Archive for December, 2006
The annual Creative Loafing Fiction Contest has come to a close. This year the theme was ‘blood,’ and although I’ve entered the contest for the past few years, I missed the deadline on this one. However, a friend of mine won–the talented Brett Bender. So, if you are in the ATL, be sure to pick [...]
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The Gift of Books
You shouldn’t underestimate the value of an Amazon wishlist–you’ll get what you want. I’m not one of those folks that obsessively updates or tweaks the selection of books on my wish list (out of sight, out of mind), so every Christmas I’m initally surprised by the perfect but unexpected books I receive from relatives. You [...]
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Reading: the Best, Funniest
So, here I am with a long list of books to devour. I’ll asess what’s come before, this year, last week, etc. Last week I read Jane Shapiro’s The Dangerous Husband in two sittings. It would have been one, but life happens. It’s the funniest book I’ve read all year. Well, it might tie with [...]
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Lists for 2007
Apologies for the hiatus; busy is as apt a descriptor I can think of without sounding whiny. So, for your reading pleasure I’m going to post the reading lists for two of the three literature courses I’m taking in the spring. I’m not sure how I’ll actually get all the reading done (not to mention all the [...]
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