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Ten Years of White Nights -- Summer Literary Seminars For the last ten years, writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry have converged on St. Petersburg, Russia, for the Summer Literary Seminars. They have attended workshops, talks and readings led by some of the most significant writers in North America and Russia--people like Aimee Bender, Robert Coover, Robert Creeley, Dave Eggers, Mary Gaitskill, Robert Haas, Denis Johnson, Sam Lipsyte, William Meredith, Francine Prose, George Saunders, Anthony Swofford, and many more. But what proves to be a life-altering element of SLS in Russia is the city of St. Petersburg, described by Mikhail Iossel (founding director of SLS) as: "...a decidedly surreal stage that, at any given point in time, is many different cities in one: it is a city of starchy imperial granite facades and mega-majestic Italianate palazzos, peeling lemon-yellow facades, decrepit litter-strewn stray cat-owned inner courtyards (whose entirety forms a veritable city within a city), desolate echoing silences, long vertical shadows at midnight, empty water-bound perspectives, low Arctic sky, blinding glare of the unseen afternoon sun, ostentatious (banana republic-style) opulence and equally fantastic poverty; it is a city that never sleeps during the fleeting summer months...It is a city of inordinate, staggering beauty borne out of profound sadness. An unforgettable city." This video tries to capture the epic mystique of the city and its impact on the participants of the Summer Literary Seminars in Russia. It was shot during the tenth anniversary session (summer, 2008). Learn more about the Program at www.sumlitsem.org. Tags: Summer Literary Seminars SLS St. Petersburg Russia Writers Poets Writing Workshops Jeff Parker Mikhail Iossel Daniel Baird White Nights George Saunders Ken Calhoun Russian Literature Dostoyevksy |
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Artsworld - France's Rising Literary Star - 20 Aug 08 Arstworld travels to the Paris suburbs to meet the young French-Algerian author Faiza Guene whose novels are taking the literary world by strom. Plus we explore how opera is taking centre stage in Botswana. Tags: artsworld al jazeera paris faiza guene verlan banlieue novel botswana opera |
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Literary Barbie Barbie goes to Literary Night Tags: Literary Barbie Blythe Night Cafe Readings Mad Matilda's Jeff Sizer |
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Melville: Literary Work Moby Dick, wasn't popular in Melville's time Tags: moby dick melville herman whaling seas |
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The Literary Dispute 2 customers fight in a bookstore, over the last copy of a book to the death!!! Tags: bookstore bruce cambell fight action funny death jackass glasses dispute |
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Dinosaur Literary Corner presents Lucky Man by Ben Tanzer Lucky Man, Inc. and Dinosaur Literary Corner presents Lucky Man the debut novel by Ben Tanzer. www.manxmedia.com/luckyman.htm Tags: Lucky Man Manx Media dinosaurs viral marketing independent media Ben Tanzer |
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NYTimes.com - UrbanEye: PEN Literary Gala NYTimes.com - The American Museum of Natural History hosts the Gala for the PEN American Center, which works to defend writers' rights. Tags: NYTimes.com The New York Times UrbanEye Pen Literary Gala American Museum of Natural History Defend Writer's Rights |
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Bancroft Centennial Symposium: Modern Literary Manuscripts Session speakers include Tony Bliss, The Bancroft Library, Chair; Kathleen Cleaver, Emory University - The Making of the Book Target Zero: A Life in Writing by Eldridge Cleaver; Kevin Killian, poet and critic - Go Get Me a Big Grave: Recent Excavations in the Jack Spicer Papers at The Bancroft Library; Nancy Peters, City Lights Bookstore - The Bancroft: A Literary Labyrinth. UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library presents a two-day symposium celebrating their 100 years of collecting rare and historic documents. Ancient Egypt, CA history, biotechnology, Mark Twain, and the environmental movement are a few of the topics discussed by three dozen scholars and activists. [events] [artshumanities] Credits:... Tags: ucberkeley educational howto |
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Literary Orange 2007 Saturday, April 21, 2007 - Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove. Orange County Public Library and UCI Libraries presented the first annual Literary Orange Author's Festival. Participating Authors included: Thomas Perry, Aimee Liu, Carolyn See, Lisa See, Neal Shusterman, Jennifer Apodaca, Taffy Cannon, Martin Dugard, J.A. Flynn, Linda Friedman, Denise Hamilton, Linda O. Johnston, Doug Lyle,Kathryn Jordan, L. M. Lawson, Terri Marie ,Cathy de Mayo, Patricia McFall, Theresa Schwegel, Patricia Teal, Claudia Suzanne, Cynthia Kadohata, Alyson Noel,Patty Seyburn,Elena Karena Byrne, Michelle Mitchell-Foust and Charles Harper Webb. Photos taken by Bob West, Jason Hensley and Laurel Hungerford. Tags: Literary Orange County Public Library 2007 Author Festival |
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Stacey Gets A Positive Response from a Literary Agent This is a video clip of me going through a stack of responses from literary agents. It ends well! Tags: Literary Agents |