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Nik

Nina Persson Starts New A Camp Album

While the Cardigans are on break, Nina has started a new A Camp album and this one sounds like it will be much different from the first one. This is from The Cardigans website: In an interview published in Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter today, Nina Persson confirms what many fans have been waiting...

The Girl in the Mismatched Suit

Books to Read Before You Die

"1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" by ukaunz 2000s Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro Saturday – Ian McEwan On Beauty – Zadie Smith Slow Man – J.M. Coetzee Adjunct: An Undigest – Peter Manson The Sea – John Banville The Red Queen – Margaret Drabble The Plot Against America –...

Amanda

Autobiography of a Face

Most of us know what it feels like to be judged by the people around us strictly by our appearance. We know how to deal with it and how to at times ignore it. But for some of us, our self esteem level is lower to begin with and we are not sure how to deal with the criticizing. In Autobiography of a...

karenthecroccy

JCO: A Garden of Earthly Delights

If you didn't know, I really enjoy Joyce Carol Oates' writing. I have decided to go back to her early work and read the Wonderland Quartet, of which this book is the first. Clara Walpole lives her life surrounded by men and each of them influences her huge ways. It begins with the birth of the main...

Christina

a failure I enjoyed

So the 365 project was an utter failure. I just don't have time for it. Instead, I've been writing and studying and really enjoying it. Ahhhmaaaaazing! They say Joyce Carol Oates used to retype other people's stories (I think Hemingway) to see how the words worked together. I remember seeing David...

spucko

writers' desks...

In case you were wondering how psychotic your writing space looks compared to other, perhaps more famous writers... A. S. Byatt: http://books.guardian.co.uk/graphic/0,,2009751,00.html Sarah Waters: http://books.guardian.co.uk/graphic/0,,1999638,00.html Those are both from the Guardian. The American...

Whimsi the Book Fairy

The Notre Dame Diaries: June 7 - June 27.

x Not revised. x ♥♥♥ 6/7 Current Book: American Gothic Tales edited by Joyce Carol Oates Well, I've made a vow to myself to write literally every day during this summer without succumbing to the scrutinizing pig voice reverberating at the back of my head. To be fair, it's unlikely that I'll...

michellemybelle

Another List of Books!

This is the Entertainment Weekly Top 100 books from 1983 to the present. Despite its source, I find it to be pretty interesting. Since I love books and most of you love books, I thought I'd share it. Red ones are ones I've read. 1. The Road , Cormac McCarthy (2006) 2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of...

LittleGreenBook

Joyce Carol Oates to visit Seattle on June 4, 2007*

wforw2008

Word for Word Author Series: Joyce Carol Oates - NYC Booksigning

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Word for Word Author Series: Joyce Carol Oates Bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates discusses her latest book, ‘My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike’. Likely to be Oates's most controversial novel to date, as well as her most...

Steve Betz

QotD: Today's Top 5 - Books

Top Five Books -- this is actually pretty easy. We were just comparing lists at work on this very topic. The Killer Angels: Michael Shaara I first had to read this book in college (under duress naturally -- actually the night before a history final...) but ended up really enjoying it. A few years...

mcco12

random weekend bits

chipotle and jalapeno in the village friday night for cat's birthday dinner. great place! excellent tortilla soup; nice laid back atmosphere. and cheap cheap: big meal for two, drinks, soup, dessert & coffee for $50 including tip (for two!). unheard of! friday night: "the savages". laura linney....