Writer and playwright Lorraine Hansberry was just shy of her 34th birthday when she said these words, part of a speech titled “The Nation Needs Your Gifts,” to the winners of the Readers Digest/United Negro College Fund creative writing contest on May 1, 1964. She would unfortunately not live to see
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Publishing the “Pentagon Papers” in June 1971 did not end the Vietnam War. The war raged on. Hundreds of American soldiers died every week. Richard Nixon, who was president at the time, was in no way influenced by this First Amendment victory. He did everything in his power to stop the publishing
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This year the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela will be bigger in terms of participation of publishing houses, say the fair organisers. Organisers and publishers expect a good number of quality books will be published in the month-long event. Starting on the first day of February, the fair will accommodate around
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Americans see a “great deal” of political bias in news reporting these days and put the blame for it squarely on those publishing the news, a new poll found. President Donald Trump tweeted last February: 'The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy,
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So when it was time to develop a topic for her creative writing class at Mountain Valley Academy, Stickney used her ingenuity to incorporate photography into the assignment. After talking with her creative writing teacher, Debbie Ray, Stickney said she decided on a photojournalism project that would tell
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This is the 40th anniversary of PTC'18 in Honolulu, Hawaii, and there will be many presentations during the conference on January 21-24. Among those sharing their expertise will be… Leslie Klein – CEO and President of C-COM Satellite Systems will be speaking at the PTC's annual conference, the
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Paid music-streaming service Spotify is partnering with eight publishers to produce audio programming and visuals for a new format called Spotlight. The idea is to supplement the listening experience of audio shows like podcasts, audiobooks and news with photos, video and text. The publishers
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The findings from Wochit legitimize publishers' concerns that the algorithm would reduce engagement with their content. These findings are especially problematic as a growing number of publishers adopt a distributed content strategy and “pivot to video.” But publishers' lower video views could be a
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Diamond Comic Distributors proudly announces the winners of the 2017 Diamond Gem Awards, selected by comic book specialty retailers and celebrated within the comic book industry as a key annual award honoring sales success. DC Entertainment took home Comic Book Publisher of the Year (Over
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It also facilitates exchanges of ideas and creative encounters among writers of different countries. Bangladeshi writers can benefit from PEN international's support in these areas. So how do you plan to use your position as PEN president to promote Bangladeshi writing in English? SMI: PEN's charter
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It's hardly some unbelievable plot twist that Rotherham has made a career out of writing. He was that student who leaned more English than math in school, and he's always done creative writing. But to be doing it in Hollywood, well, credit — at least in part — his secret weapon: being born and raised in
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