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• The Forever War, by Dexter Filkins

  

  Dexter Filkins jumped ship at the New York Times last year, and is now reporting for the New Yorker from Turkey. I have to imagine he got a pretty good offer... Read more

  The 12 July 2012 by   Shannawilson
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• Write of Way: How to Write a Novel

  

  In early August I'm going on a self-imposed solitary writing retreat for just shy of a week. Left to my own devices at home there are always a million reasons... Read more

  The 11 July 2012 by   Bluestalking
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• Reading "The Hobbit" In Search Of Thorin

  

  It's time to wrap up for cast and crew lead by Peter Jackson in New Zealand, for a few of them to present The Hobbit first movie at San Diego Comic-con 2012 ,... Read more

  The 11 July 2012 by   Mariagrazia
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• Writers on Writing – My Favorite Quotes

  I’m going to share some of my favorite quotes about writing. I know  it’s a little presumptuous on my part. I’m not a writer, unless you count this blog as... Read more

  The 09 July 2012 by   Andyross
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• Publishers, Booksellers & Bloggers: We’re All on the Same Team

  

  Today, I'd like to welcome a very very very special person to Literary Exploration. One of my good friends, Maggie from Not Your Mother's Book Club has graced u... Read more

  The 06 July 2012 by   Literaryexploration
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• Fifty Shades Of... Classical Music?

  

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  The 06 July 2012 by   Superconductor
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• What Jane Austen's Novels Can Teach Us About Dating

  

  As one of the most famous female novelists of all time, Jane Austen is ardently admired and adored by women, both young and old, throughout the world. Her... Read more

  The 05 July 2012 by   Mariagrazia
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• A Farewell to Arms Gets a New Release

  

  Scribner is releasing a new edition of A Farewell to Arms next week, with the addition of Hemingway’s 39 endings - one of which, reads, “That is all there is... Read more

  The 05 July 2012 by   Shannawilson
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• Crow (Absaroke) Shamaness

  

  Although there is a vast literature on ethnohistoric shamanism, not much of it discusses the way in which shamanic practice is gendered. This is an interesting... Read more

  The 28 June 2012 by   Cris
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• Resuming Popular v. Literary Debate, in Brief

  

  Oh, stuff and rot. Got much busier than I'd anticipated and look how much I've left hanging, just over the past week or so. It's not like I have a life outside... Read more

  The 28 June 2012 by   Bluestalking
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