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Author Elliott Holt says: 'Go West, Young Woman'
Posted by fogglethorpe on Monday, May 20, 2013 (15:00:00)
In Elliott Holt's beautifully subtle debut novel You Are One of Them, the protagonist, an American in her 20s, moves to Moscow shortly after the Cold War. After a few months, she returns to the U.S. a changed woman..
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Eighty-one Year Old Publishes Literary Novel - Hero's Welcome
Posted by fogglethorpe on Monday, May 20, 2013 (15:00:00)
Rosalind Foley can't remember ever NOT writing something, poems, short stories, later expanding to novels and screenplays. She strives for clean, succinct expression, convincing dialoque and vivid description..
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Holocaust prisoners' book to return to Poland from Sonoma County
Posted by fogglethorpe on Monday, May 20, 2013 (14:25:28)
Eleanor Hensel’s late husband returned home from World War II with a remarkable, handmade gift of gratitude — a book of poems and haunting, color drawings by Polish prisoners of one of Adolf Hitler’s notorious concentration camps..
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SOA English instructor publishes major reference book on American poetry
Posted by fogglethorpe on Monday, May 20, 2013 (04:41:07)
Poetry News: John Cusatis, will be published this month by Gale, as part of the internationally esteemed reference collection Dictionary of Literary Biography.
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Book of poems 'Re-routed' is a familiar, yet fresh look at our animal nature
Posted by fogglethorpe on Sunday, May 19, 2013 (13:43:30)
Poet Francesca Marguerite Maximé gallantly revisits the world of word play, delivering her next masterwork of accessible and unguarded poems..
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Reviewed: Letters by Kurt Vonnegut
Posted by fogglethorpe on Saturday, May 18, 2013 (16:00:00)
The first letter in this book was written by Vonnegut, then still a soldier, at the end of the Second World War. It is addressed to his family and narrates the central event of both his war and his subsequent writing life..
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Reviewed: The Serpent's Promise: the Bible Retold as Science by Steve Jones
Posted by fogglethorpe on Saturday, May 18, 2013 (16:00:00)
The Bible was not, as he claims, “a handbook to help comprehend the world”. Genesis is not “the world’s first biology textbook”. To criticise the opening line of Psalm 19 (“The heavens declare the glory of the Lord”) for “empty logic” is a strangely wooden way of reading poetry..
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New Poetry Book, Look Beyond, Discovers Life and its Purpose
Posted by fogglethorpe on Friday, May 17, 2013 (15:00:00)
Poetry News: We all face emotional upheavals in our lives. How can we cope with such events? Life is a series of ups, downs, twists, and turns.
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A Newfoundland poet and words of love
Posted by fogglethorpe on Friday, May 17, 2013 (15:00:00)
Last year about this time Michael Crummey appeared at the Charles W. Stockey Centre to read from his novel Galore, a rich fantastical epic of life in the Newfoundland outports..
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London Book And Poetry Events: 16-22 May
Posted by fogglethorpe on Thursday, May 16, 2013 (14:31:16)
Thursday 16 May: Michael Moorcock, Peter Milligan, Mike Carey, Roger Langridge and Christopher Fowler help launch TRIPWIRE 21 and an exhibition at Foyles (6.30pm, £5 / £3)
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NV - Black Rock Press publishes poetry book by Minden resident
Posted by wordsmithwannabe on Thursday, May 16, 2013 (07:00:00)
Poetry News: Minden resident Krista Lukas has published her debut poetry collection "Fans of My Unconscious" through Black Rock Press.
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Power Publisher's New Release Khalish by Khalish Dehlavi
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 (15:00:00)
Khalish – an arrow stuck in the heart causing deep anguish, pain and agony for life from this agony emanates poetry laced with romance and revolution..
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Quadriplegic Self-Publishes First Book
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 (15:00:00)
Fred Gordon’s debut book ‘Still Looking Up’, a self-published autobiography, was released for print in October 2012. Since then this critically acclaimed freshman publication has made its way to be published as an e-book on Amazon..
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Dan Brown's Inferno: a tall writer offers his historic review
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 (14:50:00)
The tall writer Steven Poole opened the wooden door of the strong house and peered at the small figure on the stone doorstep. It was a boy. Cradled in his palms the boy nervously proffered a startling object. It was the new book by the famous novelist Dan Brown..
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Reading Lists: Stoya, Professor Elemental, Ben Hammersley
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 (02:19:48)
Present Shock, Douglas Rushkoff (for the immediate second time to grab all the googlable references out of it. Is good.)
Bursts, Albert-László Barabási (which is driving me slightly batty)
The Portable Dorothy Parker
On Craftsmanship, Christopher Frayling..
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Benjamin by Kathryn Mattingly Pre-released in NorCal and Oregon
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 (02:16:17)
Read more about Kathryn's work at PenPublishPromote.com Winter Goose Publishing publishes literature in prose, poetry and art; covering a variety of genres..
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Meic Stephens makes history as shortlist announced for Wales Book of the Year 20
Posted by fogglethorpe on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 (16:05:00)
His book of obituaries, Welsh Lives, which celebrates 75 eminent people from Wales, is in the running for the creative non-fiction award in the English language section..
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Rasheeda J. Steward Presents New Poetry Collection
Posted by fogglethorpe on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 (15:00:00)
Rasheeda J. Steward’s new poetry collection “The Soul of the Black Butterfly” (published by AuthorHouse) is a collection of poetry which explores the trials, struggles and lessons learned about life while walking down the path of salvation..
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New Voice: Tamera Will Wissinger on Gone Fishing: A Novel In Verse
Posted by fogglethorpe on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 (15:00:00)
Using a wide variety of poetic forms – quatrains, ballads, iambic meter, rhyming lists, concrete poetry, tercets and free verse – this debut author tells the story of a nine-year-old boy’s day of fishing..
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Reed Farrel Coleman: Peeling back the layers of 'Onion Street'
Posted by fogglethorpe on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 (14:18:20)
Coleman is the author of fifteen novels (two stand-alones and three series), including the popular and highly acclaimed series featuring Moe Prager; his latest, Onion Street, will be published tomorrow..
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Sarah Louise Scott Shares Poetry Collection in the Lava and Ash
Posted by fogglethorpe on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 (14:14:55)
Life is much like fine wine, fermented through the years by people met, and the experiences and emotions one undergoes as time passes. Sarah Louise Scott shares a glassful with her readers, as she recounts her life in the verses of The Lava and Ash..
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Author Venisia Gonzalez Debuts for the Love of Words
Posted by fogglethorpe on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 (14:12:55)
When: Tuesday, May 14, 6–8 pm
Where: Swann Art Galleries (104 East 25th Street, 5th floor, Gramercy, Manhattan)
The art fairs are done. You have a hangover. The best cure, of course, is more of the same, which in this case means more contemporary art and more drinking. Swann Auction Galleries has you covered: the auction house is throwing a party on Tuesday night that features both..
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Sarah Louise Scott Shares Compelling Poetry Collection
Posted by fogglethorpe on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 (13:53:20)
Poetry News: Life is much like fine wine, fermented through the years by people met, and the experiences and emotions one undergoes as time passes.
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Author Venisia Gonzalez Bares Her Heart and Soul in Her Debut Book
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 (11:51:12)
Poetry News: "For the Love of Words" enfolds a collection of various emotional poetry and short stories inspired by personal experiences and common situations.
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