Tag: arts
group name: cr8nonfiction
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June 16, 2006 04:47 AM EDT --
I believe every child deserves a special, never-have-to-share toy. House rule said this toy stayed out of sight when friends come around. Jessica . . . more
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December 08, 2006 09:38 PM EST --
By Steven Dahlberg, Principal, International Centre for Creativity and Imagination
HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 3, 2006 -- Inmates forfeit many rights while they are in prison. But their “right to think . . . more
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June 27, 2007 01:53 PM EDT --
Long before I realized that I wanted to pursue writing, editing, and teaching as a possible second career, I was always clear on that there would be a learning curve where I wouldn't earn as much as . . . more
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November 10, 2006 09:51 AM EST --
The Islamic world is filled with magnificent cities. Samarkand, Bukhara, Damascus, Cairo, Istanbul and Mecca are all at the top of any top ten list, but Isfahan is in a class of its own. A city where the . . . more
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May 15, 2007 10:29 PM EDT --
Tehran's Mehrabad Airport is a cheerless backwater, especially at four in the morning, after enduring a 10-hour flight to Amsterdam, a nine-hour delay, followed by the six-hour flight to Tehran. . . . more
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February 06, 2007 09:28 PM EST --
"I don't think writing is an art. I think it's sometimes raised to an art, but basically it's a craft, like cabinet making or carpentry." William Zinsser, On Writing Well
No . . . more
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January 03, 2006 05:05 AM EST --
I have a theory that to be a truly good writer, you have to have at least a little mental illness: it allows writers to see all the spectrums we write about. Many of the great writers of the past . . . more
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October 19, 2007 09:54 AM EDT --
New York City is an ideal place for people of all ages who want to unwind, play, and meet new friends in an energetic backdrop. Beginning at the . . . more
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November 10, 2006 09:50 AM EST --
Tradition has it that Isfahan's Friday mosque sits on what was once a Zoroastrian Fire Temple. Now, I have been inside mosques that used to be Fire Temples, most notably the Maggak-i-Attari in Bukhara . . . more
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November 10, 2006 12:09 PM EST --
As I mentioned in a previous post, there just wasn't much to see in Shiraz, aside from Persepolis, which lays a 120km outside the city. I was no doubt happy to leave, but more so, happy to be heading . . . more
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November 11, 2006 11:20 AM EST --
We passed through the Qeysarieh gate (see previous post for location), a pair of Parthian horsemen turning backwards, bows drawn, ready for a final shot, stand at opposite ends of the tympanum. Was the . . . more
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May 12, 2007 06:33 PM EDT --
I have had the most difficult time finding and maintaining serious, committed, and mature female writers for Morningside Writers Group in the metro New York City area.
Men who've walked through the . . . more
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May 20, 2007 11:31 PM EDT --
In the last few months I've revamped the Creative Nonfiction Group that I'd previously established in the fall of 2006.
I went against my proven Morningside Method of advertising, screening, and . . . more
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January 19, 2007 01:45 PM EST --
Why Not Be A Writer
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December 20, 2006 12:32 PM EST --
Yesterday I Met a Man Named Charley Silverwater
In this small community of Boulevard, just off Interstate 8 at the highest point before the road dives down to the Anza-Borrego desert, there is . . . more
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November 11, 2006 07:21 PM EST --
Two primary impulses drove me towards Yazd. First, I wanted to see the architecture of this old Silk Road city, to walk in Marco Polo's footsteps and see what he saw. My second goal was to see, interact . . . more
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October 07, 2006 05:45 PM EDT --
This poem came from the depths of my being after I said goodbye to someone I loved and knew I'd never see again.
Implosion
Chest heavy, full, tight....
A lump settled into my throat . . . more
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January 20, 2007 01:53 PM EST --
When I originally set out to form a writer's group, I didn't expect I'd have difficulty recruiting other well-read, skilled, and dedicated writers. Over the years, it's been anything but. . . . more
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September 23, 2006 12:46 AM EDT --
A few years ago while searching for original sources of men who had made the entire journey across Eurasia I bought Cathay and the Way Thither by Sir Henry Yule. This is a wonderful collection of a few . . . more
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February 03, 2007 04:09 AM EST --
"Je me souviens"
I remember
Quebec City, Canada
"Je me Souviens" is the official motto of the province of Quebec City.
It appears in the coat of arms as well as on . . . more
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