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Carol Piasente Fiction Writer, Opinion Writer

Carol Piasente
Carol Piasente
Berkeley, CA
Member since: Jun, 2009
Last login: 11/21/2009
Last update : 11/17/2009
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  • "Precious" Should Move Us to Action

    November 17, 2009

    • Like thousands of others, I went to the movies last Sunday afternoon to see the much-talked-about “Precious.” And like those other viewers, I was moved by the emotional eloquence of this young woman in peril. There was buzz aplenty as the audience exited the theater: the tragedy of Precious’ life, the shock at her mother’s hatred and violence, the distain and anger at her rapist father. ...
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  • Public Library My Fav New Bookstore

    November 5, 2009

    • Newly on a budget, and with hours more time to spend as I like, I've discovered the wonders and riches of my public library. Where in the past, I would choose to visit favorite local bookstores -- Black Oak, Cody's on Fourth St., Mrs. Dalloway's on College, all fine and admirable  shops -- I am now watching expenses and have discovered the pleasure I once found roaming the display tables and ...
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  • Why Can't I Write that D**n Query Letter?

    October 25, 2009

    • From all I've read on the many -- underline that, many -- helpful sites/blogs on how to write a dynamite query letter, I've learned my problem is not unique, but it certainly is damn troubling. After spending years writing, editing, revising, rewriting, re-editing a novel that explores my heroine's life on the run as a metaphor for the regret and emptiness we feel when we reflect on a life not ...
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  • How to Buy a Love of Reading

    October 15, 2009

    • Doing some random searching about this morning, I discovered Red Room author Tanya Egan Gibson's How to Buy a Love of Reading and was directed to her amazing website. Engaging graphics. Animation. Sound. Personable blog full of tidbits to encourage writing and info on publishing. Enough to prompt me to want to read the entire book. So, confession: This is a fan mail entry encouraging others to ...
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  • Ah, The Wizard of Oz, Source of Mystery and Suspension of Disbelief

    October 14, 2009

    • I must confess that my introduction to The Wizard of Oz was not the book but the movie, which I saw when very, very young and almost yearly after that. Like all powerful fantasy, the story, the images, those terrifying flying monkeys, both speak to and must spring from deep wells of the subconscious, where, indeed, they continue to burrow. Everything about the film is deeply, satisfyingly scary: ...
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  • Thank You

    I do hope it nudges folks to do something, however small. I have signed up for a volunteer orientation for the Berkeley schools.

  • Silhouettes

    Silhouettes are promising...and evocative. I think that's what attracts me to the book.

  • Love the Cover

    Sorry to say I am not familiar with your book, but I do love the cover. It would definitely attract my attention when browsing for new reading material.

  • Thanks for the Tip

    Looking forward to reading the Brenda Miller post. Thanks for the tip.

  • A One-Inch Picture Frame

    Great post, thank you. In your description of seeing the universe as the size of a dime, I was reminded of Anne Lamott's book, Bird by Bird, in which she describes the panic one can feel when tacklin

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