Tag: culture
group name: pageturners
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October 13, 2007 06:22 PM EDT --
Strong and sturdy, grey hewn slab,
Cobblestone, slag, gravel and crag,
Bulwark, anchor, silent sentry,
Guardian rampart, safeguards entry,
Selfless, measured, petrified boundary, . . . more
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October 28, 2007 10:46 PM EDT --
I have always loved Halloween, as I imagine most creative people do like those here on Gather. I can't wait for Fall, with the brilliant colors and crisp air, and enjoy planning a new and interesting . . . more
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September 27, 2007 08:53 PM EDT --
With the legacy of Oz originating from L. Frank Baum, and continuing through many authors since, It doesn't seem be dying out too soon. Bob Evans and Chris Dulabone are proof of that especially . . . more
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August 29, 2007 08:47 PM EDT --
John Updike's novels always seem to open up a window to life, especially to American life. With the life of Harry Angstrom (Rabbit) revealing many things about the American psyche through the . . . more
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September 18, 2007 09:16 PM EDT --
Once again I revisit a past novel by Dean Koontz. In "Dark Rivers..." (published in 1994) Koontz not only uses his greatest character molds but uses cases from the "real world" . . . more
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November 07, 2007 09:43 AM EST --
I’m published in the Fall issue of JMWW . Give me a high five!
JMWW is a popular online literary journal based in Baltimore that publishes “the best fiction, . . . more
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August 27, 2007 10:06 PM EDT --
We've all been there tired of our job, tired of our boring life. Well that's pretty much what gets the ball rolling in this novel by Chuck Palahniuk. I've been reading other novels . . . more
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September 09, 2007 10:53 PM EDT --
He arrives
In his shiny car,
With his
Lies and
His big
Bags.
Trapped in his
Checkered coat,
And ultra sheen
Shoes, he
Smiles the smile
That killed
A thousand
Friendships.
. . . more
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September 18, 2007 07:53 AM EDT --
Stumbling out of pure, comforting darkness,
Shocked at a flawed and troubled world,
Innocence set upon, threatened at once,
Bombarded daily with messages of hate,
Confused by brand loyalties,
Idle . . . more
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August 23, 2007 09:10 PM EDT --
I'm on a Chuck Palahniuk binge right now and I am glad of it. I first read one of his books back in 1999. It was "Fight Club," I was so impressed with the movie that I had to . . . more
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September 04, 2007 09:15 PM EDT --
First let me clear up a question that everyone who has seen me reading this book has asked, No, it is not about the Grateful Dead. Okay, that out of the way let me tell you about this really nice . . . more
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September 06, 2007 09:47 PM EDT --
Well, I brought a book out of retirement to get some good ole goosebumps. And as usual Dean Koontz delivered. This book was originally published in 1976, but many of the ideas could still happen . . . more
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September 01, 2007 08:44 PM EDT --
I want to be a child again,
Back in the “good old days,”
Take me back, to my old neighborhood,
Back in the “good old days,”
When I played outside all day, . . . more
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August 27, 2007 11:06 AM EDT --
I’d like to thank you — valued readers, friends, colleagues, otherwise-connected people — for faithfully reading my posts here at Gather. Not just my weekly Lit Bit, but all . . . more
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November 21, 2007 02:30 PM EST --
When I met Alice McDermott for the first time, it was at a craft lecture she was presenting at The Writers’ Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The topic of the craft lecture . . . more
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August 29, 2007 11:28 AM EDT --
When you write a story, put it away, pull it back out a few years later, then put it back on the shelf, you never really know what the future may hold for it.
Ten years ago, a day or two after . . . more
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November 28, 2007 12:17 PM EST --
Being thankful is still in season.
Today I’m thankful that my Thanksgiving-themed story was published in last week’s Thanksgiving edition of Writers Weekly — . . . more
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April 17, 2007 09:33 AM EDT --
Between all of the talking heads' giggling, insensitive interviews, and Dr. Phil types engaging in psycho-bable about the need for a group hug, we should take a moment from trying to comprehend the . . . more
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October 05, 2007 10:26 AM EDT --
On the heels of the successful reading at the Baltimore book Festival comes yet another literary event — this one inspired by and celebrating the 800th birthday of the great Persian poet, . . . more
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October 12, 2007 10:45 AM EDT --
The great Persian poet, teacher, and philosopher, Rumi, turned 800 on September 30 of this year. Or at least he would have, were he still alive. Many writers and readers would argue . . . more
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