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Joseph Ellis: 1776, the summer America was born
Pulitzer Prize-winner Joseph Ellis on Washington, Adams and the months when soldiers and statesmen forged America
Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 1:59 PM UTC 15Politics Revolutionary War
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In the years before World War II, Russian scientists attempted to revive fish and dog heads, and even a human being
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Goodnight, sweet print
Are words on paper gone forever?
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Kerouac: Angel-headed hipster
The writer's restless odyssey and his new life “On the Road”
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What a mother should be
Men have always brought conflicted ideas to the maternal script. Good thing women keep writing their own lines
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I’m tweeting “The Great Gatsby”
For years, I've been sharing the novel 140 characters at a time. Who says social networks prevent us from reading?
Friday, May 10, 2013 11:43 PM UTC 15Life The Great Gatsby
Augusten Burroughs: “What did normal people do when they stopped drinking?”
I had no idea how to fill the day when I got sober. Writing about it at least gave me something to do with my hands
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Best of the Salon limerick contest
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I’m a self-publishing failure
I was hoping to become the next indie success story. Instead, I got a tough lesson in vanity
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 78Business Writers and Writing, ebooks
The myths of happiness
Three books on how to attain it and what it means
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Rhyming the news, five lines at a time
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Sneaky author tricks
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I froze up in the writers’ room
Went to L.A. but something went wrong. Maybe I wasn't meant to be there?
Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 12Life Since You Asked
How to become a writer?
I have no ambition yet I think I should be a writer
Friday, Mar 15, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 46Life Since You Asked, Writers
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Invest in readers, not MFAs
A $50 million donation to creative writing programs is a misplaced effort to foster literary culture
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Too embarrassed to be sexy?
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