Tag: books
member name: Arlene H.
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June 09, 2007 10:03 PM EDT --
In 1996, before the Upper West Side bookstore where I worked closed, I created a New Yorker window in honor of one of those big anniversary collections that is occasionally published.
I put in all . . .
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July 23, 2008 03:08 AM EDT --
Generally my life sucks. I've got MS, don't work anymore, hear voices, barely write anymore. The only thing I do worthwhile is send books & movies to soldiers via a web site started by a guy . . .
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June 06, 2007 01:33 PM EDT --
I just got an e-mail from a soldier in Afghanistan. The subject line was 'Don't Forget D-Day.' He sent me a picture of soldiers holding up an American flag.
I wrote him back that, hey, I'd . . .
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September 19, 2007 11:31 AM EDT --
I read Terry Shaw's 'The Way Life Should Be' in a day. It's an easy thrill of a read -- with characters I liked (newspaper editor John Quinn) and intensely disliked (Police Chief . . .
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July 01, 2007 08:51 AM EDT --
First thing I always mean to do after my coffee & one cigarette (a day) is the crossword puzzle. Do I? No. I check my e-mail. By the time I'm done dealing with it, I'm exhausted. . . .
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June 01, 2007 12:24 PM EDT --
"Poets & Writers" always has a good selection of grants & awards http://www.pw.org/mag/0705/deadlines.htm#poetryfoundation for poets, fiction writers & sometimes non-fiction . . .
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June 12, 2007 11:07 AM EDT --
A quick link post -- http://www.opencity.org/parklit07.html -- local literary magazine readings in NY City parks for he summer of 2007:
Luc Sante, author of 'Low Life' and other fascinating . . .
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July 02, 2007 07:42 PM EDT --
Stop You're Killing Me is one of my favorites: a newsletter for lovers of mystery books from http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/.
As Lucinda Surber & Stan Ulrich explain it, "The . . .
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June 02, 2007 01:25 PM EDT --
This is a sonnet that was published in the '80s in a very little, little magazine. I wrote it after breaking up with someone and because I used to start crying on the trains all the time -- about . . .
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August 10, 2007 11:38 AM EDT --
I couldn't resist sharing this with you: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/opinion/10potter.html?ex=1344484800&en=f3ee206613b091ec&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink.
The article's . . .
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June 16, 2007 01:21 PM EDT --
Pine branch spearing rain-damp earth,
I dig mud puddles for lagoons
that tricky kings and queens spangle like jewels
cavorting along riverbanks,
lickety-split walnut shells versus leafy canoes,
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September 23, 2007 07:04 PM EDT --
I made a few phone friends some years ago through the Multiple Sclerosis Society's NY City telephone support creative artists group.
I befriended an opera singer who couldn't sing anymore. A drummer . . .
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June 09, 2007 10:53 PM EDT --
I subscribe to http://zagat.com just to participate in this survey. Also, the wittiest review wins something extra special...
Unleash your inner film critic in . . .
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March 07, 2007 11:41 AM EST --
It isn't just bells ringing, it's a bell
that, borne away from time and space, still rang,
was bound to ring for love of what it sang.
So pure the song poured down so dark a hell,
the . . .
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June 13, 2007 02:34 PM EDT --
When I was little my father used to take me to Coney Island, where I fell in love with the B&B Carousel on Surf Ave. & West 7th Street in Coney Island.
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May 09, 2007 08:48 AM EDT --
It's been a while but I think I can answer most questions about independent book stores.
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July 23, 2008 10:52 AM EDT --
I posted a story last night at http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977404518 about BooksforSoldiers.com, and why it needs people to donate money to stay alive. I just joined your group, . . .
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