Coming up this month, the Fergus Falls Public Library, along with Springboard for the Arts, has organized a half day series of events for writers titled Writer's Path to Publishing. These events take place Saturday, Feb. 10 starting at 1 p.m. at the Roosevelt Education Center, 340 Friberg Ave., Fergus Falls.
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One potential pitfall stems from the bill directing the mechanical licensing collective (the entity designated to collect and distribute funds) to distribute unmatched royalties on a market share basis to music publishers. However, most songwriter publishing contracts (other than superstar artist/writer
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If you could travel back to the mid-2000s, you'd likely hear this story from business analysts, busy predicting the eventual failure of independent booksellers. Why? Because they don't offer e-book downloads. They don't have national reach. Their stores don't have a massive square footage, and patrons
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Sonja Livingston is an award-winning essayist and author of three books of nonfiction, including the memoir Ghostbread. Sonja divides her time between Rochester, N.Y., and Richmond, Va., where she teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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The Airline Tariff Publishing Company (ATPCO) has acquired US technology Routehappy, a 'rich content' provider for carriers, in a deal that could mark a significant step in transforming airline distribution. The acquisition, the first in ATPCO's 53-year history, will see the principal global distributor of fare
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Some of the best sellers are the Youngstown State University products and “The Yo” designs. Outside of local popups and Stone Fruit Coffee Co. in Boardman, which Youngstown Clothing Co. recently partnered with, the apparel can be purchased online. “We ship all over the country,” McClure said.
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No matter what form of writing you practice, whether you are a memoirist, novelist, poet, essayist or journalist—or you are just beginning your dream of writing and publishing—you need to know and care about publisher Macmillan's recent stand against Trump. What happened: If you have not heard,
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During her tenure, Pam participated in a grant writing course at the Edyth Bush Institute of Philanthropy and was the only student ever to receive a grant after simply writing a warm letter of inquiry ($10,000). Pam continued her grant writing successes throughout the years. 'Pam is best known for her
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Boone Aldridge (PhD, University of Stirling, 2012) is the SIL Corporate Historian; his book, The Development of the Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1934–1982, is in press with Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. Gary Simons (PhD, Cornell University, 1979) is SIL's
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As his style matured, he worked primarily with publishing companies, including Dell, Simon & Schuster, Harlequin Romance, Pocket Books, and Silhouette Intimate Moments, defining the quintessential couple's embrace. The show is a sampling of Jones' work, and has been arranged by his son, Doug
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Regardless of whether I'm doing creative writing, studying art history, or working on an article, I need some music in my ears in order to concentrate. Because I'm almost always doing some form of work, I by default almost always have headphones on. Most people don't see how the music actually helps
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Facebook recently announced it would tweak its algorithm yet again to de-prioritize posts from brands and publishers, and emphasize those from friends and family. This also means engagement will be measured by comments. Some experts have predicted publishers' reach will drop by 80% due to
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To help accommodate the new class, elements of the old business writing course will be incorporated with regular business education courses. Waunakee's high school course catalog for 2018-19 is 98 pages and about an inch thick. It is available online. Schell said it focuses on career planning, as it is
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Welcome to Book Pulse, a daily update designed to help collection development and readers' advisory librarians navigate the never-ending wave of new books and book news. Here you will find highlights of titles moving in the marketplace and getting buzz, bookish stories making news, and key items
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It was published by the Mangyan Heritage Centre, which kindly sponsored my travel back to the Philippines from the University of Nottingham in Malaysia, where I now work as Head of School, English, and Professor of Creative Writing and Literature. The ambahan is composed of seven-syllable metric
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So well, in fact, that its 10-month-old console has already outsold its previous one. And the games for that console — the Switch — are moving at a similarly absurd clip. After Nintendo's latest earnings report, we got a clearer look than ever into exactly how successful Nintendo is right now. The short
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Mailhot: It's one year, then I believe I'll be teaching creative writing here after that. I'm just not sure what my title will be, but I know they'll make room for me. Q: So you see it being a longer term thing then? Mailhot: Yeah, I'm here for a while. I really enjoy the Midwest. My in-laws live in Evansville. We just
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At my unit last year, a new Airmen Leadership School blended learning course cut the time and cost of enlisted professional military education. A public affairs writing course mentored journalists through emailed spotlights, social media, and distance article editing. A live-stream television project
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Iron nanostructures have gained a tremendous attention in the last years as excellent catalysts applied in different areas. The cost-effective and environment friendly advantages of using iron catalysts have made them the alternative to other transition-metals in many cases. In this way the development of
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The analysis by OpenX focuses on the largest publishers, with adoption monitored by its own crawler. With critical mass achieved, OpenX is instituting a ban from its exchange on all reseller inventory that is not authorized in a publisher's ads.txt file. OpenX says it will begin implementing the new
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Chad Post, publisher for Open Letter Books, says he's seen the number of new fiction and poetry translated works nearly double in the 10 years since Three Percent's founding — “Readers seem less terrified of translated books,” he tells Bustle — but he's still speaking of a growth of 360 titles to 660 titles,
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Author Joey Jones from North Carolina visited the creative writing class of Amanda Lemmons at Community High School this week. Jones was in the area visiting his sister DeAnn Haywood and her family. He has published two romantic suspense novels, “Losing London” and “A Bridge Apart.” His third
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He could also see the job was a fleeting endeavor — writing was his passion. “I'm proud of my writing, not my acting, my writing,” he said. His literary foundation is clearly exposed in his autobiography, “Wanderer.” This is a book which requires vigilance in order to catch the author's inference, snark, and
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Students now need to be at CEFR B1 to access the program and complete a B2, four-skill (speaking, listening, reading and writing) examination at the end of the course to release scholarship funds. Since English is the most widely studied foreign language in Italy, higher requirements to access PON
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Athens resident William E. Bray, president of Bilbo Book Publishers, released Ayers memoir in 2016. “I was taking a religion class under him as a senior. This would be in 1959. He called me up after class one day and said, 'Bill, I think you should go to Yale Divinity School. I think you would do well,'”
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PROFESSIONAL writers will be sharing their skills in a one-day event at Leeds Trinity University. The 14th annual Writers' Festival Day, on Wednesday, February 14, will be open to anyone with an interest in creative writing. People taking part will have the chance to develop their writing skills in poetry,
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Babson brings his experience to the classroom in his course “The Two Koreas and Geopolitics of Northeast Asia.” His course will prioritize practical world diplomacy. “I am emphasizing policy writing over academic writing,” said Babson. “Part of the subtext of the course is the fact that I come not from an
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The scoreboard has been turned off. Those attending their 50th high school reunions this spring know it. They're in their late 60s now, and their accomplishments in life — or lack of them — have been pretty well defined. So the conversations I expect to have with my former classmates from the Boston
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With the initial idea behind the course to offer older people a place to share their knowledge, experiences and history with future generations, USC academic and lecturer in Public Relations Dr Karen Sutherland says she was “pleasantly surprised” with the topics her senior students chose to take on in
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2. The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief and Compassion — Surprising Observations of a Hidden World — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books). 3. Hello Humpback! — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd, illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers (Harbour Publishing). 4. Opportunity Knox: Twenty Years of
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I believe attending book festivals and writing workshops are integral to the growth of any writer. But not attending them also does not make you any less of a writer. With regards to literary prizes, as one person whose work has not yet appeared on any long or shortlists, my reply to this might come off as
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More than half of Facebook's launch partners on Instant Articles appear to have abandoned the format, new Tow Center research suggests. Of 72 publishers that Facebook identified as original partners in May and October 2015, our analysis of 2,308 links posted to their Facebook pages on January 17,
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Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced a partnership with the National Psoriasis Foundation to publish its specialty publication, the Journal of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (JPPA). The journal provides the latest research and practical treatment information about psoriatic disease – a
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Grief support group, 11 a.m., The Center, 175 Port Road, Kennebunk. The group is led by an advanced practice psychiatric nurse who has extensive experience in this area. FMI, call 967- 8514. Cape Porpoise Library, 1 to 4 p.m., 173 Main St., Cape Porpoise. Current best sellers and DVD collection.
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Continuing the routine dominance that has been apparent the past few days, Super Bowl LII and Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour were the overwhelming best-sellers yesterday, according to TicketClub.com. Sunday's deciding game between the New England Patriots and Philadelphia
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New Yorker Celebrates Richard Hell's Small Press Publishing Career, With an Admirer. By Harriet Staff. Richard Hell and the Voidois, Blank Generation, cover. At the New Yorker, John Seabrook captures the mood one evening at White Columns when Richard Hell (born Richard Lester Meyers) and his
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The compact crossover segment has officially replaced the midsize sedan as the vehicle of choice for most buyers. Just take a quick glance at the top sellers each month and the list continues to be infiltrated crossovers, while traditional sedans continue to disappear. At the top of this list, the Toyota RAV4
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Richard Nixon's White House filed a court injunction to cease publication of the documents, but history provides its own spoiler alert — the press prevailed. The New York Times got the story first, and the Washington Post had to play catch-up in the midst of its first public stock offering and while shaking
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Looking for course materials for your college Economics course? Visit here to browse our offerings in Macmillan Economics.
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Long before Facebook announced that it would cut the organic reach of publishers' Page posts on its social network, Vox Media's Vox saw an opportunity to reach people on Facebook through Facebook Groups. In late 2016, the news publication created a Facebook Group to help Obamacare enrollees
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Best sellers have been Eagles NFC Champions short-sleeve and long-sleeve shirts in gray and black. NFC Champions black hoodies also have been popular, Masten said. The store also is selling Patriots AFC Champions shirts and Patriots youth jerseys. A table stocked with Eagles merchandise was
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It's also the most lucrative event of the year for music licenses, with synch revenue at the top four music publishers up as high as 25% year-over-year. Pricing for individual synchs this year is varying from $100,000 to upwards of $750,000, depending on length of use, previous licenses for the song and
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In the year 2000, around 90 percent of all activity to distributers was immediate; today it is under 30 percent on a normal. The rest originates from fundamentally two stages – Google and Facebook. Google and Facebook represent 99 percent of web based promoting development. Would publisher be
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Smith said: “Jack Peterson was one of the few Shetlanders to produce creative writing about his war experiences. “After serving in the Seaforth Highlanders from 1916-1919, Peterson wrote two books of poems which reflect on his experiences. He also wrote a novel which was never published.” The free
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Apple is renaming and redesigning its iBooks e-book app with a simplified storefront and other updated features in an apparent effort to give the … U.S. Supreme Court ended Apple's effort to challenge a court ruling that it had conspired with book publishers to keep e-book prices elevated, a decision that
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Wednesday, February 7, at 3:00 p.m. – Creative Writing Workshop for students in 7th grade and up. The members meet twice each month to share their work and discuss writing tips and techniques. Call the library for more information. Wednesday, February 7, at 6:30 p.m. – Evening Book Discussion
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Middletown Art Center is now beginning its ninth month of the Resilience Project which provides low cost, high quality art classes in photography, creative writing, painting and printmaking. Classes cycle every first through fourth week of the month until the end of May 2018. Preregistration is required.
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“My job is to work with all of ReedPop's worldwide comic cons and make them better and more fun,” he told PW. Asked whether his book publishing expertise will be useful in the convention business, Liang said: “It's all connected. It's about having fun and having good content, whether it's books, comics,
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I ask Tayari how she became a novelist; she speaks about enrolling in her first creative writing class at Spelman College and how Pearl Cleage became her mentor. Atlanta is a character in her novels. She shares stories of growing up in Atlanta's Southside, and having everything that her family needed
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'Fakes in American Journalism,' Buffalo Publishing Co., Buffalo, New York, 1914. These sensational clips were often picked up – or copied – by news gathering agencies and sold wholesale to newspapers. They cascaded throughout the media system because, at each point, publishers realized they
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I can't say I'll bleed green for life, but for the moment, the Eagles have my heart, and I raise my dollar coffee in cheers to them. They've earned it. Sara Novic is the author of the novel “Girl At War” (Random House), and an assistant professor of creative writing at Stockton University. She still loves the Mets
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Introduction. Welcome to the official Verified Server for Music Artists, Game Publishers and Developers Requirements document! You may have the right qualifications for verification by being a publisher and developer from an announced, playable, and live game, or a music artist that's verified on
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BUDDING writers get your pens – or laptops – at the ready, as the library service's fourth annual creative writing competition will open on Thursday. Children and young people from across St Helens can take part in the event – which is sponsored by Newton Rotary Club and West Lancashire
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Recent release “The Gneasels and the Terrible Scosler” from Page Publishing author Linda Diltz is an engaging short story about the gneasel sisters who have … Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create – not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion,
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“Congratulations,” reads the letter claiming to come from the desk of “Deborah Holland, Executive Vice President” of Publishers Clearing House. “We are pleased to inform you that you are one of our lucky winners,” with a grammatically incorrect comma separating the first sentence from the second
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The Children's Book Council and Every Child a Reader have announced the finalists for their 11th annual Children's and Teen Choice Book Awards. Young readers nationwide will vote online for the finalists in four categories from March 1 through May 6—the last day of Children's Book Week.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NetworkWire — NetworkNewsWire (“NNW”), a multifaceted financial news and publishing company, today announces the publication of an editorial featuring AnalytixInsight (TSX.V:ALY) (OTCQB:ATIXF), a client of NNW and artificial intelligence
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With time spent on the site now in decline and further newsfeed changes on the horizon, what does Facebook's clampdown on Page-level posts mean for publishers? Wednesday night's Facebook earnings provided a mixed bag. On the one hand, profits soared last year to nearly US$16bn. However
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And how do publishers get new writers noticed? “Spring feels like the right time to publish debut fiction because it keeps them out of the super competitive autumn”, says Pru Rowlandson, publicity director of Granta Books, who has worked on campaigns including launching Eleanor Catton's debut The
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Arc Publishing has “dozens” of other customers — the Post wouldn't share an exact number — all of whom can work with the Arc team on site presentation technical transition, troubleshooting, and new features (the PMN arrangement is unique in that the Lenfest Institute will share lessons learned
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This event ran intermittently from its launch in 1989 until it was taken over by botanical book publishers Warwick and Sue Forge in 2002. The Forges run it as a biennial event that brings together international and local landscape and garden designers, offering a look at some of the best contemporary
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“When I was in third or fourth grade we did a lot of creative writing and narratives and stuff,” Delome said. “We made our own little myth off of Greek mythology and I liked that. I kept writing more and more stories in class and I liked it. I didn't do it a lot through middle school, but in eighth grade we did it
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Anything, just like the blues: lost love, the mountains, the landscape, work. For two months, I'd wake in the morning, milk the cows, and play all day. Then I went back to study writing, in 2010. I did my master's in creative writing at the Toronto campus of the University of Guelph. But I was really missing folk
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This engagement has taken many forms: ecumenical community organizing outreach with Action through Churches Together in the 1990s, a 15-year seminary internship program with First Lutheran Church in Buhl, a creative writing project for elementary students, the Summer Work Outreach Project
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The NOOK Book (eBook) of the Berlitz Pocket Guide Budapest by Berlitz Publishing at Barnes & Noble. FREE Shipping on $25 or more!
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When she did step outside, she was never alone, afraid of being confronted on the street, called “Putin's bitch” or accused of being a Jewish or Russian agent at best, or physically attacked at worst. To try and calm her fears, she bought pepper spray for those outdoor sorties. All five of her best sellers
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In the wake of the good response to his 'Mann Ki Baat', Modi decided to compile the discussions, complementing them with some unique new insights and anecdotes, in the form of a book. According to the publishers, Modi hopes to become a friend of the students, supporting them as they sit for their
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Like Toyota, it got some help from cars as its three best sellers – Sentra compact, Altima mid-sized, and Maxima sporty sedan – all posted solid gains. Nissan doesn't share fleet vs. retail sales data, but some fleet involvement was likely. On the truck side, the Rogue crossover continues to dominate the
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New Delhi, Feb 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new book — Exam Warriors — which deals with how students should beat pressure and stress, will get released tomorrow. The book publisher Penguin Random House (PRH) released Exam Warriors' cover on social media on Friday. The book is largely
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Germany's new Copyright Act brings in a number of changes, two of which are particularly relevant to games developers and publishers: the new author information right; and the introduction of a time limit on certain types of exclusive licence. Germany's revised Copyright Act – what do games
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Miles Kelly Publishing, a British children's publishing house, has responded to a video appeal from seven-year-old Ukrainian Zakhar Liskovy regarding incorrect information in a British encyclopedia for kids, “1000+ Science Facts,” about the Ukrainian An-225 Mriya aircraft, promising to correct the
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Michael Janosky has been an artist for as long as he can remember. After reading articles about art, watching art documentaries and drawing as a child, he found his passion for oil painting in high school. Now, Janosky primarily paints landscapes in his studio at Nickel Plate Arts in Noblesville. “I really
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Joseph Leong has been named Senior Group Publisher for GateHouse Media Alaska Holdings, Inc. He will oversee operations at the Juneau Empire and its sister publication the Capital City Weekly, as well as the Kenai Peninsula Clarion and the Homer News. Leong has worked in the media industry
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Which one does a better job of selling cola? More on the Super Bowl: Even in the era of #MeToo and #TimesUp, “Once again the Super Bowl is poised to be filled with commercials starring and appealing to a predominantly male audience,” Ad Age's Jeanine Poggi writes. Read and watch more here.
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It is with particular excitement that The Daily Californian produces its first Black History Month special issue in recent memory. It is also a distinct pleasure to feature the personal narratives, social critiques and creative writing of members from local Black communities — including students and faculty at
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Otieno is an editor at Kwani Trust, a Kenyan-based literary network dedicated to developing quality creative writing and committed to the growth of … I essentially seek to eliminate anything that can be jarring to a reader's experience while making sure the writer tells the story the best way he or she can.
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Kay landed a job with the textbook publishing company, Ginn and Co., where she was an art editor. During that period, she traveled to Maine where she met her future husband, George S. Bournakel, an optometrist from Lewiston. They were married in Athens, Greece, in the tiny church on top of Mount
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It's no accident that after trying out a dozen meditation practitioners over the past two years, I consistently gravitate toward Yael, author of What Now? Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond … elsewhere, including anthologies. She is a creative writing professor at The New School in Greenwich Village.
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Entertainment attorney, Allen Jacobi, has been practicing for over 35 years, representing some of the largest entertainment law transactions in the history of the State of Florida. The firm itself specializes in Publishing, Trademarks, Copyrights and Licensing, which includes Contract Negotiation, Digital
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