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2016 #top5, part 1: media — By the Books

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A lifestyle blog for hungry, well-dressed nerds. 2016 #top5, part 1: media. December 21, 2016. As I wrote last. Despite popular opinion, I am actually a big fan of end-of-the-year lists, roundups, and rankings. I like to hear people talk about things they love, I like getting recommendations from smart people, and I like forcing things I enjoy onto the people around me, so this is basically my favorite time of year. The Queen of the Night. One last repeat from my summer reading list. Probably my favo...

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Slice and Dice | Fiction • NonFiction • Poetry

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A Word About Writing. 87: A Sneak Peek at the Slice Literary Writers’ Conference: An Interview with Imbolo Mbue, by Celia Johnson. September 2, 2016. Most people come to New York City clutching their dreams. Some fight to get in and fight even harder to stay. Others have a much easier path. But what happens when the city fails them? Imbolo Mbue’s debut novel,. You can catch Imbolo on the panel, A Matter of Character. On September 10 at the Slice conference. As for Clark and Cindy, I mined the brief encou...

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Authors & Presenters | LitFest Pasadena

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The Pasadena Community's Free Book Festival! Skip to primary content. Authors & Presenters. Litfest Pasadena’s 2016 authors and presenters include:. Is the creator of the first nationally syndicated, politically themed Latino daily comic strip,. Seen in scores of newspapers including the. He has produced editorial cartoons for the. Since 1992 and also creates editorial cartoons in English and Spanish for Universal. He is on the faculty at Otis College of Art and Design and is the host of. And Dean Audrey...

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Category: 2016 Hardcover - ​Shelf Stalker

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Looking for a new read? CRUEL MERCY David Mark. Is my first foray into the Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy series following the burly, fiercely determined, and strongly moral Scotsman (of which this book is the sixth). I was a little apprehensive to dive blindly into a series following a character I had not yet read anything about—I imagined attempting to read. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Without having the faintest idea of what a Muggle was, or a Dumbledore, or what. McAvoy is sent across t...

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THE WANGS VS. THE WORLD—Jade Chang - ​Shelf Stalker

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Looking for a new read? THE WANGS VS. THE WORLD Jade Chang. This is a story of rags to riches to rags—Charles Wang had nothing but urea when he came to America and he turned that piss into a thriving multi-million dollar cosmetics industry in California. Us Americans will put anything on our faces… Two wives, three children, a few bad decisions and then the 2008 economic collapse comes and all of a sudden, Charles has nothing. Grace, the youngest is a burgeoning fashion blogger, while Saina was an extrem...

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Events — Jung Yun

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Ann Arbor (MI) Reading. Wednesday, March 15, 2017. More Information available at: http:/ www.literatibookstore.com/event/fiction-literati-jung-yun. Thursday, March 16, 2017. More information available at: http:/ www.watermarkbooks.com/event/jung-yun. Friday, March 17, 2017. Magers and Quinn Booksellers. More information available at: https:/ secure.magersandquinn.com/index.php? Virginia Book Festival - "Emerging Voices: Critically Acclaimed Debut Novels" Panel (Charlottesville, VA). Friday, March 24, 2017.

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Blog Posts - ​Shelf Stalker

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Looking for a new read? Recently, I had the great joy of being able to read not one, but two of Erik Therme's books and he even put up with me long enough to give us a peek behind the author's curtain—see below the review for a special author interview! If you missed my review and interview with Erik on his book. Is it a conspiracy? Is the whole tiny town of Mortom out to get them? What’s with the trail of clues? Did Craig really leave some treasure at the end? Or is it something worse? Andy focuses in o...

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Encounters in Publishing | Slice and Dice

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A Word About Writing. 87: A Sneak Peek at the Slice Literary Writers’ Conference: An Interview with Imbolo Mbue, by Celia Johnson. September 2, 2016. Most people come to New York City clutching their dreams. Some fight to get in and fight even harder to stay. Others have a much easier path. But what happens when the city fails them? Imbolo Mbue’s debut novel,. You can catch Imbolo on the panel, A Matter of Character. On September 10 at the Slice conference. As for Clark and Cindy, I mined the brief encou...

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Blog — Andrea Dunlop Author

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Read Write. Inspire. October 03, 2016. In addition to pumpkin spice everything and death by Halloween candy, October brings with it some of the season's biggest books: including one of the most buzzed about books at this year's BEA (The Mothers) and a highly-anticipated new novel by one of the Seattle's own. Read on for my October picks! Follow Caroline on Twitter. Review the book on Amazon. Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places. Follow Colin on Twitter. Review the book on Amazon. Struggling t...