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Sometimes it's nice to point out an article, or in this case a couple of articles, that feature smart women. Especially smart, accomplished women who speak their minds and don't care what anyone thinks.Doris Lessing, a recent...
Telling stories is a central part of the human experience There is no blueprint for spinning a yarn but many writers have offered guidance American writer Ernest Hemingway once wrote a story in six words. The American...
Image via Wikipedia Due to various circumstances I currently feel a HELL of a lot younger than what I in fact physically am. Various elements have triggered some kind of regression (well regression sounds negative, and it's not...
While Philip and I were in Portland, Oregon, we made two (2) trips to spend our gift card at Powell's Books. Powell's is an enormous new and used bookstore, so large that it must color-code its rooms. Purple is history, Gold is...
He is a winner of the Booker and the Booker of Bookers and now he is the bookie's favourite to be a double Booker after Salman Rushdie was yesterday named in the prize's longlist for The Enchantress of Florence. The fantastical...
