Category: Archive
Digital Publishing in the Humanities
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For over two years, the University Press of North Georgia has been investigating the evolving nature of peer review for the humanities in the digital age. In 2011, the press was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Start-up Grant amounting to almost $25,000 to research this change in…
Link-N-Blogs: Nov 4, 2013
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“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.”–Mark Twain New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2013: Check out this slideshow with sample artwork from some of the best children’s books from this year. China Has Established Their First Literary…
Welcome Visiting Spanish Authors
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Join us in welcoming our Spanish-speaking authors to the University of North Georgia. At noon on November 8th we will be hosting a book reading and signing at the Starbucks in the Chestatee building. Come for the poetry and free refreshments. Meet Benjamín Prado, a well-known novelist and author of…
The Art of Writing Role Models
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Imagine reading the Bible, and the disciples were a dozen variations on Jesus. Bland? Flat? Boring? The irony of writing: authors always want to write role models for people, and yet if you do things too well and make your protagonists too good, the results always feel insipid. Where is…
Link-N-Blogs: October 25, 2013
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“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”–John F. Kennedy 1) How to Write a Book in 30 Days NaNoWriMo is coming. Nina Amir gives us her advice on how to write a book in 30 days. For all you young authors out there, be sure to check it…
Link-N-Blogs: October 18, 2014
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“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” –Abraham Lincoln 1) Oscar Hijuelos, Who Won Pulitzer for Tale of Cuban-American Life, Dies at 62 Rest in peace to Oscar Hijuelos who wrote “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love.” The piece…
The E-book Subscription Has Arrived
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It’s official. The last pillar keeping the e-book from taking over the universe has arrived in the form of a “Netflix-like” subscription, offered by Oyster. For $9.99 a month, you get unlimited access to a library of e-books. Now, it’s not like this particular service is going to take over…
October Newsletter
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