Category: The Art of Writing

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2020 PEN Pinter Prize Winner — At the BookShelf

The links below are to articles reporting on the winner of the 2020 PEN Pinter Prize – Linton Kwesi Johnson. For more visit:https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/07/08/153226/johnson-wins-2020-pen-pinter-prize/– https://publishingperspectives.com/2020/07/english-pen-pinter-prize-goes-to-poet-and-reggae-artist-linton-kwesi-johnson-uk/– https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/07/living-legend-linton-kwesi-johnson-wins-pen-pinter-prize

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Literatur in 300 Wörtern (60): Hiromi Kawakami – Strange Weather in Tokyo — Sommerdiebe

Inhalt von “Strange Weather in Tokyo” in 3 Sätzen: In “Strange Weather in Tokyo” begegnen sich eines Nachts Tsukiko und ihr ehemaliger Japanisch-Lehrer Sensei in einer kleinen Bar in Tokyo. Sie sind sofort auf einer Wellenlänge und treffen sich nun regelmäßig zum Essen und gemeinsamen Sake-Trinken. Trotz ihres großen Altersunterschieds fühlen sie sich, auch wenn…

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“The Modern Medusa” by Tom Garback to be Published Here, Friday, July 24.

Photo of Medusa on wall
Photo by Tama66

I will be publishing Tom Garback’s flash fiction work “The Modern Medusa” here at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 24. It is eerie, a little unnerving, and well done for such as short piece. Tom’s voice gives the piece an unsettling atmosphere. Please drop by to read it.

reality: what helps keep us grounded and at peace — Poetry Joy

These are deeply unsettling times we are living in, aren’t they? They make us yearn for a sense of solidity and thirst for a firm grounding beneath our feet. Perhaps it exists as a present reality, closer at hand than we might think. Creation breathes out its beauty and begs us to receive it as […]

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feeling optimistic? — The Poetry Department . . . aka The Boynton Blog

We mentioned the National Parks Arts Foundation back in February, but so much water has passed under the bridge that you might have forgotten it by now. In fact, NPAF is currently accepting applications for residencies at six different National Parks and a variety of dates in 2021. Many of the applications have submission deadlines […]

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Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising by Timothy Zahn Excerpt #SneakPeek #Thrawn #StarWars — Poems for Warriors

Coming out in September is the start of a new Thrawn series by sci-fi mastermind, Timothy Zahn. It is an origin story of Grand Admiral Thrawn, in a new Star Wars trilogy. StarWars.com has an excerpt of the forthcoming book to be released on September 1, 2020 in both written and audiobook formats on their […]

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Unboxing Dwarf Story by Professor W.W. Marplot — Reader Voracious

Hi friends, welcome to something a little different here at Reader Voracious! Today I have an unboxing and feature of Dwarf Story by W.W. Marplot that I’m really excited to share with you all. This package was sent to me by Books Forward to unbox for you. Dwarf Story was released on June 30, 2020…

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“The Modern Medusa” by Tom Garback to be Published Here, Friday, July 24.

Photo of Medusa on wall
Photo by Tama66

I will be publishing Tom Garback’s flash fiction work “The Modern Medusa” here at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 24. It is eerie, a little unnerving, and well done for such as short piece. Tom’s voice gives the piece an unsettling atmosphere. Please drop by to read it.