:50 pm
In response to: The Beauty of Ellipsis
Thank you, Farzana. I was struck by this story, how much it did with the ellipsis. It's a very powerful style technique...
May.04.2011 - 9:46 am
In response to: How an Unlikely Friendship Formed Over a Baby, a Lost Dog, and a Bike
Thank you, Kim. Connection or disconnnection seems to underlie a lot of conflict in story and human relations.
Jan.13.2011 - 7:37 pm
In response to: "The Bob Society"
This story has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Jan.12.2011 - 1:47 pm
In response to: Saul Bellow and the Art of Surprise
Thank you for your post, Karl. I think Bellow really shines in his novels. I suppose with any first person narrator,...

Published Reviews

The Painting
Nov.26.2004
Published by Rocky Mountain News
Best Reason to Read: For Schuyler's stylistic versatility. The author's richly imagined Japanese sections resemble Japanese art with their delicate strokes and her darker...