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The tag literature is used often by bloggers when writing posts about books. These are often blogs written by librarians and other educators. A very popular blog about children's literature is Fuse #8 by Librarian Betsy Bird of the New York Public Library. Bookslut is a fun literature blog, and you can read breaking news about literature and the book industry at Galleycat.

Bloggers also use the tag literature in blogs that review fiction and nonfiction. A great blog about nonfiction literature is Nonfiction Matters by Marc Aronson at School Library Journal. Cynsations is a blog by Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of fiction for young readers and faculty member at the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. You can browse and buy literature of all type from sites like Amazon or you can find them at your nearest local bookstore using IndieBound.org.

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  • Good books


    Cranach: The Blog of Veith — Authority Authority: 121
    Summertime, and the living is easy.  A perfect time for reading.  It’s about time for me to reload my Kindle.  I have Lars Walker’s new novel, Hailstone Mountain, which  I’m looking forward to reading, but that won’t get me through the summer.   What books would you recommend?  (Feel free to recommend ...
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  • Pie on Peace – A Special Guest Post


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    Please welcome a very special guest: Pie.  Pie is an old brown horse who stars in a book by Kandy Kay Scaramuzzo.  Here, Pie takes a look at the subject of peace.  Surely, it must be refreshing to get a … Continue reading →
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  • Questions of Travel, by Michelle de Kretser wins 2013 Miles Franklin Award


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    The 2013 Miles Franklin Award was announced today, and I am so pleased that the judges have chosen  Questions of Travel , by Michelle de Kretser. There were other really beaut books in the shortlist , but I feel that this one fulfils all my criteria for a worthy winner.  It’s delicious to read, ...
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  • Pelham Bay Wilding 1957


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    “Have you ever been in combat, Ricker?” my spiritual advisor asked. Pelham Bay Wilding The Molotov cocktail burst against the wall shocking the quiet, suburban night with flames fifty feet high. The bricks of the old gothic school scattered the gas across its surface, scorching the big flat wall where, during ...
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  • Fifty Shades Rant


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    If somebody dares ask me about Fifty Shades of Grey, I would say, “Boys, this is how your mom’s fantasies would look like.” Just to destroy their lives once and for all. In all fairness to Twilight, it had the decency to start out as original from the mind of Stephenie Meyer. But Fifty Shades is a badly written ...
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  • Titanic: The Unsinkable Ship


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    Credit: Walter Lord The dramatic fate of the “unsinkable ship” is probably the best known event in the history of maritime disasters.  There was so much clout on the technological advances on this superstructure, that many firmly believed that this steamship would prove that man was invincible.  “Not even ...
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  • David Beckham, soccer ambassador in China, joins Sina Weibo


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    Former soccer player David Beckham has more than 400,000 followers only a day after making his official Sina Weibo debut. “Hi I am David! Welcome to the OFFICIAL David Beckham Sina Page! Talk to you soon!” the Englishman wrote in his first post, which has been shared by more than 50,000 people. “Thank you for ...
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  • Diddling Considered As One of the Exact Sciences.


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    Lately, Ive had some doubts about the level of discourse here on Metafilter. To remedy the situation, here is that great American essayist and thinker, Mr. Edgar Allan Poe, on diddling . Some critical apparatus:     – short etymological note     – Pollin, B. R. (1969). " Poes ‘Diddling’: The ...
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  • How To Break Into The World Of Romantic Fantasy Writing


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    Romance For years, you’ve wanted to be a professional writer, but you’ve never been quite sure how to go about it. In fact, you still aren’t 100 percent certain as to what the best path to follow is. However, you do know that you have a passion for romantic fantasy writing – and that’s what’s important. ...
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  • "The Gary Snyder Reader": Book Review


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    Over six hundred pages, two-thirds of these essays, articles, journals, and interviews, the rest original poetry and Asian translations, this anthology 1999 offers a deep introduction and thorough investigation of a writer I regard as a thinker but also as a worker. As a poem about Japanese loggers ends: "the pain/ of ...
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  • How to Write a Good Fantasy Novel


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    So you have been blessed with a strong imagination and creative writing skills. Do you want to use this talent and create your own world and characters? Do you have strong observations and expressions? If the answer is “Yes” then you probably have what it takes to write a good fantasy novel.However, you must know ...
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  • Nabokov on Inspiration and the Six Short Stories Everyone Should Read


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    “A prefatory glow, not unlike some benign variety of the aura before an epileptic attack, is something the artist learns to perceive very early in life.” “Show up, show up, show up,” Isabel Allende advised , “and after a while the muse shows up, too.” “Inspiration is for amateurs,” Chuck ...
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  • Brave New World, A Discussion


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    Melvyn Bragg and guests David Bradshaw, Daniel Pick and Michele Barrett discuss Aldous Huxley’s dystopian 1932 novel, Brave New World. Brave New World features in the List Muse 100 Best Novels of All Time.
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  • What happens when the Net goes down…..and other horrors!


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    This is the second in my new series of Brilliant Posts , when I feature, approximately weekly, a post which I find stands out from everything I’ve read recently. The shout-out this week goes to the brilliant Pretty Feet, Pop Toe blog which I’ve been Following for some time. Check this one out  - ‘ Lord of the ...
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  • Dream Variation by Langston Hughes


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    To fling my arms wide In some place of the sun, To whirl and to dance Till the white day is done. Then rest at cool evening Beneath a tall tree While night comes on gently, Dark like me— That is my dream! To fling my arms wide In the face of the ...
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  • Our First Book


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    The first book that Dark Puss and I tackled was Marge Piercy’s intense saga from the early 1970s, Small Changes, which we read simultaneously and exchanged comments upon while reading . It plunged us back into the USA on the brink of big social change. From the start this book signals its determined political ...
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  • Reading with Dark Puss


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    Several months ago now, Dark Puss and I were having a discussion online about the influence of gender in reading. Dark Puss didn’t believe that there were any books intended only for women, and I thought it would be interesting to challenge him on that. Gamely, he agreed he was up for it, and so I created a list ...
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  • Jewish studies on the rise in IndiaTwo recently held seminars...


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    Jewish studies on the rise in India Two recently held seminars in two different Indian cities bring Jewish, Israel studies into sharp focus Dr. Navras Jaat Aafreedi, Tazpit  Published: 06.11.13, 07:31 /  During the last two months, two international seminars took place in India focusing on Jewish ...
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  • Students: A Play by Peter Rose


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    The living room of a student house in London. Emma sits holding a mug of tea. Robbie stands looking out of the window holding a bottle of beer. She is twenty. He is sixty. ROBBIE: You think you know something about men? (Pause) Would you say you knew much about the opposite sex? EMMA: I think I do. ...
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  • Magazine [Android]T3 Presents: The Android Guide - Vol 7, 2013


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    English | 66 pages | HQ PDF | 28.00 MbRelated articlesA wave of car bombings across central and southern Iraq has killed at least 30 ... - BBC News (bbc.co.uk)Riot police pour into Istanbul - BBC News (bbc.co.uk)North Korea proposes high-level talks with US - BBC News (bbc.co.uk)Officials: NSA surveillance programs ...
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