Book excerpt: BEAUT by Don Morrill of Tampa

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Book excerpt: BEAUT by Don Morrill of Tampa

University of Tampa creative writing Instructor Donald Morrill won the 2017 Lee Smith Novel prize for BEAUT, his story of Jill Lundgrove, the unforgettable protagonist of Beaut. Secluded in a cheap apartment on a ring road of Des Moines after a fire has destroyed her house — a blaze “the Monster,” her
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Haverhill High School's Reservoir Writers to Perform Original Work Downtown Friday

Open Mic nights and the Spring Poetry Series at Battle Grounds Coffee Company is presented by Creative Haverhill's River Bards. Each event begins with a featured poet, followed by an open mic portion of the evening. (WHAV file photograph). Haverhill High's Creative Writing Club, The Reservoir
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Writing across borders: Globalizing the Creative Writing Program Part 1

Gathering celebrated novelists, poets, translators, editors, teachers, and scholars from India, the US, and the UK, “Writing across Borders” launched a multifaceted discussion of interconnected literary futures in Asia, Europe, North America, and beyond. Srikanth Reddy, Professor, Department of English,
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Breaking down the acronyms of school testing

… and Writing, but for End-of-Course (EOC) exams including Civics, Biology, Algebra, and Geometry. “These are all basic assessments that cover our Florida standards,” Hudson explained. “FSA covers third grade through tenth grade for reading and FSA covers third grade through eighth grade for math.
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How comic books taught America about the Holocaust

The authors hope their book will once again help comics-obsessed kids learn about this dark chapter of human history. “For the average American teenager, it's something that happened a long time ago to other people in a faraway land. There's nothing like comic books to get teenagers interested,”
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Bits & Bytes: Shepard to discuss new book; 'Honoring Du Bois'; 'Alison Larkin LIVE!'; waste oil …

Shepard is the grandson of a slave, a former teacher and retired editor-in-chief of a major education publishing company. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Education and the Harvard Graduate School of Education where he received a Martin Luther King Jr. fellowship from the
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