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    • 23 Ratings
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    Our Real Great American Novelist

    MAY 16, 2012 10:41AM

    By David Biddle


    Topics: fiction, toni morrison, great american novel, medal of freedom

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 660 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Are We Ever Too Old to Be Called “Promising?”

    MAY 7, 2012 3:57PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: publishing, harpercollins, ecco, billy lynn's long halftime walk, brief encounters with che guevara, steven tyler, american idol, fiction, innovations, novels, inventors, technology review, poets and writers, success, writing, ben fountain

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    • 8 Ratings
    • 1142 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    You're so vain you probably think this TV is about you.

    MAY 1, 2012 12:28PM

    By Jowita Bydlowska


    Topics: girls, sex and the city, satc, breaking bad, the wire, the sopranos, television, women and television, men and television, relating to television, feminism, movies, gossip, fiction, comedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 4228 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Fiction Is Not Fluff

    MARCH 23, 2012 12:52PM

    By Diana Senechal


    Topics: literature, standardized testing, thomas hardy, core knowledge, jay mathews, common core state standards, nonfiction, fiction, education

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 1440 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Rent Boy

    MARCH 21, 2012 4:00AM

    By icyhighs


    Topics: boomerang generation, babyboomers, career choices, opting out, gen y, gay/lesbian, fiction, comedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1673 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Blame It on the Alcohol

    MARCH 8, 2012 9:13AM

    By Sarah Khan


    Topics: islam, alcohol, new delhi, india, belief/religion, comedy, fiction

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 4526 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    When Genres Collide: J.K. Rowling to Write Adult Fiction

    FEBRUARY 28, 2012 10:18AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: writing, fiction, literary criticism, literature, horror, dark fantasy, young adult fiction, ya fiction, genre fiction, stephen roxburgh, r.l. stine, j.k. rowling

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 4637 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    The Little Death

    JANUARY 26, 2012 7:05PM

    By Lauren J Barnhart


    Topics: s&m, the paris review, religion, relationships, sex, literature, fiction, books, platform, michel houellebecq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1145 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Layers of Time and Existence

    JANUARY 9, 2012 6:41PM

    By Lauren J Barnhart


    Topics: books, belief/religion, environment, fiction, jeanette winterson, sexing the cherry, puritans, england, seattle, the view from my window

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 3175 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Norman Mailer's Combustible Ego

    DECEMBER 21, 2011 8:20PM

    By Lauren J Barnhart


    Topics: norman mailer, an american dream, books, fiction

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 2150 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    The Body's Attainable Limits

    DECEMBER 12, 2011 8:54AM

    By Gary Justis


    Topics: art, invention, making, ideas, visualization, extending the body, prosthetics, materials, metals, fabrics, the body's limits, begining in the arts, art school, sculpture, humor, comedy, visual gags, puns, conceptual amputation, enhancing functionality, cyborg, analog robotics, design, environment, fiction, health, poetry, politics, science, technology

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1440 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Why I Wrote a Horror Novel

    AUGUST 31, 2011 2:40PM

    By MissMisk


    Topics: books, fiction, horror, literary

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1340 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    The Science of Spoilers: Knowing the End Won't Ruin a Story

    AUGUST 23, 2011 3:22PM

    By E. Magill


    Topics: spoiler alerts, spoiler alert, plot twist, plot twists, writing, psychology, sociology, spoilers, books, television, science, fiction

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1825 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Movie Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    AUGUST 9, 2011 11:30AM

    By E. Magill


    Topics: fiction, entertainment, caesar, the planet of the apes, planet of the apes, rise of the planet of the apes, movie, film, reviews, films, movies

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1562 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Birth of a Book Cover: Norah

    AUGUST 1, 2011 5:00AM

    By janicephelpswilliams


    Topics: authors, fiction, irish history, irish americans, graphic design, illustration, books, fiction, book covers, art

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 333 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Health Food and Right Hooks

    JULY 27, 2011 7:11AM

    By Jonathan Thornton


    Topics: college dorms, new age women, college women, autobiography, fiction, healthy diets, eating healthy, boxing, how to throw a right hook, pensacola news, heating and cooling bills, how to conserve energy, concerned environmentalists, apartments, tallahassee, neighborly, coffee, breakfast, travel, food/drink, fiction, economy, comedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 1476 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    Why I Love Alcoholics

    JULY 15, 2011 12:47AM

    By Helvetica Stone


    Topics: it's never over til it's over, environment, fiction, gossip, family, alcoholics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1310 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    I Love Hermione Granger, Let Me Count the Ways

    JULY 13, 2011 11:10PM

    By Isalina Herself


    Topics: books, feminism, fiction, movies, entertainment, stories, hermione, hermione granger, harry potter, deathly hallows

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1442 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Creation of a Book Cover: "My Beginning" by Melissa Kline

    JULY 6, 2011 9:59AM

    By janicephelpswilliams


    Topics: art, books, young adult fiction, sci-fi, fiction, ya fiction, illustration, art

    • Editor's Pick
    • 56 Ratings
    • 2366 Views
    • 75 Comments
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    Cherished Handwritten Notes

    JUNE 17, 2011 1:12PM

    By Monsieur Chariot


    Topics: open+call, comedy, humor, the chariot foundation at shush castle, chariot institute, letter writing, handwriting, handwritten, handwritten notes, calligraphy, gentleman, mortifying disclosures, style, wealth, relationships, fiction, feminism, fashion, love, paris, parisian, mental illness, victorian era, pressed flowers, tt, romance

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