Still Kickin Kicks Off a Healthy, Altruistic New Year

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Still Kickin Kicks Off a Healthy, Altruistic New Year

When she founded Still Kickin in 2015, Nora McInerny—author of the best-selling book It's Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool, Too) and creator of the APM podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking—was inspired by a phrase that appeared on a t-shirt her husband, Aaron Purmort, was wearing when he had a
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Best Selling PCs of 2017

According to Amazon's “Best Sellers” list, there was one clear winner in desktop PCs last year: HP, Inc. (NYSE:HPQ). The company still best known as “Hewlett-Packard” sold five of the top 10 best-selling desktop PC models in 2017, including the No. 1 HP 8300 Elite Small Form Factor desktop, the HP
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Mississippi Quote of the Day: Barry Hannah's Review of Book Reviewers

In a New York Times review of Mississippi author Barry Hannah's debut novel, “Geronimo Rex,” the novelist Jim Harrison called Hannah “one of … Hannah became a writer-in-residence at the University of Mississippi in 1982 and went on to serve as director of Ole Miss' MFA and creative writing program.
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Radiohead's Publisher Says They Haven't Actually Sued Lana Del Rey Over 'Get Free'

She attests that she offered the band 40 percent of the publishing rights to settle the matter, but that the band “will only accept 100.” She even said that this legal drama could force her to cut the song from the album. As far as Radiohead's publisher Warner/Chappell Music is concerned, however, this
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A change in tempo for Diane Taraz

Of her 14 solo recordings, “Revolution” remains among her best sellers via online sites such as Pandora. “I get inquiries from Japan, New Zealand, LA … the world has become totally porous to music sales,” she said. Taraz also credits the internet for the information she collects on songs. “The internet is
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Texas State English professor named NEA Creative Writing Fellow

By Jack McClellan. Office of Media Relations January 9, 2018. Texas State University assistant professor of English Jennifer duBois was named a Creative Writing Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for 2018. DuBois is one of 36 fellows chosen from over 1,700 applications. The award
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Concordia University vows to probe 'disturbing' allegations of sexual misconduct

Concordia University will “treat seriously” allegations of sexual misconduct and an abusive climate in its English department, according to president Alan Shepard, following accusations made by a former student of the Montreal school's creative-writing program. In a message posted to the university's
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Bannon exits Breitbart News

Bannon said the comments in the book were not accurate. After excerpts of the book were released, President Donald Trump said that Bannon had “lost his mind.” “Fire and Fury” was published Friday, days early by popular demand and despite Trump's attorneys sending the publishers a cease and
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PRH Buys Rodale Books Assets

After completing its purchase of Rodale Inc. last week, the Hearst Corp., which announced the deal in October, quickly turned around and sold Rodale's trade book publishing assets to Penguin Random House. Terms of the acquisition, which involves more than 2,000 backlist titles and 100 frontlist
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