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    Summer People

    MAY 31, 2012 4:25PM

    By Claudia Sternbach


    Topics: summer, reading, books, gail caldwell, caroline knapp, ali wentworth, meredith hall, cheryl strayed, memoir journal, bookstore, bookshelf, library

    • 0 Ratings
    • 11 Views
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    The Faces of Civil War Vets

    MAY 31, 2012 1:09PM

    By joanpgage


    Topics: reading, open call, memorial day, massachusetts, harley prentiss, g.a.r., civil war vets

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 384 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    520 Pages Later

    MAY 30, 2012 12:01PM

    By harmonicprogression


    Topics: "jim crow", "seperate but equal", video, politics, gay/lesbian, the help, kathryn scott, writing a book, reading, books

    • 4 Ratings
    • 70 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Lao Tzu # 9: 4 Interpretations

    MAY 29, 2012 9:46AM

    By Elizabeth Priddy


    Topics: philosophy, study group, lao tzu, reading

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 558 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    ASH - All (kinds of) Stories Here

    MAY 23, 2012 7:06AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: book reviews, os weekend fiction club, kindle, books by open salon members, os, ash..., short stories, reading, books, allen skipper howlett

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 524 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Writer's Block

    MAY 16, 2012 10:53AM

    By Migs Bassig


    Topics: books, poetry, literature, reading

    • 0 Ratings
    • 61 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Mind Candy

    MAY 14, 2012 8:46AM

    By AugustSpies55


    Topics: fiction, reading, books

    • 1 Ratings
    • 277 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Middle of the night with Franzen

    MAY 1, 2012 6:47PM

    By Claudia Sternbach


    Topics: grateful, book, kind, benevolent, thoughtful, important, literature, authentic, voice, deep breathing, connection, essay, novels, friends, jon, franzen, memoir, reading

    • 4 Ratings
    • 241 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    How to Fight Writer's Block and Keep Your Writing Warm

    APRIL 30, 2012 9:08AM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: writing, creativity, writer's block, fiction, homer simpson, point of view, nonfiction, editing, reading, rituals for writing, descriptive writing, narrative, plot, story, story board

    • 2 Ratings
    • 174 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Now that's a memoir

    APRIL 9, 2012 5:07PM

    By Claudia Sternbach


    Topics: peace, grief, love, fishing, hunter, funny, bullet proof vest, maine, remarkable, interesting, joy, contemplate, review, memoir journal, critique, writing, delivery, mail, kate braestrup, reading, books, memoir

    • 2 Ratings
    • 243 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Too Many Books

    APRIL 9, 2012 9:00AM

    By Siobhan Curious


    Topics: literature, home decor, reading, education, books

    • 0 Ratings
    • 131 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Why I Like Books

    APRIL 2, 2012 5:42PM

    By Tara Leigh


    Topics: the south, love, reading, literacy, illiterate, crazy, culture, art, family, books

    • 0 Ratings
    • 142 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    My Mother My Conscience

    APRIL 2, 2012 1:39PM

    By Jacqueline M. Cohen


    Topics: mothers, children, bedtime, daughters, reading, rituals, stories, belief/religion, books

    • 4 Ratings
    • 314 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Wrestling with Point of View in Your Writing

    MARCH 31, 2012 10:10PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: creative writing, fiction, character development, protagonist, third person point of view, first person, author omniscient, point of view, sleeping tigers, roald dahl, reading, writing

    • 3 Ratings
    • 216 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    And the subject is memoir

    MARCH 27, 2012 4:35PM

    By Claudia Sternbach


    Topics: memoir, new orleans, travel, humor, writing, festival, bloody mary, audience, light, dark, heavy, hamlet, redemption, city, life, love, reading, author, worshop, memoir journal, editor, talented, sternbach

    • 0 Ratings
    • 79 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    I Tried, But I Can't Read That!

    MARCH 25, 2012 1:18PM

    By Cynthia Neale


    Topics: reading, modernism, children's books, hope, literary journals, darkness, writing

    • 1 Ratings
    • 208 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    what's your literacy experience?

    MARCH 23, 2012 2:27AM

    By Melissa Miles McCarter


    Topics: literacy, sharing, community, writing, open call, composition, reading

    • 2 Ratings
    • 249 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Beauty is a Verb: a gushing review

    MARCH 21, 2012 8:33PM

    By Lizz Schumer


    Topics: writing, reading, books, poetry

    • 8 Ratings
    • 428 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Reading truly is better than television

    MARCH 19, 2012 6:32PM

    By Pensive Person


    Topics: reading, television, true story, childhood, basketball, high school

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 2543 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Bookshelves Are For What, Again?

    MARCH 16, 2012 8:44AM

    By liza Donnelly


    Topics: reading, bookshelves, ebooks, books

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