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• Janeites at the Morgan

  
  Jane Austen in Vermont — Authority: 110
  A triple series of Janeite interest in the Pierport Morgan Library & Museum’s Austen Exhibit – From Janeite Hope : From now until March 14th the Morgan Library and Museum is exhibiting “ A Woman’s Wit: Jane Austen’s Life and Legacy .” According to the website, the exhibition “explores the ...
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• Terrible Poetry Jokes

  
  A Writer's Desk — Authority: 139
  Care of Peter Lavelle at McSweeneys . A sample joke... Wordsworth and Coleridge are watching the Lakers game. They cant get service at the crowded bar. Coleridge smiles and says to Wordsworth: "Lager, lager everywhere, and I cant get a drink." Wordsworth says to Coler idge: "I have pleurisy."
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• Finally, Some Sunday Smatterings!

  
  Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind — Authority: 522
  Maj Sjowall, in this amazing profile by Louise France of the Observer , talks about the ten-book Martin Beck series, her life with Per Wahloo, and why the money shes made off the books is nowhere near what it ought to be. Which sounds somewhat similar to the Stieg Larsson estate situation, no? But more importantly, ...
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• 10 Sure to Be Appreciated Holiday Gifts for Writers

  
  Freelance Writing Jobs — Authority: 561
  A couple of weeks back I recommended a list of books to give to your favorite writer. Since then, I put out the call for other suggestions for holiday gifts for writers and received a bunch of publicity pushes but nothing that comes close to what I would put under the tree for a writer in my life. “ Writers need ...
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• On Reading: Seg-book-gation

  
  5 Minutes For Books — Authority: 598
  When I (Jennifer) received this email in our 5 Minutes for Books mailbox, it was something that I wanted to share with all of you, and I asked if the author if I could share it in full with you. I hope youll share your own thoughts or experiences in the comments after reading her thoughts: Dear Book Lover: You ...
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• Reading Sarah Palin Live, with Rudolph Delson: Part Two

  
  The Awl — Authority: 745
  Sunday, November 22, 7:34am: Good morning. Today I will read another two hundred pages of Sarah Palin. (To hear about the first two hundred pages, click here. ) But, may I tell you about my dream? Because I just awoke from this dream. There was a broad blue sky, streaked with clouds. And there was a giant ...
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• LESSONS LEARNED • by Nora Offen

  
  Every Day Fiction — Authority: 497
  The woman raced her son toward nicotine addiction. It began like a game. She had told him not to smoke. He nodded, but kept smoking. Ashtrays appeared in the kitchen and living room and accumulated soft black anthill piles. She said, Don’t you bring those things into my house. He took them out to his car. You still ...
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• But Im fairly sure the technology doesnt exist

  
  Still Life With Cat — Authority: 419
  Emboldened by the success (so far at least) of the Christmas cake, I set off into unknown waters yesterday and decided to make a Christmas Puddin as well, something Ive never done before in my life. A dear friend had asked me if I knew how to find the justly fabled puddin recipe of equally justly fabled Adelaide chef ...
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• Bookish Joy ...

  
  Isak — Authority: 561
  ... can be found here . Enjoy the feast, friends. Hat tip (and image credit) to Jacket Copy , the LA Times book blog.
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• How should I start this research paper?

  
  http://diddy.name — Authority: 168
  I am writing a Literary Criticism on "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller and I am writing about how the work reflects the period in which it is written (late 1940’s) and how the economic conditions determine the characters’ lives (Willy Loman’s suicide). I am having difficulty developing a good introductory ...
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• Welcome to Forks, Washington

  
  A Writer's Desk — Authority: 139
  Forks, not far from me, is the setting for the Twilight books that are all the rage these days. A writer for Details Magazine traveled there and discussed it with an essay , "So the Woman You Love Has the Hots for a Vampire. What Does That Say About You?"
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• LITERARY CALENDAR November 23-28, 2009

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 970
  23 MONDAY 7 P.M. David Plouffe , the manager of the Obama presidential campaign, discusses and signs "The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obamas Historic Victory" at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 "Eye" St. NW. Tickets for this event, co-sponsored by Politics and...
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• Reading Sarah Palin Live, with Rudolph Delson.

  
  The Awl — Authority: 745
  Saturday, November 21st, 8:49am: Good morning. I am about to read Sarah Palin. But I want to say something first about the dust jacket. Going Rogue has a remarkable dust jacket. After the jump I have posted two images for your consideration. The Memoir that Began the Decade. The Memoir that Ended ...
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• H.O.W. Holiday Costume Party!!!

  
  Fernham — Authority: 100
  Im on the board for the H.O.W. Literary Journal, an exciting new journal that is also a charity dedicated to helping orphans worldwide. On December 6, theyre having a holiday party with readings by Willie Perdomo and Tao Lin and the proceeds benefit teens in the Safe Space Program. My costume involves peacock ...
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• There are some stories

  
  Going against the current — Authority: 124
  “I could not decide whether to pull over or to go on. I politely told the driver of a Jaro-CPU jeepney that I was getting off, and ran after that familiar face. Only to learn that he was not alone; he was not unhappy like I thought; and that in his universe that early evening, [...]
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• My Fantasy Girlfriend - Kate Beckinsale

  
  Froogville — Authority: 433
  I must confess to a bit of a weakness for the English Rose type (indeed, it became a nickname amongst my friends for the girl who inspired one of the most protracted and most frustrating of my many thwarted infatuations here in Beijing; but thats another story...), and there are few more striking exemplars of this ...
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• Is It A Conspiracy?

  
  Info Ink — Authority: 136
  There are some that see a conspiracy at every turn….fortunately I am not one of those pea brains….but there are some situations that beg to be defined as a conspiracy…….and this time it appears, at least to me, that there maybe a conspiracy developing…..The Tour du Palin…..The book tour…..the “Going ...
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• First Page: Romantic Urban Fantasy

  
  Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary — Authority: 140
  Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Tarnished Rap-tap-tapping at the chamber door is never a good thing. It usually ...
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• The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (video)

  
  Hrag Vartanian — Authority: 121
  Listen to the incredible poetic artistry of Gil Scott Heron ’s “ The Revolution Will Not Be Televised ,” which appeared on his first album Pieces of a Man (1971). My favorite paragraph is undoubtedly this one: “The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised, will not be televised, will not ...
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• Another Year of Bad Sex

  
  Bibliobibuli — Authority: 472
  Maybe Neil Gaiman got it succinctly right on Twitter a few hours ago : J ust read the Guardian Bad Sex Award contenders ... I may never write a sex scene ever again. O Roth. O Banville. Argh. Yes, its that time of year again when literary lust because fodder for fun. The Guardian has extracts from all the ...
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