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Literary Tattoo Lovers Wear Books on Their Sleeves

(Oct. 20) -- There's the printed word, and there's the inked word. Book lovers around the world have found a new way to show their appreciation for their favorite texts: literary tattoos. From famous quotes by Shakespeare to secret symbols envisioned by Thomas Pynchon, tats inspired by literature are quickly becoming...

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Mysterious World War II Tree Carving Solved By Archeology PhD Student

"Frank Fearing â Hudson, Massachusetts, 1945" , and was followed by the name Helen, according to a report from Worcester News. Some 65 years later, Chantel Summerfield, a British Archaeology student found the tree carving in Salisbury, England, where Fearing was stationed, reports the Scotsman.

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Todd Parr's 'The Family Book' Banned By Illinois School District For Gay Parent Reference

It was challenged in 1996, but retained by the Catawba County School Board in Newton, North Carolina.

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The Art of Adaptation

Over the past couple of months, I have begun to tackle the arduous process of adapting my novel, Queer Greer , into a screenplay.

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Simon van Kempen: Do Your Wife a Favor and Try These Three Buckets of Pop-Porn

Memorial weekend is an important weekend of remembrance for all those who've served the USA in various conflicts around the world, and for Alex and me it's also the weekend of both the nascence of our relationship and our public and sworn testament, when we said "til death do us part."

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Chord Overstreet, Emma Roberts Split: Has the Couple Called it Quits on Their Relationship Again?

Chord Overstreet may have just wrapped Season 3 of "Glee," but rumor has it that's not the only thing that's come to an end for the singer/actor.

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06/03/12 Author's Perseverance Leads to Success Source: The Pilot - Southern Pines NC "The Richest Season," Maryann McFadden's first book, originally self-published, was purchased at auction by Hyperion Books and released to national acclaim.
06/02/12 Big Foot sophomore publishes two novels, third on the... Source: Beloit Daily News - Beloit WI He was just a New York City boy hanging out with his friends when a pumpkin head on a branch approached him in a graveyard.
06/02/12 Sandra Martin's introduction to summer reading Source: Globe and Mail In winter, I try to be disciplined and force myself only to read books that I should be reading--novels that are somehow related to work and biographies of people I really should know more about.
06/02/12 "A secret madness nook within them" Source: BrontÃ«Blog Novels may portray human relationships in tight focus or with a lens that includes the place the characters inhabit in space and time, their scene, society, era.
06/01/12 Mysterious World War II Tree Carving Solved By... Source: The Huffington Post - Culture "Frank Fearing â Hudson, Massachusetts, 1945" , and was followed by the name Helen, according to a report from Worcester News. Some 65 years later, Chantel Summerfield, a British Archaeology student found the tree carving in Salisbury, England, where Fearing was stationed, reports the Scotsman.

Background on novels

A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella.

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