Dec 16, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
Junot Diaz is an award-winning writer who was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. In 2008, he won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award for his novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. He is currently a creative writing...
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Dec 9, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist known for his satirical works. Vanity Fair, which was one of his most popular novels, was the first novel published under his name. He published Vanity Fair in serial monthly parts, a method used by Charles...
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Nov 30, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
Pam Allyn is an author and American literacy expert. She is also a self-described “passionate advocate for innovation in education and in building start ups that grow up to change the world.” She describes reading and writing as processes that are...
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Nov 21, 2017 | Announcements, Non-Fiction |
Yes, I know Thanksgiving is on Thursday, but I couldn’t wait. 🙂 I wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving (I almost said “Merry Christmas,” but don’t worry. December 25 will soon come). May we never run out of reasons to give thanks this season...
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Nov 18, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
Jose Luis Borges was an Argentine poet, short-story writer, and essayist. His tales and poems have come to be regarded as classics of 20th Century world literature. In 1961, he gained international fame when he was awarded the Prix Formentor, the International...
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Nov 10, 2017 | General, Non-Fiction |
Last month, I attended a music concert featuring mostly classical and orchestra music. Before the concert commenced, I looked through the program I was handed at the door. It contained details you would normally expect to see in a program of events: names of the...
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Nov 4, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
E. B. White was a celebrated American writer. He contributed to the New Yorker magazine, writing musings, poems and sketches with admirable wit and humor. He also co-authored “The Elements of Style,” with William Strunk, Jr., which has become an...
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Hello, there! My name is Sharon and I am a Nigerian Fiction Writer, Taker of Pictures and Lover of Humor. Feel free to look around or say hello. I don't bite. Usually. :-) Thanks for stopping by.
