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Book Review: A Year in the World – Journeys of a Passionate Traveller by Frances Mayes
The only passion is for the husband with whom she travels. They sweep around the Mediterranean like a couple cuddling in their living room.
Read More »NaNoWriMo Notes 17: To Cut Or Not To Cut?
Try to have an objective opinion on something you've put so much sweat into.
Read More »Book Review: Falling Through the Earth by Danielle Trussoni
A memoir by the daughter of a Vietnam veteran gives a different perspective on the concept of bringing the war into American living rooms.
Read More »Audiobook Review: Poetry On Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work 1888-2006
Any lover of poetry will regret not owning this treasure.
Read More »Catholic Organization Calls for Da Vinci Code Warning
We are not avaricious, misogynistic, self-flagellating, homicidal maniac cultist monks - just an FYI.
Read More »NaNoWriMo Notes 16: Waiting For Replies
An interlude post as we await with bated breath anything exciting happening in a writer's life.
Read More »Book Review: Boudicca’s Heirs: Women in Early Britain by Dorothy Watts
What the Romans did to "us" -- the female population of the island of Britannia.
Read More »Journalism 100 Years Ago Versus Today
A look at how the life of this paper’s author would be different had he worked about 100 years ago.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story by Harvey Pekar
In Malice, Pekar has found a fascinating and difficult alter ego whose life in many ways parallels his own, two generations later.
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