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A Writer's Journey Through Oz

Deborah Swiss | Posted 04.29.2012

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Deborah Swiss

Aussies proudly read more books per capita than anywhere in the world. Despite this impressive statistic, Australia is aiming to fill its literacy gaps and extend the rewards of reading to every citizen.

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Edith Pearlman, PEN Award Winner, On Success Late In Life

Debra Ollivier | Posted 01.29.2012

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Debra Ollivier

Why Edith Pearlman is not known to a broader audience is a mystery on par with how the pyramids were built -- so suggests Ann Patchett in the introduction to Pearlman's Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories.

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A Writer's Must-Read List

artistsroad.wordpress.com | Posted 09.17.2011

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What books must any writer read? That’s not for me to say. I have, however, compiled a list of works that lecturers cited as must-reads at my recent...

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Writer Wednesday

Jon Winokur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon Winokur

The sixteenth-century French writer Michel de Montaigne, inventor of the modern essay, once remarked that "there are more books upon books than upon a...

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'Give It All, Give It Now': A Beautiful Illustration Of Annie Dillard's Writing Advice (PHOTOS)

Lena Tabori | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lena Tabori

"Annie Dillard's words are a song for everybody," he said, "no matter what work one does. As long as you love your work, 'shoot it, play it, lose it,' applies."

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