Tag: literature
group name: books
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October 07, 2009 10:41 AM EDT --
The other day we opened the fireplace grate and had the first fire of the season. A few feet away the big dogs stretched out in the warmth, and we crashed on the couch as I read aloud a few chapters from . . .
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February 17, 2007 09:38 PM EST --
A child born in the streets of 18th century France, immediately discarded by its mother, sounds a first cry that both condemns his mother to death and . . .
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April 02, 2008 05:56 PM EDT --
In The Land of Mango Sunsets, Dorothea Benton Frank continues to do what she does best: prove that even grown ups can "come of age."
Miriam Elizabeth Swanson is determined to cling to the . . .
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February 01, 2007 09:29 PM EST --
If your virtually untouched high school copy of The Grapes of Wrath is still occupying the prize slot on your bookshelf, or if you’re still regretting . . .
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December 06, 2007 06:10 PM EST --
(humming:) "The weather outside is frightful...."
It's the perfect time of year for curling up with a good book. Except of course for all the holiday festivities, family gatherings, . . .
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February 27, 2008 04:04 PM EST --
Regarded by the world as one of the greatest Czech writers, Milan Kundera now lives in Paris but still writes about his homeland.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being is probably . . .
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March 05, 2008 09:37 PM EST --
Reading is the singing of angels, the heartspeak of the world, my most consuming passion (next to my grown ass kids).
I generally read between 12 to 14 books every two weeks, because I got it like . . .
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December 08, 2007 10:46 AM EST --
http://books.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,331488257-114241,00.html
A hunger for books
Last night Doris Lessing, aged 88, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In her acceptance speech she recalls . . .
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October 09, 2008 03:58 PM EDT --
I just finished reading Savannah Breeze by Mary Kay Andrews and I really enjoyed it.
Ms. Andrews' books are always fun to read, and she has a great feel for the Savannah area. I like her spunky . . .
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April 21, 2008 08:45 AM EDT --
Vi Connelly is a true romantic, a firm believer that the Perfect Man is out there. She's also gained the reputation of being possibly the perfect bridesmaid and a true wedding enthusiast. But . . .
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February 08, 2007 12:08 PM EST --
The Literary Game and How to Read It
There comes a time in every honest conversation about literature
between students and professors when the students' willingness to
accept . . .
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May 28, 2008 03:05 AM EDT --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials. Today is OPEN.
I want to say something about what OPEN means. According to the original definition of Writing Essentials . . .
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September 05, 2007 12:14 PM EDT --
Are you in the mood for a little romance? You couldn’t have picked a better time. Spring may not be in the air, but you wouldn’t know it judging by the number of romantic writings . . .
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April 04, 2007 12:29 PM EDT --
Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning ran with the intriguing show, Writers rate the greats:
A book critic asked more than 100 of today's most well-known writers what they think are the top 10 . . .
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November 05, 2009 07:44 PM EST --
The Time Traveler's Wife is a non-traditional love story. Henry DeTamble is a Chicago librarian at the Newberry with what the author refers to as Chrono Displacement Disorder. This means that Henry randomly . . .
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July 22, 2007 03:40 PM EDT --
Dear Ms. Rowling:
I have finished reading "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and my mood is somewhat melancholy. It is not that your final tome in Harry's epic fails to measure up to . . .
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September 12, 2007 10:39 PM EDT --
Reviewed by Magdalena Ball
The Road
By Cormac McCarthy
Picador
ISBN: 9780330447546 , June 2007, 256 pages, paperback, A$22.95
It’s probably fair to call The Road a perfect novel. . . .
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December 02, 2008 04:40 PM EST --
This is the question that occurred to me in a recent gather conversation I was having with other adults about young adult books such as Twilight, Paper Towns, etc.
Would you ever consider giving a . . .
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October 15, 2007 04:54 PM EDT --
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
(5/5 stars)
I haven't seen more than a few minutes of the famous 1975 film version of this novel. But even for me, it's hard reading this . . .
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November 28, 2006 05:35 PM EST --
"What sad days those were: the happiest of my life."
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The Sicilian novelist Gesualdo Bufalino (1920-1996) is one of those writers (like Norman MacLean or Harriet . . .
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