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Return to Serendipity

damiengwalter wrote 1 week ago: Everyones favourite journal of magical realism, Serendipity, have kindly agreed to reprint my short … more »

Tags: Writing Journal, circe's, ELECTRIC VELOCIPEDE, Serendipty

Just Be You book trailer

Peggy Tibbetts wrote 1 week ago: My friend Ann Ramsey, author of Me, the Tree and Just Be You, made this book trailer. She is also th … more »

Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Author Publicity, Book Promotion, online book promotion, ann ramsey, honey, picture book

Garden Spells Charms

emmegail wrote 1 week ago: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen Fiction, Published 2006 Read June 2008 4/5 From the Cover: In … more »

Tags: Reviews, Books, Book Review, Fiction, Garden Spells, Romance, Sarah Addison Allen

The Sugar Queen, by Sarah Addison Allen2 comments

melissa wrote 2 weeks ago: I enjoyed Sarah Addison Allen’s first book, Garden Spells, so I picked up her second title, The S … more »

Tags: Bluesocks' Picks, Books, Melissa's Picks, Romance

On Magical Realism...Here it is, G.

jenndiggity wrote 1 month ago:   Magic and Realism and Magical Realism: An Examination of Peace like a River and “A Very Old Man … more »

Tags: School, Peace like a River, Post-Colonial, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, Leif Enger, marquez

The Ladies of Grace Adieu, by Susanna Clarke

storyist wrote 1 month ago: I had mixed feelings when I picked this up. On the one hand, I was very excited, because I loved Jon … more »

Tags: Short Stories, COLLECTIONS, Contemporary, Reviews, Susanna Clarke, The Ladies of Grace Adieu

"The Fall" directed by Tarsem3 comments

Matt Staggs wrote 1 month ago: I really want to see this movie, but given the anemic response to independent films in my community … more »

Tags: Flotsam and Jetsam, The Fall, Tarsem

Wizard of the Crow

frogfather wrote 1 month ago: Now, I’m sorry, I’m going to spell this dude’s name wrong, but I don’t think … more »

Tags: Books, Africa, Satire

On How There's No Reason for this Entry to be Bullet-Formatted

jenndiggity wrote 1 month ago: I had a pretty good day yesterday.  Jeff and I went to Northtown Mall with one of the girlfriends … more »

Tags: Everyday Bullshit, Girlfriends, Peace like a River, Weekend, mall, Shopping, Taco Time, Wisdom by Harold Bloom, Huckleberry's

The Collection

oneirae wrote 1 month ago: Note:  This excerpt is from a short story which eventually will be turned into a novel.  I have lo … more »

Tags: Fiction, The Advantages of Being Ambidextrous

Magic For Beginners, by Kelly Link

swarmofbeasts wrote 1 month ago: Nine short stories of magical realism, stories that shift effortlessly from fairy-tale mode to a muc … more »

Tags: Adult, Fantasy

Cry of the Peacock - Gina B. Nahai

palenerd wrote 1 month ago: I was a little unsure if I was going to blog about this one, but in the interest of honesty - here … more »

Tags: Books, Novel, Abandoned

Gob's Grief

ed biblioklept wrote 1 month ago: It’s the greatest open secret, that death will take everyone, that every person is as transi … more »

Tags: Literature, Books, Reviews, chris adrian, Gob's Grief, Novels, The Children's Hospital, Civil War, Historical Fiction

On the Quarter Dying Slowly, Slowly

jenndiggity wrote 1 month ago: I taught on Jesus and women today.  I got the kids all riled up by asking them if they thought Jesu … more »

Tags: Contemplations, Personal, School, Everyday Bullshit, Teaching, Linguistics, Beloved, digging to america, Peace like a River

Magical Realism - a genre I didn't know existed4 comments

craftypeople wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been chatting to my sister about the book she is writing and she said she was afraid that … more »

Tags: Books, Books & Reading

Dream-verse

jonaslamb wrote 1 month ago: bleary-eyed father runs down the trail seeking something, perhaps resembling silence inside the croo … more »

Tags: Poetry, shack pieces, spring, Growth

Wir sind Spitze, but how long?

juangalbarracin wrote 2 months ago: Das CHE Hochschulranking hat die Tübinger Politikwissenschaft (erneut) sehr gut bewertet. Tübingen … more »

Tags: Politics

Hey, there's more in there!4 comments

Hey, Mister! wrote 2 months ago: Today we read the short story Aunty Misery, by Juth Ortiz Cofer. It’s a characteristic folk t … more »

Tags: Teaching, Students, The Reading Process, Reading, Short Story, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Aunty Misery

The Master and Margarita

Jay wrote 2 months ago: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. A vicious and zany magically-real book about Stalin … more »

Tags: Books, Evil, Fiction, Russia


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