“Over the years that I have been teaching creative writing, more students are writing the kind of prose that they are also reading,” she said. “So there is more fantasy, more science fiction, more kind of mystery.” Three heralded authors have also been selected for the festival, including CM Burroughs,
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… “Transparent,” has just landed back in her hometown — for her freshman year at Columbia University, where she's majoring in creative writing. … night film, Tamara Jenkins' dark family comedy “Private Life” and the buzzy “Eighth Grade,” the directorial debut of YouTube star-turned-writer/actor Bo
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In the new issue of Music Week, we speak to Jake Wisely, chief publishing executive at Concord to find out how, in light of their purchase of Imagem last year, the independent publishing powerhouse is planning on taking flight. Now overseeing a publishing giant with over 300,000 copyrights on its
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A private, liberal arts college on Boca Ciega Bay, Eckerd College annually produces an impressive class of graduates in a variety of fields, but most notably in marine and environmental science, creative writing, international relations, and foreign affairs and management. Its undergraduate marine
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It wasn't until two of her friends urged her to submit her work to a publisher that Stone even considered making it a book. She said she picked a publisher and sent off her writing, expecting to receive a rejection letter to show to her friends. Instead, the company accepted her submission. “I really just
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Compounding the frustration of planning an academic career from choosing from the catalogue of available classes, Lynn said the Faculty Senate did have one suggestion: Students could take out a second minor, but the addition of a second minor carries with it financial implications detrimental to many
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While most students enjoyed winter break cozied up by a fire or spending time with family and friends at home, some opted to take classes. More than that, other J-term students opted to travel abroad. Senior Interactive Media major Hannah Gaska and her fellow ENG 302: Travel Writing classmates flew
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Bloomberg is seeing early signs of success one month after launching TicToc, the business publisher's 24/7 news network exclusive to Twitter. The channel broadcasts breaking news reported by its own staff around the world, mixed with video, images and polls taken from Twitter users. According to
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When Jen Moore was in college, she thought she would pursue creative writing. But when she started taking science classes her senior year, things changed. She realized she was more interested in science, and before graduation she packed her bags and flew to Australia. Moore traveled throughout
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University's A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series will celebrate Black History Month and participate in the university's Birke Fine Arts Symposium with readings from African American writers Bernard Grant and DaMaris Hill. Grant and Hill will read from their creative work
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The company's moves pose the same question for fashion executives that hovered over book publishers, movie producers and big box retailers in previous years: is their industry Amazon-able? By some measures, Mr Bezos has already succeeded. Amazon is set to overtake Macy's to be the largest
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