Gary recently graduated from Queens University with a Masters in Creative Writing and, as a former journalist, he says his life has changed greatly since his diagnosis. “Going from working in frantic, high-pressure media environments, where I was always working to urgent deadlines, my life these days
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Scott Neustadter sits on the porch of his family's home in Margate. Neustadter, who grew up in Margate City, co-wrote the upcoming film “The Disaster Artist” with Michael H. Weber. The film is biographical comedy about the creation of 2003's The Room, with James Franco playing its creator, Tommy
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I'm also planning on teaching online creative writing courses this spring and summer through the Fine Arts Work Center and Catapult. Joseph Cassara will be discussing and signing copies of The House of Impossible Beauties at Unabridged Bookstore, 3251 N. Broadway, on Tuesday, March 6, at 7 p.m.
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Wintry weather can be good for deterring crooks who can't be bothered going out to commit crime in the cold. But not for some looters who took the opportunity to pull off a heist on a massive – if low-cost – scale. Eight brazen thugs in Dublin, Ireland are now set to appear in court after taking advantage of
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