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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

    • 2 Ratings
    • 251 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Great American Tweet

    MAY 2, 2012 1:04AM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: truncation of meaning, literary aspirations, swirled world, shorter messaging, smaller messaging, the last syllable of recorded time, brief history of communication technology, books, social criticism, great american video, great american youtube, social criticism + media of communication, shortening of language, scribblers + writers, nirvana, utter silence, zen silence, short attention span, text critics, tweet critics, metablogs, blog critics, book critics, tweet was something a bird did, tweet was something a robin did, tweet was something birds did, text is a verb, text was a noun, danagram, daniel rigney, humor, satire, comedy, great american word, great american syllable, great american abbreviation, great american txt, great american text, great american tweet, great american blog, great american book, great american political slogan, great american ad message, great american phrase, minature messaging, age of miniature messaging, miniaturization of media, great american novel, great world novel

    • 5 Ratings
    • 474 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Low Time In Arcadia, Chapters 2-3 Are Already Posted!

    MAY 6, 2010 1:13PM

    By FrogTown Diva


    Topics: southern fiction, novels a set in african-american communities, great american novel

    • 5 Ratings
    • 543 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Must Read on OS: Low Time in Arcadia by readwillet

    MAY 5, 2010 10:19PM

    By FrogTown Diva


    Topics: great american novel, novels set in african-american communities, southern literature

    • 5 Ratings
    • 457 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Help Me Pass Judgement on OS Posts!

    OCTOBER 29, 2009 10:25AM

    By Rob Crotty


    Topics: new writers, great american novel, literature, fiction, find good writing on os, open call, open salon, os

    • Editor's Pick
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    • 5687 Views
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    How I Got Thomas Pynchon’s Medical Records

    NOVEMBER 3, 2009 9:59AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: books, fiction, news, open call, thomas pynchon, great american novel

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