On Episode 10 of Ursa Short Fiction, Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton welcome writer Michael A. Gonzales for part two of our deep dive into the life and work of Diane Oliver, who published six short stories before her death at age 22. (Part one of our series is here.) Diane Oliver was just a […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-08-17 08:51:56 UTC ]
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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Many notable short stories focus on the rough passage from childhood to adulthood. Of course, the transition from ‘child’ to ‘adult’ does not happen overnight, and is not the result of a single epiphany of crucial moment, but writers of short fiction... Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2023-05-01 17:00:31 UTC ]
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Surviving years of college is no small feat, so the graduates in our lives deserve rightful praise and celebration. Whether your graduate is going out into the world to get their first job or continuing with their education, there are a number of gadgets you can gift them that will make them... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-05-01 13:15:46 UTC ]
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Marriage is a key theme in literature, of course: a fact which need hardly surprise us when we reflect that many people spend the majority of their lives married to somebody else. Marriage also touches upon other prominent themes, including love, commitment, having children, lust, conflict, and... Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2023-04-26 14:00:21 UTC ]
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Illustration by Krishna Bala Shenoi. Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso is a weekly series of intimate conversations with artists, authors, and politicians. It’s a podcast where people sound like people. New episodes air every Sunday, distributed by Pushkin Industries. * In this episode from May 2022,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-04-25 08:53:29 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed News' closure represents the struggles of news media, but larger, the mismanagement of digital media properties in a world of consolidation. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2023-04-24 04:01:00 UTC ]
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Religion is an important feature of many people’s lives, so it shouldn’t surprise us that many writers of short stories have written about religion from various perspectives: the power of superstitious belief, the importance of religious conversion, the cultural role of Christianity, and many... Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2023-04-19 14:00:16 UTC ]
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A new memoir traces the three-time Tony Award winner’s life and career working with Balanchine, Robbins and Fosse. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-04-19 09:00:33 UTC ]
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Story collections are the country cousins of the American publishing landscape, tolerated with benevolent condescension while their authors are urged to produce that more glamorous product: novels. A novel might find a broad audience, even become a bestseller! Whereas—as a writer friend once put... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-04-13 08:53:59 UTC ]
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Populated with photographs, emails, speeches and interviews, "Make Something Wonderful" is a chronological exploration of the life of Steve Jobs. Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2023-04-12 22:11:45 UTC ]
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New podcast Stiffed investigates the forgotten story of Viva, a progressive magazine for women that featured Anna Wintour on staffBack in the mid-aughts, right before the internet made Play-Doh spaghetti of the magazine industry, Jennifer Romolini was an editor at Lucky, a Conde Nast property... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-04-03 18:24:51 UTC ]
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No, the origins of Tetris didn't involve a high-speed car chase, but the true story behind the game still reads like a spy novel. There's corporate intrigue, nefarious government agencies and an envious amount of globe-trotting. But the reality wasn't enough for the creative minds behind Apple's... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-03-30 12:30:20 UTC ]
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Collected stories about the wild, uncharted frontiers of North America expand to include everything from classic nature tales to dystopian climate fiction. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2023-03-29 16:23:08 UTC ]
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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Shirley Jackson (1916-65) wrote six novels and around two hundred short stories during her brief career. Probably best-known for her novel The Haunting of Hill House and her oft-anthologised short story ‘The Lottery’, Jackson was a writer with a... Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2023-03-25 18:00:23 UTC ]
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Millie Bobby Brown of 'Stranger Things' will release her debut novel later this year. 'Nineteen Steps' is inspired by her grandma's experiences during WWII. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-03-24 22:14:27 UTC ]
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Mark Dawidziak, author of the new biography 'A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe,' recommends 10 must-read tales by the master of the macabre. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The eighth annual Walter Awards Ceremony and Symposium took place as a hybrid event at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C., and online on March 17. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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For so long, it seemed that readers were only interested in the experiences of people like me if we were traumatised, not triumphant – and I internalised this as an indisputable factGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI can’t pinpoint exactly when I started imagining myself in the stories... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-03-18 19:00:19 UTC ]
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Author and publisher Rick Riordan reflects on half a decade of exceptional storytelling. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Francisco de la Mora’s 'Frida Kahlo: Her Life, Her Work, Her Home,' a new graphic biography of the great Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), takes the reader on a irresistible journey through her life story. An 11-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) In a short life beset by ill health, the American writer Flannery O’Connor (1925-64) wrote two novels, Wise Blood (1952) and The Violent Bear It Away (1960). But it is for her short stories, many of which were collected in just two volumes, that […] Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2023-03-14 18:00:54 UTC ]
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