April 5 – “On Tour: Promoting the Book”: Ted Ownby, director of the university's Center for the Study of Southern Culture; Kiese Laymon, professor of English and creative writing; and John T. Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, will discuss book publishing and touring. April 5 – “Art and the
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Susan Bishop Crispell earned a BFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Born and raised in the mountains of Tennessee, she now lives 20 minutes from the beach in North Carolina with her husband and their literary-named cat. She is the author of The Secret
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What got me writing poetry is my parents, who had exposed me to poetry at a very young age and then at Virginia Tech I had the opportunity to learn from Nikki Giovanni. I took three of her classes over three years and that sort of solidified my interest in poetry. That's when it moved beyond just being a
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On Thursday, Feb. 1, poet and fiction writer Olivia Clare visited UNO for a reading of her published work and a discussion. Hosted in the liberal arts lounge by Creative Writing Workshop director Neal Walsh, the event was an opportunity for students and writers to not only sample Clare's literature, but to
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… professional artists practical instruction in all visual arts [headed by David Reid-Marr], performing arts, sculpture, painting, photography, ceramics, jewelry, Native American arts, film and digital media, fashion design, dance, music, theater and creative writing,” according to the idyllwildarts.org website.
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A poet, activist and English and writing teacher at Anoka-Ramsey and North Hennepin community colleges, the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop and the Loft Literary Center, Tannen will offer a two-days-before-Valentine's Day crash course in love letter writing for the romantically impaired and
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MOLINE, IL – WQPT announces its annual PBS KIDS Writers Contest empowering children in grades K-3 to celebrate creativity and build literacy skills by writing and illustrating their own stories. Stories, which must be the original work of the child, may be non-fiction, fiction, prose or poetry. Entries
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STEP UP Lacrosse Charity will host a fundraiser at the Brian Boru Restaurant and Pub on Thursday, March 1, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 pm. The authentic Irish pub is located at 489 Ritchie Hwy in Severna Park, Maryland. Funds raised during the event will go towards the self-publishing of a
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Before Little Brown took a chance in 1976 on his first book, “The Thomas Berryman Number,” James Patterson was turned down by 31 publishers. It went on to win an Edgar Award for best first novel and launch one of the most successful writing careers in history. “So, if you get turned down by
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A renowned rhetoric and composition scholar who joined URI last fall, West-Puckett and other faculty launched a new introductory writing course this semester that helps students broaden their understanding of what it means to write in the 21st century. “The course underscores the idea that writing does
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The school is running courses on computers, creative writing, beauty therapy, guitar and floristry. Community manager at the school said: “Westleigh is fully committed to its adult education programme which we run in partnership with Wigan Council. “We believe the strength of the community is integral
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He took advantage of the one-on-one media training provided by the World Fellows Program. Courses in corporate leadership and grand strategy helped expand his leadership skills, and a writing course helped him refine his communications skills. Upon returning home, he jumped into the rough-and
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Dubbed Resume Assistant, the new feature will, of course, require users to have both Office 365 and LinkedIn accounts, and it is limited to the English language. The assistant will need to be activated through the “Review” screen in Word, so there's no surprise Clippy-style “I see you're writing a…” dialog
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WhiteSmoke is like having your old English teacher reading every word you write on any of your devices…without the withering judgment, of course. WhiteSmoke not only catches all your typos and syntax issues, it actually contextualizes your writing, then offers recommendations for corrections and
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Loretta Powers started her path to USM to become an educational tech, but instead became “inspired to write a book by a creative writing course I took at USM” While keeping her age anonymous, Powers described herself as a senior citizen. “I'm a senior, but not that kind,” Powers said. Any Maine
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