Front, from left, Ronn Johnston and Vickie Cor- nelius Phipps. Back from left, Jeremy Tuterow, Miki Mathioudakis and Shannon Samson. (Sub- mitted photo). The holidays can bring out the best and the worst in any family. Carmel Community Players is exploring one Palm Springs family and the lies,
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This book began as a writing exercise I gave myself, inspired by memories of speeding through those vast Wyoming landscapes, and of the way the … On the flip side, I'd say my background in creative writing helps me to understand what information I need to know to tell the story I'm trying to tell, and
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The day's events also include presentation of the Madison School District's new class of Mann Scholars; the creative writing award winners from Delta Sigma Theta and the recipients of the Betty Franking Hammonds scholarship. The CUNA donation brings the Urban League's pledged donations to
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In the fall of 2016, she was one of many major Canadian authors who signed an open letter to the University of British Columbia in protest of the university's handling of complaints of sexual misconduct against creative writing chair Stephen Galloway. The letter characterized the school's investigation as
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Eleven Garland ISD elementary and middle school students won the nationwide I Write Short Stories by Kids for Kids publishing contest put on by iWrite. iWRITE serves to inspire children grades 3-12 to write their own stories and provides them with publishing opportunities. The 11 GISD students are
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I asked him how he would treat a literary temptation that insists on being born, despite its failure to stand up to one's creative standards. He said some of his novels had taken him 17 years to write, so his advice was to hold on to it, and nourish it with patience and prayer. I sat down and worked on my
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At age 60, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook has retired from Chiang Mai University, where she was a professor of fine and applied arts, given to occasional controversy in the course of a three-decade teaching career. Her ambition lately has been to get back to writing, her other love. But retirement is likely a
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That's used to print and publish newspapers, large and small, across America. If the tariff plan is approved, the added costs could easily escalate to the point where more papers would be forced to shutdown their operations. It's not solely newspapers; book publishers and paper merchants with
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Bibliophiles of the national capital thronged the 26th New Delhi World Book Fair on its last day on Sunday to grab their favourites at the best deal, even as publishers termed this year's edition rather “dull” in terms of returns. The annual book fair, which is organised by National Book Trust (NBT) in
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In 2016, Atwood joined dozens of other writers in signing a petition that called on UBC to release the records of its investigation into Steven Galloway, an author and chair of the university's creative writing program. Galloway was accused of sexual misconduct, but the details were fuzzy, and UBC's
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This is according to Josephine Buys, CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau of South Africa (IAB SA) who said that as smart phone access increases across South Africa, we are likely to see more companies like biNu negotiate arrangements with the mobile network operators so that publishers can
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The event also included a presentation of the Madison School District's new class of Mann Scholars; the creative writing award winners from Delta Sigma Theta and the recipients of the Betty Franking Hammonds scholarship. Nazira Atalla, an eighth grade student at St. James Middle School in Madison,
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The head of the Egyptian General Authority for Books, Haitham El-Hag, announced the opening of the 49th Cairo International Book Fair on 27 January, running until 19 February, with the participation of 27 countries; 17 from the Middle East and 10 foreign countries. El-Hag said that Algeria is this year's
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Game developer Amy Hennig is an industry veteran who's been at the forefront of great projects and innovation. In a recent discussion with developer Sean Vanaman of Camp Santo, over at Polygon, she talked about the new hurdles that come with age. It's not easy being 53-years old and worrying
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Rewa Zeinati, an alumna of the university's MFA in Creative Writing program, discussed her experience as a post-9/11 newcomer to the U.S. during a recent presentation at Phoenicia University, where she teaches English and writing. She eventually returned to her home country of Lebanon after
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The media outlet is also to publish a clarification of its editorial policy and state that it has violated it along with the agreed regulations of the 2018's … The media outlet that violates the agreed regulations will be banned for a period of time determined by the NEC from publishing any coverage of the
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Like GameStop, UK video game retailer GAME had a promising holiday period in which the company saw a 5 percent increase in sales. In 2017, revenue from physical game sales increased by 2.1 percent in the country, thanks in part to Call of Duty: WWII and improved console sales. Now, GfK and
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The Board of Trustees for the Mount Airy Public Library has initiated a “More Books, Please!” campaign, to supplement our book budget. As the end of the year approaches, if you would like to contribute to this campaign, you may apply tax credits for your contribution. Make your donations payable to The
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Author Melanie Brooks will address The Monadnock Writers' Group at its monthly meeting, Saturday, Jan. 20, in the … Brooks' most recent book is, “Writing Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who Shaped Art from Trauma.” … She also teaches creative writing at Nashua Community College in Nashua.
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Pedestrians take photographs of signage displayed outside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. “As we take this journey together and focus on content that our community can connect around, we'll work on providing you and your clients with best practices, insights, and tools to help them
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