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City Paper's First Annual Haiku Contestnew
Local haikuists Tonette Hartman, Jonny Goldstein, and Roosh Valizadeh were tasked with writing 5-7-5's in five categories: Springtime, Meat, Cherry Blossoms, Franklin Roosevelt, and Haiku.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
04-10-2008 |
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The Word in Colornew
A poetry fan challenges John Hollander's white might.
San Antonio Current |
Pablo Miguel MartÃnez |
04-09-2008 |
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Banned Books at the Texas Department of Criminal Justicenew
It's not an easy thing to find out which books the Texas prison system has barred from inmates. But we found a way around it: We asked for a year's correspondence between the TDCJ mailrooms seeking rulings on inmate material and the "Director's Review Committee" that screens the books and magazines. Here's what we found.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
04-08-2008 |
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Cumulus Press Celebrates a Decade Between the Coversnew
Scrolling through the Cumulus Press backlist is like taking a trip through a decade of indie/underground Montreal's socio-cultural zeitgeist. It covers a lot of ground for a little press.
Montreal Mirror |
Vincent Tinguely |
04-04-2008 |
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Gladwell Huntingnew
A Nobel Prize winner takes on Malcolm Gladwell over the origins of The Tipping Point.
New York Press |
Matt Elzweig |
04-03-2008 |
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The Capitol Letters Writing Center's Alphabet Soupnew
Capitol Letters' volunteers want youngsters to get creative.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
03-27-2008 |
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Ghost Writersnew
Sad story lurks behind search for GLBT anthology contributions.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Nicolas Alvarado |
03-18-2008 |
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Fake Memoirist Channels Sherman Alexienew
Margaret Seltzer's untruths and consequences.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
03-14-2008 |
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Truth and 'Consequences'new
Book publishers are still so hooked on the cash dreams of true confessions, they'll risk repeated bouts of fake-memoir scandal to give the public what it wants. Last week we learned that half-white/half-Native American author Margaret B. Jones's acclaimed new Love and Consequences, her memoir of gangsta life as a South Central L.A. foster child, was totally made up.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
03-14-2008 |
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Pants Afirenew
If your father presided over a blood-drinking sex cult, or if you ran with wolves and had your wounds healed by their antiseptic saliva, you're a fully accredited citizen of Fabrication Nation. You should write a book.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
03-13-2008 |
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Big Books on Tiny Topicsnew
It seems that one surefire way of selling a nonfiction tome is by focusing on a very specific subject. For evidence, one need only look at recent efforts such as Pierre Laszlo's Citrus: A History, Henry Petroski's The Toothpick: Technology and Culture, and Andrew D. Blechman's Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
03-12-2008 |
Books
Get Craftynew
Sandhills Writers Conference focuses aspiring authors on the craft and discipline required to achieve their goals of getting a book published.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
03-12-2008 |
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War Between the Coversnew
A battle-weary reading list.
New Haven Advocate |
Jolisa Gracewood |
03-11-2008 |
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Is There Such a Thing as a 'Southern' Memoir?new
There are as many ways of writing a book as there are literary tastes, and as the definition of southern culture evolves with the changing times, so does its literature. But is there within the current memoir craze an emerging southern voice?
Charleston City Paper |
Alli Marshall |
02-27-2008 |
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The Reason for Rhymenew
Proponents say the time is right for Colorado to create a poet laureate to ... um, do what, exactly?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Colin Stroud |
02-19-2008 |
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