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'Second Bananas' Who Were First-Rate Authors

Dave Astor | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Wilkie Collins, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Herman Melville, Classic Novels, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Underrated Novels, Underrated Authors, Mark Twain, Books News
Dave Astor

Why do some 19th-century novelists resemble the pre-2004 Boston Red Sox or some current singers other than Adele? This post will explain!

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Will Write for Food

Jeff Klima | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Books, Novels, Reading, Fantasy, Books News
Jeff Klima

Is it possible to sue someone on the basis of copyright infringement and theft of intellectual property if they have been dead for 131 years? I just g...

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Faith Is Holding Survivor Contestant Back

Austin Carty | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Christianity, Christians on Tv, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Brandon Hantz, Entertainment, Survivor, Jesus, Survivor Breakdown, Survivor Emotional Breakdown, Religion News
Austin Carty

When you approach a situation thinking, "If I say this, or do this, or don't say this, or don't do this, I may look like a bad Christian," then you aren't really doing or saying it for Christ.

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May 21 Rapture: Books We Will (And Won't) Be Reading If The World Really IS Ending Tomorrow

Gina Barreca | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Jersey Shore, Heaven Is for Real, Book of Revelations, Armageddon, Book of Revelations for Dummies, World Ending, The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Books News
Gina Barreca

It'd be interesting to see what we'd read if we actually considered ourselves an endangered species. We'd have to give up the pretence and get with the program; we'd have to read only what we know (or believe) we'd love.

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A Peek Inside Famous Writers’ Homes

flavorwire.com | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Ernest Hemingway, Brooklyn Heights, John Steinbeck, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Yukio Mishima, Gwendolyn Brooks, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Gertrude Stein, Truman Capote, Famous Writers' Homes, Agatha Christie, Norman Mailer, Books News

Last month, The New York Times ran a slideshow of Norman Mailer's Brooklyn Heights apartment, which will be up for sale shortly. This got us thinking ...

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Improve Your Writing "Quickly and Easily," Pearson Promises

Justin Snider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stephen King, Pearson Education, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Teaching, Reading, Writing, Technology News
Justin Snider

Pearson announced a series of applications for the iPhone and iPod touch called "GrammarPrep." Call me old school, but I don't believe there's a quick or easy way to get better at writing.

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The Ironic Curtain, a Czech Film Series, Comes To New York

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prague-Czech Republic, Iron Curtain, Milos Forman, Czech Republic, Fyodor Dostoevsky, New York Czech Center, BAM Rose Cinemas, Brothers-Karamazov, New York News
Brad Balfour

The Ironic Curtain opens with the North American premiere of Pavel Koutecký and Miroslav Janek's intimate documentary, Citizen Havel, about the private and public life of this playwright turned president.

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Sarcasm Month

Michael DeJong | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Oscar Wilde, Sarcasm, Irony, Dorothy Parker, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jesus, Pontius Pilate, Sarah Palin, Environment, Abraham Lincoln, Real Americans, Media, Bush, Healthy Living News
Michael DeJong

There is no doubt that frightful things in current events make for sensational opportunities for sarcasm -- in these times, it's almost "trench humor" that helps us survive.

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