Tag: fiction
member name: Chris Steib
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December 24, 2007 04:12 PM EST --
I may regret announcing this resolution to my fellow Gatherers, but I have officially challenged myself to read 50 books in 2008. Quick math shows that I'm signed up to ingest a book about every . . . more
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July 15, 2007 03:07 PM EDT --
Ah, summer. The season in which we customarily choose books by virtue of their cover art or their ability to fit neatly into a beach bag. But just because it's summer doesn't mean you have to . . . more
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June 24, 2008 04:09 PM EDT --
With beach season now upon us, publishers are undoubtedly in full-swing summer-reading mode, paying exorbitant sums of cash to stock B&N's front-list tables with disposable mass-market fodder. . . . more
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January 13, 2008 04:52 PM EST --
For those unaware, this year I pledged to read 50 books as my literary New Year's resolution. I'm on target so far, having read two and finishing my third today or tomorrow (depending on whether . . . more
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February 10, 2008 10:33 PM EST --
So, I'm a little behind on my 50-book goal for 2008, but with a five-day impromptu vacation to upstate NY coming up next week, I hope to get back on track and be on book eight by the end of February . . . more
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March 11, 2008 12:23 PM EDT --
A few days ago, I sat down for a little GTalk with my old friend, fellow writer, and man of many digital hats, Adam Maxwell . In our interview, he shares his insight on such things as: the effect a new . . . more
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May 06, 2008 10:39 AM EDT --
This year, I decided to read 50 books for my New Year's Resolution . I'm a little behind schedule, staring down book #14 right now ( The Audiacity of Hope ), which I'm reading on my Sony Reader. . . . more
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April 14, 2008 10:46 PM EDT --
As expected, I really fell behind on my goal to read 50 books this year, but a few quick classics and some forthcoming poetry reads should put me back on track. For this segment (my first in nearly two . . . more
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April 19, 2008 02:43 PM EDT --
The 50-book warpath continues, and this time the bodies on the battlements include a rapturous poetry read by a Pulitzer Prize winner, a tiresome tale of unrealistic romance from the former editor of . . . more
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September 27, 2007 01:13 PM EDT --
“We live in a world that could only have been dreamed up by Graham Greene and Franz Kafka on a weekend bender, with George Orwell along to write slogans.” -- Jess Walter, from the afterward . . . more
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February 21, 2007 01:24 PM EST --
Jumping on the bandwagon of industries claiming to be totally screwed by China's 90% piracy rate, American publishers told Congress last week that the conservative estimate for their losses due to . . . more
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July 02, 2008 11:26 PM EDT --
No matter what you think you leave behind, until your heart stops, you carry it all with you.
War -- the second novel by author/filmmaker Todd Komarnicki -- follows the narrative of an . . . more
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February 06, 2007 02:47 PM EST --
The following "Two Cent Reviews" are extracted from the January 2007 issue of VoidMagazine.com.
Ask the Dust, book by John Fante
film by Robert Towne
One of my favorite books of all . . . more
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January 29, 2007 10:31 AM EST --
The following "Two Cent Reviews" are extracted from the January 2007 issue of VoidMagazine.com.
Ask the Dust, book by John Fante
film by Robert Towne
One of my favorite books of all . . . more
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