» NaNoWriMo in Charlottesville? WriterHouse Blogs

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Yo, let them know if you do the NaNoWriMo… November is National Novel Writing Month, (NaNoWriMo) during which thousands of people sign up to write a novel of at least 50,000 words. While most of these words are penned in the privacy of the novelists’ homes, there are usually organized events during the month. These [...]

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Rumors on the Downtown Mall

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Overheard this afternoon — author Cormac McCarthy stopped by the New Dominion Bookshop today. If you happen to run into him, tell him I said Hi. (I have such a crush.) Here’s who we’re looking for:

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links for 2008-10-02

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

The sentences of Sarah Palin, diagrammed. – By Kitty Burns Florey – Slate Magazine "There are plenty of people out there—not only English teachers but also amateur language buffs like me—who believe that diagramming a sentence provides insight into the mind of its perpetrator. The more the diagram is forced to wander around the page, [...]

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Lisa Williams at the New Dominion Bookshop :: CPN

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Lisa Williams at the New Dominion Bookshop Lisa Williams, winner of the Rome Prize in Literature, read to an audience at the New Dominion Bookshop on October 1, 2008, from her latest collection of poems, Woman Reading to the Sea. This collection was selected by Joyce Carol Oates for the Barnard Prize.

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