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By Staff on September 3, 2011
By Kimberly Richardson Irene Nemirovsky’s unfinished novel Suite Francaise is a dream within a nightmare. This wonderfully engaging novel has a sad truth behind it. The author, while working on this piece, tried to flee Paris to escape the Nazis in 1942. She was caught and sent to Auschwitz where she later died. Thankfully, her [...]
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By Staff on July 2, 2011
By Kimberly Richardson Emile Zola’s powerful novel The Masterpiece is one that strikes me to my very core. As an award winning author and editor, I strive to deliver the best manuscripts to my publishers and will accept any form of criticism necessary to ensure sellable work. Yet, I refuse to allow my creative gift [...]
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By Staff on July 2, 2011
By Matt Martin As long as there’ve been fictional movies in the world, there have been documentaries. In fact, cinema began with non-fiction films. Early cinema, pre-1900, was dominated by the novelty of simply showing an event. These were usually simple static shots of normal life: a train pulling into a station, a boat arriving [...]
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By Emily on June 4, 2011
By Kimberly Richardson My review of Alexander Brown’s book Traumatized begins with a funny story. While I was a guest at the Southern Fried Comic Conference in Jackson, Mississippi last June, I had the pleasure of meeting Alex and picking up a copy of his book. It is a collection of short stories, so I [...]
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By Emily on April 2, 2011
By Kimberly Richarson Let me get right to the point – Andy Deane’s werewolf novel, The Sticks, is one incredible ride! The narrating character, Brian, who is an all around slacker but a good guy at heart, leaves a party one night after being hoisted out by the host, affectionately known as Lisp. Several hours [...]
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By on March 4, 2011
By Matt Martin Music and movies have been permanently bound together since the advent of cinema. Early silent films were generally designed to be played with an accompanying orchestra or band. In fact, the first words ever spoken in a movie were music related. In the 1927 film The Jazz Singer, Al Jolson played a [...]
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By on October 28, 2010
By Kimberly Richardson “Time seems to pass. The world happens, unrolling into moments, and you stop to glance at a spider pressed to its web. There is a quickness of light and a sense of things outlined precisely and streaks of running luster on the bay. You know more surely who you are on a [...]
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By on September 3, 2010
By Kimberly Richardson When I think of the word “bibliophile” I automatically think of myself. In my apartment are five bookcases filled to the brim with books of every subject and genre. Reading and now writing books has been a passion of mine since childhood. Even now I would much rather spend my money on [...]
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By on September 3, 2010
By Barb Elder Those of us who are relatively new to Cooper-Young may not understand the amazing comeback story that is our neighborhood’s history. We take for granted the safe, tight knit community that we are a part of. We don’t think twice about having active community organizations like the CYCA to advocate for our [...]
Posted in Arts, Bookworm, Community News, CYCA, Events, Goings On! | Tagged book reviews, books, Community News, CYCA, Education, events, neighbors, non-profit, volunteering |
By on July 30, 2010
By Kimberly Richardson “No man is an island,” truer words were never spoken. No matter how much one may want to live apart from the world, the reality is that no one truly can. Whether we like it or not, our lives and choices affect many others: some who know us well and others who [...]
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