Tag: literature
group name: allthingswritten
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March 12, 2008 10:54 PM EDT --
Since I was a young boy, first exposed to the works of Tolkein and other high fantasy authors, I found myself confronted by a philosophical conundrum. I wondered at the motivations of . . . more
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December 08, 2006 01:58 PM EST --
Boo Radley, Phone Home.
This summer I read To Kill a Mockingbird again for probably the fifth time. Boo Radley made his ghostly . . . more
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October 11, 2007 09:07 AM EDT --
In what came as a surprise to many information markets the Swedish Academy has awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature to British author Doris Lessing. The Academy called Lessing "an epicist of . . . more
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December 27, 2006 09:43 AM EST --
Calendars: Landscapes of a Dream
Art prints that give color to the Genesis of a season,
Numbered pages with lettered stepping stones,
The more beautiful and ornate and infused with color,
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March 21, 2007 11:48 PM EDT --
Blindsided
Brian Palmer
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976933692
Synopsis: Kate Rowland is a closed off, twenty-something widow who works at a tiny bookstore, choosing to entertain . . . more
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July 11, 2008 11:11 AM EDT --
I celebrate the birthday of acclaimed children's literature author, E. B. White, today.
Happy Birthday Elwyn !!
Elwyn Brooks White was born in the great state of Maine on July 11, 1899. . . . more
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December 08, 2006 12:22 PM EST --
Priestess
In the upstairs room, white curtains fly in the open-window breeze.
Steam whispers in cloudbursts of mist that rise from the heavy flat iron
Pressed into the folds . . . more
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December 08, 2006 02:08 PM EST --
Fahrenheit and Light
By Theresa Kennedy
Book smart girls from midwestern railroad towns seldom venture beyond the rusty tracks. But transcendence of an intellectual . . . more
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July 02, 2008 10:45 AM EDT --
You probably remember at least one book from your childhood. The Cat in the Hat, perhaps? Goodnight Moon? Where the Wild Things Are?
Seth Lerer, Professor of English and Comparative Literature . . . more
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September 14, 2008 03:03 PM EDT --
Tushi was a cat who could have been an ocean.
She could have been other things as well like – a blanket that smelled of warmth, a puddle in your green yards, a broken wristwatch, a collage of photographs . . . more
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May 01, 2008 11:33 AM EDT --
In 1896, in the close-to-history fiction of novelist Louise Erdrich, a plague of doves hits North Dakota. Doves are everywhere by the thousands.
But the blanket of birds can't cover up what's . . . more
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December 08, 2006 12:14 PM EST --
Shadow Writer
By Theresa Kennedy
From beneath the shadows of an overhanging ledge a disheveled figure emerged. Ever . . . more
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May 01, 2007 10:42 AM EDT --
A Writer's Guide has a new poem for discussion -Join the Group/Join the Discussion
If you want to become a better writer, this group is for you. This group instructs in the craft and 'art' . . . more
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April 23, 2007 01:18 PM EDT --
We are looking for three Gather members who would be interested in reviewing the Thirtieth Anniversary Edition of Roots, the seminal work on American culture, race and politics by Alex Haley. If you . . . more
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May 20, 2007 10:22 AM EDT --
This, from Daisaku Ikeda's Buddhism Day by Day: Wisdom for Modern Life:
“WHAT CAN the individual accomplish in the face
of the huge institutions . . . more
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December 08, 2006 12:18 PM EST --
Six Simple Rules for Aspiring Writers
Rule # 1. Get a cat. Studies have shown that the greatest literary artists in history wrote their best work in the company of a feline. Hemingway, . . . more
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December 22, 2006 07:20 PM EST --
The recent world conclave in Iran of those who believe that the Holocaust of World War II either never existed or was vastly overstated has concluded. As one might expect of a meeting of true believers . . . more
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May 14, 2007 06:42 AM EDT --
A couple weeks ago I made the decision to start self-publishing and wrote an article here on Gather. The support was wonderful. Mainly, I have a novel with characters screaming to get on in the world that . . . more
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September 12, 2008 07:46 AM EDT --
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June 02, 2007 12:08 PM EDT --
The Week's article "How the law penalizes writers and inventors," comments on Mark Helprin's Op-Ed in May 20 th 's New York Times: A Great Idea Lives Forever. Shouldn't . . . more
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