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    Writer's Block

    MAY 16, 2012 10:53AM

    By Migs Bassig


    Topics: books, poetry, literature, reading

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    • 4 Ratings
    • 1167 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    50 shades of every day life

    MAY 9, 2012 11:22AM

    By Tom Falco


    Topics: cartoon saturday, comedy, feminism, 50 shades of grey, books, literature

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    • 22 Ratings
    • 4227 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

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    • 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

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    • 25 Ratings
    • 3162 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    The James Baldwin Revival

    FEBRUARY 2, 2012 2:02PM

    By Ben Sen


    Topics: the cross of redemption, randall kenan, literature, racism, ben sen's essays, james baldwin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 4636 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

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    • 30 Ratings
    • 1395 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Will this be the Fall of another of Poe's Houses?

    AUGUST 17, 2011 12:22PM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: literature, history, national parks, edgar allan poe, author's houses, home, old houses, historic homes, historic preservation, save one of poe's houses!, the edgar allan poe house and museum, baltimore, is nothing sacred?

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    • 9 Ratings
    • 1433 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    My Bloomsday Confession: I've never read Ulysses

    JUNE 16, 2011 11:17AM

    By Kate Geiselman


    Topics: open call, my tiny hypocrisy, twitter, literature, ulysses, james joyce, bloomsday

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1268 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Saved by Pop Culture: Flying With Erica Jong!

    MAY 10, 2011 12:48AM

    By anniestone


    Topics: open call, novel, fear of flying, erica jong, literature, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 51 Ratings
    • 4187 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    The Phony Widow

    FEBRUARY 15, 2011 2:41PM

    By Nikki Stern


    Topics: grief, grieving process, loss-of-spouse memoirs, joyce carol oates, joan didion, 9/11, books, literature, writing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1681 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Confession of an Ex-Cable News Junkie

    DECEMBER 22, 2010 1:59PM

    By William Hazelgrove


    Topics: hemingway, attic, matthews, odonnell, olbermann, maddow, readers, literature, books, junkies, television, writing, cable news, writers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 989 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Moroccan Dates

    DECEMBER 19, 2010 10:25AM

    By Linda Shiue


    Topics: skc holiday snacks, open call, appetizers, recipe, food/drink, moroccan, gorgonzola and bacon dates, hideous kinky, san francisco, baraka, esther freud, literature, film

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1212 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    Falling off the Freedom Train

    OCTOBER 1, 2010 11:22AM

    By William Hazelgrove


    Topics: novelist, novels, reviews, publishing, literature, literary, books, writing, writers, freedom

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 2359 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    'Never Let Me Go' Novel to Film - a Successful Cloning?

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 10:41PM

    By Colleen Claes


    Topics: books, movies, film review, film, organ doning, organ donations, donors, clones, 1984, coming-of-age, great expectations, usa today, literature, novels, mark romanek, dystopian, kazuo ishiguro, never let me go, film adaptation, adaptation, sci-fi, dystopia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 61 Ratings
    • 3303 Views
    • 103 Comments
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    The Books I Haven't (And Won't) Read

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 8:23AM

    By Cranky Cuss


    Topics: reading, literature, time is money but not when you're an author

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 15581 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Poetry for Middle Schoolers

    APRIL 7, 2010 9:44AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: open call, cominghome, teaching english to teens, literature, adolescence, middle school, poetry

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1368 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    OS Book Review: THE LOST BOOKS OF THE ODYSSEY

    MARCH 17, 2010 8:24PM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: the lost books of the odyssey, book review, zachary mason, books, review, homer, odysseus, ithaca, penelope, literature

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 724 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Salinger: The Classic Critical and Personal Portrait

    FEBRUARY 16, 2010 10:50AM

    By Helen Gallagher


    Topics: literature, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 65 Ratings
    • 10676 Views
    • 155 Comments
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    Is Jane Austen Overrated?

    FEBRUARY 10, 2010 3:02AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: television, gossip, feminism, family, comedy, books, literature, romance novels, sarah silverman, nonsense and nonsensibilty, natalie portman, zombies, book discussions, blogs, websites, moby dick, melville, dickens, movies, miniseries, 1940, bbc, pbs, yorkshire pudding, sarongs, vindaloo, bollywood, mansfield park, sense and sensibility, emma, dickesn, pride and prejudice, jane austin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 4240 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Should We Bother With Art?

    JANUARY 26, 2010 1:08PM

    By Scott Christian


    Topics: art, literature, haiti, port au prince, developing world, journalism, picasso, david foster wallace

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