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Lauren John

Booked for the Holidays

"I don't read books without pictures. Can we bring porn?"Can I bring a book that I wrote?Can I bring a used book I...
Annette Dunlea

The News From Paraguay

Annette The Author’s Book Recommendation – The News From ParaguayTitle: The News from Paraguay Author:  Lily TuckPaperback: 248 pagesPublisher: HarperPerennial (1 Aug 2005)Language EnglishISBN-10: 0007207999ISBN-13:...
Jayne Stahl

We Give Thanks

We give thanks for those who came before We give thanks for those yet to come  for those who have served in war and those who...
Nancy Smith

Shoe Polish Shuffle

Back in 1983 or so, I traveled to Europe for the summer. I stayed with some German cousins of a different generation who...
Andrew Mayo

Second draft - done

Today is Thanksgiving and I'm thankful.  I wrote the final page of the second draft of my speculative fiction novel, PLAGUE WALL (page...
Mary Cook

GRATITUDE

GRATITUDEBy Mary Cook, M.A., R.A.S.WWW.MARYCOOKMA.COM  Gratitude is a baby’s hand finding home in mother’s fingerOutstretched arms, when we need to cryA soft, warm puppy...
Lance Foster

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is Thanksgiving, also known to many as "Turkey Day." In my Ioway-Otoe tribal language, "turkey" is either "wayin'xanje" (big-bird) or "tagrogro" (an...
Ben Campbell

Pardoned

This Thanksgiving I have pardoned all human unethical and immoral atrocities on earth. Let us start anew. ...
Linda Scott

Happy Thanks Giving

Happy Thanksgiving, this is my favorite holiday. Family’s come together as a group and gives thanks. This year will be it will be...
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  • Bernice  McFadden
    Bernice L McFadden Influences: Toni Morrison Alice Walker Rita Dove J. California Cooper Ann Petry Upcoming Works: Lover Man (written under my pseudonym Geneva Holliday) June 2009 Agent(s): Andrew Stuart Publisher(s): Dutton Plume Random House Causes I Support: Hurston Wright Foundation Girls Write Now Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS)
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Ivory Madison

Democrats Eat Babies on Christmas, Institute Says

[This story originally ran in a major news outlet that shall remain nameless. Okay, I made it up in response to a story...
Red Room Well Red

Weekly Blog Topic: Halloween

"Double, double toil and trouble;Fire burn, and caldron bubble." –Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 1 Halloween has become many countries' most popular occasion to...

Overheard In the Red Room

"I need (books) the way arteries need blood, the way teenagers need Twitter, the way the BBC needs Helen Mirren."

-- Kyla Perry