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Ed Gorman Blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Forgotten Books: A Hidden Place by Robert Charles Wilson In the course of a year I usually read twenty or twenty five novels that impress me. Some for characterization, some for story, some for milieu. But I rarely read a novel that astonishes me. When Robert Charles Wilson's first novel A Hidden Place appeared as a Bantam paperback original in 1986, I wasn't sure what to make of it. I received it...
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uprisingradio.org (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
“The whole object of education is to develop the mind. The mind should be a thing that works.” — Sherwood Anderson
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The American Conservative (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Underneath Dan’s post about our special books issue, somebody called Angela has suggested that we invite @TAC readers to join in the “Best books you’ve never read” symposium. Great idea. What follows is a list of our contributors’ choices. Please, dear readers, comment on their nominations and add the names of your own favorite obscure [...]
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<HTMLGIANT> (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Out today! In his debut collection, Jamie Iredell calls on a classic and reemerging literary form to tell a story of travel, adventure, boredom, and life in general. Prose. Poem. A Novel. is a precisely written series of poems that when collected tell an addictive story. However, don’t expect to see complex titles and strict structure; [...]
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The Writing Life II (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
My work schedule for the rest of the year has come into clearer focus. Missing is a video project. The next in line are short scripts by John Donnelly but I don't have the energy level to tackle it now, and I don't anticipate having it before the end of the year. I still want to do it, and it's first in the video line of creative projects. I still shoot video for the journal, of course. Instead, some...
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orgtheory.net (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
As a first-year assistant professor, I decided to skimp a little on the creativity in terms of syllabus development. But I’ve been toying with the idea of incorporating fiction in my later courses. Why? Well, I think undergrads in particular like a little break from academic texts. I also think that having them engage with [...]
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Pete Lit (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
This is a very welcomed development: The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. The nominees for the inaugural induction class of 2010 are the usual local luminaries, plus several more that I must admit I've never heard of: Gwendolyn Brooks, Nelson...
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Blogcritics: Books (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
I favor the authors who get me worked up. Sponsored Topics: Writing - Communication - Arts - Outlaw - Writing and Editing
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Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
John Hillcoat's adaptation of the Matt Bondurant novel The Wettest Country in the World isn't happening yet. It was set up at Columbia for some time, but put into turnaround by the studio. Now producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher (who did Jarhead and Memoirs of a Geisha and are working on Nicolas Winding Refn's Jekyll at Universal) are trying to make the film work as an indie. Because there is interest...
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The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
By Steven Zeitchik and Borys Kit A period pic that’s in turnaround from a major studio wouldn’t necessarily be expected to make many waves in Hollywood’s tentpole era. But that’s pretty much what “The Wettest County in the World” —...
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The Millions (A Blog About Books) (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
Burchfield died in 1967, just as the word “psychedelic” was entering the cultural lexicon, but his paintings quake with hallucinatory glory that has nothing to do with politics or culture
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Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
bucolic \byoo-KOL-ik\, adjective: Relating to or typical of the countryside or its people; rustic. Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral. noun: A pastoral poem, depicting rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds. A country person. Bucolic derives from Greek boukolikos, "rustic; pastoral," from boukolos, "a cowherd; a herdsman"...
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Liquor Barn's Party Line Blog (Free subscription) | 13/09/2009
Btms^ for Sunday, September 13. Enjoy a taste of the good life at Liquor Barns in Louisville and Lexington, open today from 1 pm to 9 pm. Drink Forecast for Today (DF 4 2day): A Chocolate Martini, 2 celebrate Milton Hershey’s b’day 2day in 1857 AND writer Roald Dahl’s in 1916. On this date in… 1503 – Michelangelo began [...]
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What's Left in the Church (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
There are always lists of books purporting to be what one should read. There are also books readers love. A friend of mine sent me along a link that puts them side by side. 1. ULYSSES by James Joyce* 2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald* 3. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce* 4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov* 5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley 6. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William...
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the glade of theoric ornithic hermetica (Free subscription) | 29/08/2009
Mint, Mnemosyne, And Metal: Making Language Tangible -- An Essay by John Olson -- Introductory Note: Today the glade – this here blog – presents an essay by John Olson. This is the essay’s first publication. +(+)+ Norma Cole was recently in town ( editor’s note: that’s Seattle, where Olson lives ) and I enjoyed her reading and bought her book, Where Shadows Will: Selected...
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