Tag: reading
member name: Becky Powell
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January 21, 2008 11:10 AM EST --
Color of a Peach
Color of a peach
Downy skin newly rouged
Tender golden flesh
Sweet heartache on the lips
Round woman fruit
Color of a peach
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January 21, 2008 11:12 AM EST --
At the door. At the door.
I sink and die
Or stare off into space
longer than is necessary .
At the window, louder now.
Seeping in to me.
Malevolent intentions
The loss of all remaining . . .
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February 17, 2008 06:40 PM EST --
When can a writer's writing be used against him in a court of law? This is the question David Grann examines in his fascinating article "True Crime, A postmodern murder mystery," . . .
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March 26, 2008 09:27 AM EDT --
An unimpeachable source, refusing to be named in order to remain anonymous, divulged today that John McCain would absolutely die for controversial mega-star prophet Tom Cruise as his running . . .
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February 27, 2008 10:02 AM EST --
You were a stranger three doors down
A skeleton with yellow onion skin
A used-up smoker's heart.
Twice each day you walked past my house.
First downhill, with eyes cast down . . .
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March 15, 2008 12:35 PM EDT --
Don't look, I told myself. I didn't want to see what the anchor woman liked to do after three martinis. But it wasn't as easy as turning away, this new . . .
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January 22, 2008 12:42 PM EST --
Recently I discovered that there is an entire universe of literature out there for young adults. I am way past my prime for teen-ager books but because I homeschool my son, been able . . .
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February 25, 2008 10:48 AM EST --
One goal I set for my son in reading this year was to try kinds of reading he had not tried before. He reads almost exclusively graphic novels. When I first heard the term "graphic novel," . . .
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February 13, 2008 03:22 PM EST --
That song Muscrat Love blared from somewhere in the house when I arrived.
"You must be Jill," I said. The girl turned her back to me as soon as she'd flung the door open. . . .
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February 11, 2008 08:59 AM EST --
James' posting "Murder Chess in Spain" made me think about novels with settings so vivid, they essentially become another character. How many hours do school kids and writing . . .
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February 04, 2008 09:28 AM EST --
I'm assuming it happens to everyone. I hope it does. I hope I'm not the only one that sometimes feels a fraud. I'm talking about those little mistakes, those little lapses . . .
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March 18, 2008 09:11 AM EDT --
Study Notes #1
"Literature is no one's private ground, literature is common ground; let us trespass freely and fearlessly and find our own way for ourselves."
--Virginia . . .
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March 24, 2008 08:59 PM EDT --
Putting it in Context
Imagine your editor asks you to write a literary critique of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. What factors would shape how you analyze the book? . . .
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January 27, 2008 10:03 PM EST --
I'm in a quandry. I am currently reading a book that I'm not enjoying. I thought I would like it. I've tried to like it. I've shamed myself for not "getting . . .
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January 25, 2008 09:22 AM EST --
Welcome to you folks who have joined this group! Let's get some book talk going. Tell us what you are reading now and why you are reading it. (i.e., for school, to learn something, the . . .
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March 17, 2008 11:26 AM EDT --
I'm changing things up a bit at Book Talk. I realized that my attempts to get reading discussions rolling over the last few weeks have been pretty lame. I've gotten some nice . . .
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