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January 05, 2017Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Does Whatever a Writer Says He Can
Holy Christmas miracle, Spider-Man! A true miracle from the Ghost of Jack Kirby! I don't believe in God but I do believe in the cigar smoking Ghost of Jack Kirby. Around Christmas, Facebook suggested ...
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January 04, 2017Mansplaining / Hydroplaning
Mark Sampson does not have luxuriant locks of hair like his Biblical namesake, but Sampson does have the strength of twenty... writers. He is an avid writer of fiction and employs a rigorous practice. ...
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January 04, 2017The In Character Interview, with Paul Carlucci
The characters in Paul Carlucci's A Plea for Constant Motion (House of Anansi Press) are not necessarily people you'd want to befriend, but they are not people you'll ever forget. From the damaged to ...
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January 03, 2017Where Are the Classmates Now?
I met Rebecca Rosenblum in the Advanced Fiction Writing class during my undergrad in Creative Writing - at Concordia University, in Montreal. But Rebecca did not go to Concordia - she went to McGill - ...
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January 02, 2017Happy New Year Everybody!
Hello wayfarers of the Word!Thanks so much to the OpenBook team for having me as the writer-in-residence for this month. I'm looking forward to it!I've taken the prompt to get creative with my blogs during ...
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January 01, 201717 for 2017: Jasbir Puar recommends The Fifth Season
16. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin recommended by Jasbir Puar Throughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books for 2017. To accomplish this ...
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December 29, 201617 for 2017: Yasmin Nair recommends Against Equality: Queer Revolution, Not Mere Inclusion
12. Against Equality: Queer Revolution, Not Mere Inclusion edited by Ryan Conrad recommended by Yasmin NairThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 ...
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December 29, 201617 for 2017: Trish Salah recommends AKA Inendagosekwe
13. AKA Inendagosekwe by Marie Annharte Baker recommended by Trish SalahThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books for 2017. To accomplish ...
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December 24, 201617 for 2017: Sarah Joynt recommends The Hour of the Star
10. The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector recommended by Sarah JoyntThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books for 2017. To accomplish ...
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December 22, 2016On Writing, with Tim McCaskell
Tim McCaskell drew on decades of experience as an activist to write Queer Progress: From Homophobia to Homonationalism (Between the Lines Books), which explores both the progress of LGBTQ activism and ...
