In addition to being a historic feminist icon, she is known for her tragic and mysterious death when the plane she was flying disappeared somewhere over the Pacific in 1937. Earhart was married to George P. Putnam, an American publisher, entrepreneur, author and promoter in 1931. Putnam pursued
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North Carolina Poet Laureate Emeritus Joseph Bathanti, professor of creative writing in Appalachian's Department of English, is the faculty host for Waldman's visit. In his reflections on the poet, Bathanti said, “In 1974, maybe 1975, I was an undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh, and I attended a
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What's going on in sexism and diversity for academic research and scholarly publishing? At a rallying talk for editors of BMJ's journals (Twitter #bmjeds) this morning, Pavel Ovseiko from Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine reminded the audience that we have made some inroads since the 1960s
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The rest is history, literally, and the 127-page book was released in December by Arcadia Publishing, a company that specializes in highlighting local history. Audience member Mary Lynn Graves of Schererville did not grow up in Highland, but her mother Ella Martin did. “My mom is in a nursing home
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Like its inaugural edition last year, speakers at the 2nd annual PubTech Connect conference—as the name implies, focused on the intersection of book publishing and technology—featured a formidable contingent of both new and legacy media representatives eager to share the ways their companies
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The belated tributes to Bronte, Plath and Arbus were part of a project called “Overlooked” launched by the Times to “provide obituaries to significant women not previously chronicled” by the newspaper. “Since 1851, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men. Now, we're
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Written and directed by Navid Khonsari, a game development veteran who has worked on a lengthy list of best-sellers, including GTA: Vice City, Alan Wake and Resident Evil 7, Black Friday will immerse you in the real world events surrounding the Iranian uprising. 1979 Revolution: Black Friday has
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So many, in fact, that the New York Times called the increasing allegations the “children's book industry's own #MeToo Movement”. YA novelists with allegations against them include Sherman Alexie, the author of 26 books, including the National Book Award-winning novel The Absolutely True Diary of
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DC Black Label will be tasked with producing new tales about classic heroes from some of the comic book industry's top writing and artistic talent. … The dynamic fan-favorite Batman creative duo of writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo, currently wrapping up their “Metal” miniseries at DC, will get a
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