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Journalism and Jolidon by Ron Martz
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Of all the many strange and fascinating characters I met during my 40-year career in the newspaper business, perhaps none was more focused on the business of journalism than the late Larry Jolidon, author, editor, and original publisher of Turn Back Before Baghdad. I first met Larry, then working…
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Poet Spotlight: Walt Whitman
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This week will be featuring another one of America’s most prominent poets in American history! This week’s spotlight: Walt Whitman On May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman was born, the second of nine children. At the age of twelve, Whitman became acquainted with Homer, Dante, and Shakespeare while learning the printing…
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Financial Literacy Friday Week 1!
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For Financial Literacy Month, we at the Press want to highlight four books related to the economic world and financial literacy that we think could guide readers toward greater knowledge of money and finance. We will be highlighting one book per week for four weeks, so make sure you check…
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Remembering the Diversely Talented Maya Angelou
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April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014 Maya Angelou is best known for her work I Know Why Caged Birds Sings (1969). She and this memoir forged a path that other African American female authors would follow. The groundbreaking work made literary history, and Angelou became the first African American woman…
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Poet Spotlight: Emily Dickinson
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If you’ve been reading the blog, you’ve seen that April is National Poetry Month. Here is one of the many Poet Spotlights to come! This Week’s Spotlight: Emily Dickinson On December 10, 1830, Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. She went to school at Amherst Academy, which her grandfather,…
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Welcome to National Poetry Month!
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Poetry; it’s everywhere. It’s in our syntax and our natural rhythm, it’s in the music we can’t help but bob our heads to. I find it hiding in the book quotes I highlight and place on my wall. Many children grow up devouring the light entertainment from Shel Silverstein and…
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Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty
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Stories with horses can be found nearly everywhere you turn: Heartland, My Little Pony, The Horse and His Boy, Spirit, Secretariat, and many more. But the first in this trend of horse stories was the iconic Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, the autobiography of a highbred horse. In fact, Black…
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Coming Soon: Turn Back Before Baghdad!
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The long awaited day is almost here, the Turn Back Before Baghdad release is right around the corner! Author Laurence Jolidon takes a unique perspective on the historically significant Operation Desert storm, focusing on the role of the media in wartime and the relations between the military and civilian reporters in this title.…