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James Patterson: Literacy advocate, mystery writer and Woodstock survivor
February 25th 2018 1:11PM
Best-selling novelist James Patterson has sold more than 350 million books, with more on the way, so he has a vested interest in literacy. On Monday, Patterson is leaving his writing study in South Florida and heading north to the Capitol to discuss the James Patterson Literacy Challenge with ...
Review: Literary Witches “initiates” female writers
February 25th 2018 1:00PM
TWH — If Emily Dickinson, Anais Nin, Virginia Woolf, and Agatha Christie were Witches, they kept that side of their lives out of history's spotlight, yet they and 26 other female writers are “initiated” into a coven in the new book Literary Witches: a Celebration of Magical Women Writers by poet-writer Taisia ...
Catwoman Writer Confirms That the Movie Was Terrible Following Michelle Obama Twitter Drama
February 25th 2018 12:37PM
Black Panther is currently the most successful movie in the world, and while much of that hinges on it being a really great movie, a huge portion of its success can be attributed to the fact that at long last we have a fully-formed black superhero to inspire a new generation of black children looking to see ...
Best-Selling Author Sophia Hanson Balances Life as a Student and Writer
February 25th 2018 12:03PM
Sophia Elaine Hanson is a junior English major with a specialization in creative writing at New York University. She lives in Manhattan and grew up in a small town in Iowa. She also happens to be a best-selling author for her “Vinyl” trilogy and collection of poetry, “hummingbird.” Her “Vinyl” trilogy is an ...
Jewish Writer Needed Security At Conservative Convention After Trashing Trump
February 25th 2018 11:18AM
(JTA) — A conservative Jewish columnist speaking at CPAC, an influential annual conference for conservatives, required protection after comments criticizing Republican Party “hypocrites” for ignoring sexual misconduct by the president of the United States. Mona Charen, a senior fellow for the Ethics ...
Is Annihilation's Alex Garland Remaking The Island?
February 25th 2018 11:07AM
Before Alex Garland made the transition to film directing, he was a writer. One of his earliest efforts was the novel that became the basis of the Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Beach. After writing a couple books, Garland moved on to writing movies before directing them, such as his most recent film ...
Contributing writer provides insight on the “battle for the soul of the Republican party”
February 25th 2018 9:48AM
By Nick Stolte || Contributing Writer. The 2016 Republican Presidential Primary was a battle for the soul of both the Republican Party and the United States. The Republicans made massive gains in state legislatures, Governor's mansions, the House, and the Senate. Republicans had the opportunity to ...
Contributing Writer describes Common Hour talk, interview with speaker
February 25th 2018 9:37AM
This past week's Common Hour speaker was Kathryn Bond Stockton, the distinguished professor of English at The University of Utah. She is also the Associate Vice President for Equity and Diversity, and the Dean of the School for Cultural and Social Transformation. This past Thursday, she brought us ...
Writer shares opinion on why the US needs to ban the AR-15
February 25th 2018 9:37AM
By Ruby Van Dyk || Staff Writer. The AR-15 used in the Florida shooting was legally purchased by the teenage gunman who committed the atrocity. But what exactly is a AR-15? How did they become so easy to get? And should we ban them? In the 1950's the United States Government designed a new ...
African-American writers are celebrated this week in literary events
February 25th 2018 9:26AM
CELEBRATING AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS: Literary Lights hosts Sharon Chmielarz, Michael Kleber-Diggs, Jams Bernard Short, Sherrie Fernandez Williams, Cherish Gibson and Brenda Brown Bell, hosted by Donna Isaac. 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25; Blue Harbor Center for the Arts, 559 Humboldt ...
Edward Pearce obituary
February 25th 2018 9:15AM
It was a characteristic that naturally equipped him as a newspaper leader writer and as a polemicist, a career he pursued in a wide range of publications. He also wrote an impressive number of political biographies and books on political history. A Darlington grammar school boy who won a place at St ...
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