Posted on April 23, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Stephen Lang Good review of Bill Bryson’s “Shakespeare: The World as a Stage” TAPPED Archive | The American Prospect What’s in a name? More than you bargained for, in the case of Ortho’s new acid reflux remedy. Fence Portal » Blog Archive » Devolution of a Literary Correspondence Don’t mess with Fence, that’s all I’m [...]
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Posted on April 23, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
There will be much throwing about of brains as the the fearsome CHERCH Ladies take on all comers at tonight’s WordPlay contest at the Omni. See you there?
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Posted on April 23, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Do you ever worry that books no longer matter? Does writing seem pointless sometimes? Librarians, ever feel unappreciated? Whenever you’re feeling down, just check out the comments on Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories. A sampling: I’m almost 50 now and have never forgotten that story… I have four brothers and when we were young my parents [...]
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Posted on April 22, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Brainstorm: Can a Class Be Too Good? – Chronicle.com globeandmail.com: They’re the greatest 50 essayists argue for the 50 greatests books. [HT: themillionsblog.com] Episode 4: Inside Out | Titlepage.tv Meg Wolitzer, Ed Hirsch, Mark Sarvas, and Elizabeth Strout
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Posted on April 22, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Another reason to come hear V. V. Ganeshananthan read from Love Marriage at the New Dominion Bookshop on Thursday: Her novel is a New York Magazine “Buy It” pick: Love Marriage By V.V. Ganeshananthan, Random House; $14 “This story does not have a defined shape or a pleasant arc,” cautions the narrator of this young [...]
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Posted on April 21, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Guide to Literary Agents – Anatomy of a Bad Query Letter “When a Good Idea Gets Buried and Good Intentions Go Wrong” Perpetual Folly: A Writer’s Use of History Geraldine Brooks and Tony Horwitz at Washington & Lee Univeristy Book Digest: April 21, 2008 – The Morning News “Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment [...]
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Posted on April 20, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Ted Genoways of VQR fame reviews a new biography of Keats in this Sunday’s Washington Post Book World: Of course, his friends and future readers allowed Keats no such erasure, but the poet could never have known this. And this bitter conundrum — the poet’s ardent wish to glimpse his death while still alive and [...]
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Posted on April 18, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Book discussion starting May 5: Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns. Not just one sun, not just two, but a thousand splendid suns. Plenty of suns for all! Come and discuss with us. Signing up is easy — just register, and dive on in.
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Posted on April 18, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Language Log » It’s not the electronic media after all “The real cause of linguistic chaos is right under our noses.”
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Posted on April 18, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
New Dominion Bookshop will host novelist V. V. Ganeshananthan (Love Marriage) on Thursday, April 24 at 5:30 pm. Love Marriage—A lyrical, political, and provocative debut novel spanning decades of war in Sri Lanka from an accomplished young journalist. Sri Lanka, a paradisal gem on the Indian Ocean, has been plagued by over 25 years of [...]
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Posted on April 18, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
New Dominion Bookshop will host Sarah Arvio for a discussion and signing of her work on Friday, April 25 at 5:30 pm. From the author of Visits from the Seventh (“This extraordinary first book of poems takes its place in an authentic line of descent from such landmarks as Yeats’s A Vision and James Merrill’s [...]
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Posted on April 17, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
The Renegade Writer Blog » Blog Archive » 10 Productivity Hacks for Freelancers Web Worker Daily » Procrastination Can Be Your Ally « Let’s hope so. The resonance of racism – Los Angeles Times How rhetoric can reflect racism. HT: BookBalloon The Butter Room – In The Butter Room / Sam Wilson of Sons of [...]
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Posted on April 17, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
HUGE YARD SALE SATURDAY, APRIL 19 7AM -1PM 610 FARISH STREET (two blocks north of High Street, east off Park Street) BENEFITING THE LIVING EDUCATION CENTER FOR ECOLOGY AND THE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP FUND For information: 434-971-1647
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Posted on April 17, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
From the Charlottesville Podcasting Network: S. Paul Klein developed his talent for creating images out of words in a career as a radio performer and a filmmaker. Now he has entered the literary world with a new novel, Accidents of Time and Place. Hector Collin, the hero of the novel, is a veteran of the [...]
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Posted on April 16, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Bookmark These Sites, Mamas! Mom Writers Literary Magazine and Coffee & Critique Writers Group « Writer Mama Riffs on Raising A Writing Career Alongside Your Kids bellascribe › Ayahuasca for writer’s block I want to do this! As long as I could skip the retching and the demons. GOOD Magazine | Goodmagazine – Mark Peters [...]
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