Atlanta Newspaper Eliminates Book Review Position – Publishers Weekly

Atlanta’s Literary Community Rallies Against Newspaper’s Elimination of Book Review Editor Position – 4/19/2007 9:32:00 AM – Publishers Weekly
So the Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently eliminated their Book Review Editor. They claim that the section itself isn’t going away, just the position as it had been for years. The new position would manage the book reviews section, [...]

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Writing Quote of the Week: 04/16/07

“The received image of a writer is that of an unproductive sensitive who suffers from the vapors, is enslaved by his gonads, falls victim to romantic swoons and passes out at deadlines.”

- George V Higgins, Harper’s September 1984

I wish I could talk more on this subject today, Dear Readers, but frankly I am traumatized. Two [...]

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Interracial Marriages Surge Across the U.S.

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On June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling in the case of Loving v. Virginia. In their decision, the highest court in the land struck down a Virginia ruling that criminalized the union of Richard Loving, white, and his wife Mildred, black.
(Hope no one thinks these [...]

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Don Imus and Pointing Fingers

We’ve had a busy couple of days, Dear Readers.
Duke lacrosse players cleared of all charges. Don Imus and his producer insulting a female college basketball team. Thousands of nameless faceless folks all over the country weighing in on both, pointing the finger at the black community.
Maybe they should.
Read on before you start blasting me. I [...]

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We interrupt this program…

I’m taking the next couple of days away from the Internet. (Gasp! Thud!) It’s necessary, as I have a novella due Monday and an outline for another to create and send in at the same time. I love being busy on fiction projects (and having the work, lol) but the deadline pressure isn’t for the [...]

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