obitoftheday: Obit of the Day: Maya Angelou Maya Angelou, one of the great voices in American writing, passed away on May 28, 2014 at the age of 86. A Renaissance woman, Ms. Angelou was a dancer, poet, memoirist, actor, and director. She worked with Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, and […]
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The Miraculous Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Miraculous Life of Gabriel García Márquez Pico Iyer, time.com The Colombian author’s book One Hundred Years of Solitude established him as the defining member of a movement known as magic realism. A Nobel laureate, García Márquez died on April 17 having inspired an entire generation of Latin…
You Are What You Read
You Are What You Read: INFOGRAPHIC Dianna Dilworth, mediabistro.com Mike Hanski at Bid4Papers.com has created an infographic called, “You Are What You Read,” which explores the reading lists of a number of influential people and how it influences what they have written.The graphic illustrates connections between… You are what you read
Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies
RIP Author of 1000 Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez passed away Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies
The Rules Of Inheritance: A Memoir by Claire Bidwell Smith
Some of you may not be aware that I have had some of my book reviews published in the real press, rather than on this blog. CRITICALLY acclaimed in the author’s native US, The Rules of Inheritance: A Memoir tells the story of Bidwell Smith’s journey as she navigates through life following the loss of […]
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