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Link-N-Blogs: June 14
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“A man’s pursuit of knowledge is greater than his shortcomings, the limits of his vision.”–Natasha Trethewey, Thrall Poet Laureate, Natasha Tretheway: Natasha Tretheway has been appointed to a second term as the U.S. Poet Laureate. Her goal for this term is to bring poetry to a wider audience. Read more about…
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Papers and Pubs Volume 2
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This year’s issue of Papers and Pub(lication)s is now online. See it here. Congratulations and thanks to all the authors who participated. We’re excited to see the journal growing; if you’re an undergraduate or have just graduated (we’ll soon be changing our cutoff date to within one year of graduation…
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Link-N-Blogs: June 7
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“Old books exert a strange fascination for me–their smell, their feel, their history; wondering who might have owned them, how they lived, what they felt.”–Lauren Willig Vintage Book Art: It’s not the usual bookart that we feature on the weekly Link-N-blogs post, but it’s still quite fascinating and beautiful. Check…
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Patrick Brehe
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Hello, I’m Patrick Brehe, a senior writing and publication major at the University of North Georgia. I was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and moved to Georgia with my family when I was two. I’ve wanted to be a writer since elementary school when I wrote my first short work of…
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Link-N-Blogs: May 31
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“His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling.”–Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1 Borders Giftcards Worthless: In the aftermath of Borders going bankrupt, lots of consumers were left with giftcards that they didn’t know what…
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Link-N-Blogs: May 17
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“I did discover that if you’re interested in low wages, a bookstore ranks below retail clothing sales, except the hours are worse.”–Sue Grafton Microsoft/Nook Deal NOT Happening: Last week, we linked to an article about Microsoft offering to purchase Nook Media LLC. This week, InsiderMonkey reported that it was an…
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Link-N-Blogs: May 10, 2013
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“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” -Leonardo da Vinci Movies based on Poems: it seems like every other new movie that’s coming out is based on a book. But what about other forms of literature? In answer,…