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Beautiful Ruins – Part 1 [by Lera Auerbach]
Arriving home after several months of travel, and while taking some time to recollect experiences by organizing photographs, I came upon images of one of the most memorable trips of last year. It was…
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Notes on Nostalgia [by Megin Jimenez]
1. “Perhaps the most interesting characteristic of the time now labeled The Sixties was that there was so little nostalgia. In that sense, it was indeed a utopian moment.” Vivre sa vie That’s a…
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Physical Appearance and Literary Reputation [by Jeffrey Meyers]
(Ed note: This is the final post in a series of five by Jeffrey Meyers. Here are links to the previous four posts: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.) Many external factors enhance a literary reputation. …
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Sundry Distractions [by Megin Jimenez]
While my first-person singular takes a breather, unaccustomed as it is to public blogging (like a frog), I'll use this opportunity to share some of my prized catches from the ocean of the…
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A Writer in Economic Crisis Part II [by Jeffrey Meyers]
(Ed note: This is the fourth in a series of posts by Jeffrey Meyers. You can find Part I of A Writer in Economic Crisis and links to Meyers' previous posts here. According…
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Deeper into the Gender Question Quagmire [by Megin Jimenez]
In yesterday’s post, I suggested that women have emerged as the big fiction readers of our time because they are less bound to masculine or feminine identity. I was thinking this through based on…
