Feminist poet Adrienne Rich dead at 82

Adrienne Rich, U.S. Poet, Feminist Activist, Dies at Age 82
Bloomberg
Rich was born on May 16, 1929, in Baltimore and published her first book of poems in 1951, while still a student at Radcliffe College. Before her graduation, her poetry was chosen by WH Auden for publication in the Yale Younger Poets series.

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Pioneering feminist poet Adrienne Rich dead at 82
Reuters
By Steve Gorman | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Poet and essayist Adrienne Rich, a feminist literary figure celebrated as much for deeply personal reflections on her own life as for sometimes-biting social commentary, has died at age 82, family members said ...

A Poet of Unswerving Vision at the Forefront of Feminism
New York Times
She wrote two dozen volumes of poetry and more than a half-dozen of prose; the poetry alone has sold nearly 800000 copies, according to WW Norton & Company, her publisher since the mid-1960s. Triply marginalized — as a woman, a lesbian and a Jew — Ms.

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Adrienne Rich, renowned feminist poet, dies at 82: Santa Cruz luminary ...
San Jose Mercury News
By JM BROWN - Santa Cruz Sentinel Poet Adrienne Rich addresses dinner guests after receiving the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the 2006 National BookAwards in New York. Rich, who had lived in Santa Cruz since the 1980s, ...

Adrienne Rich, feminist poet and essayist, dies at 82
Kansas City Star
By MARY ROURKE Adrienne Rich, a pioneering feminist poet and essayist who challenged what she considered to be the myths of the American dream and subsequently received high literaryhonors, died Tuesday at her home in Santa Cruz, Calif. She was 82. 

R.I.P. Adrienne Rich, Baltimore-born poet
Baltimore Sun
In the essay "Taking Women Students Seriously," published in her book" On Lies, Secrets and Silence," she wrote of the school: "We were taken to libraries, art museums, lectures ... given extra French or Latin reading. ... In a kind of cognitive ... 

Adrienne Rich, feminist poet and essayist, dies
Chicago Sun-Times
15, 2006 file photo, poet Adrienne Rich addresses dinner guests after receiving the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the 2006 National Book Awards sponsored by The National Book Foundation in New York. 

Adrienne Rich, 82, renowned poet
Philadelphia Inquirer
By John Timpane Adrienne Rich, 82, a poet who for five decades always seemed to be in the vanguard of America's political, social, and literary changes, died Wednesday at her home in Santa Cruz, Calif., from complications of rheumatoid arthritis. 

The Politics and Poems of Adrienne Rich
New York Times (blog)
By JOHN WILLIAMS In 1973, reviewing Adrienne Rich's seventh book of poems, “Diving Into the Wreck,” Margaret Atwood called it “one of those rare books that forces you to decide not just what you think about it; but what you think about yourself.

At 98, once-illiterate lobsterman is an author
The Associated Press
"I was so happy that I went straight to the ice cream parlor," he writes in his book. "I got a glass of milk, a piece of apple pie, a dish of ice cream. After I finished eating I had just enough money to buy a small pack of firecrackers.

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Newly revealed Ernest Hemingway letters show his softer side
USA TODAY
BOSTON (AP) – Ernest Hemingway shows a tenderness that wasn't part of his usual macho persona in a dozen unpublished letters that became publicly available Wednesday in a collection of the author's papers at the Kennedy presidential library.

Ernest Hemingway shows soft side in newly public letters
Telegraph.co.uk
Ernest Hemingway shows a tenderness that wasn't part of his usual macho persona in 12 letters that were released on Wednesday in a collection of theauthor's papers at the Kennedy presidential library. A portion of an Aug. 6, 1953, letter written by ...

Harry Potter eBooks Available for Library and School Lending Worldwide ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The seven-book series in eBook and digital audiobook format is now available to be added to the collections of more than 18000 libraries and schools in more than 20 countries. Library patrons and students will be able to check out the titles beginning ...

Book Talk: Witch trials and sleuthing in 1890s Maine
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A lawyer turned novelist, Shields - who has described himself as a "literary tomb raider" - found himself inspired by the history of his hometown of Portland as well as odd bits of news, such as the fact that six bodies believed to be buried in one ...

Special Report: How Book-to-TV Adaptations Handle Spoilers
Seattle Post Intelligencer
But how do you avoid spoilers when your hit show - like Pretty Little Liars, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, The Vampire Diaries, Dexter, True Blood and The Secret Circle, all known for shocking twists - is based on a series of books?

Who's got 'Fifty Shades' fever?
Boston.com
Earlier this month, the book's author, a former TV executive from Britain, writing under the pseudonym EL James, lived out a different kind of fantasy whenpublisher Vintage Books, part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, bought the world ...

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Adults Should Read Adult Books
New York Times
Or a Twilight book. Or Harry Potter. The only time I'm OK with an adult holding a children's bookis if he's moving his mouth as he reads. I'm sure all those books are well written. So is “Horton Hatches the Egg.” But Horton doesn't have the depth of ...

RA Dickey's new book excerpted: 'Wherever I Wind Up' chronicles pitcher's ...
New York Daily News
In these passages from the book, Dickey describes scenes from his extraordinary life - the abuse, swimming with alligators, and getting back to the major leagues with the Mets. My fourth-grade teacher is a man named Mr. Hazen, and I like him from the ...

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FICO Author Publishes How-To Guide for Knowledge Automation in the Era of Big Data
MarketWatch (press release)
The book provides a how-to guide for improving business processes by automating business knowledge, which includes not just human knowledge but "artificial" knowledge extracted from data using analytics. Knowledge Automation: How to Implement Decision ...

Amanda Hocking: 'A lot of authors tend to over market'
mediabistro.com
A lot of authors tend to over market or they don't take criticisms very well. They think that their book is perfect. They don't want to get bogged down with editing or covers, because they think their book is so good. Or they market too hard.

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Author Paul O'Hara Gives a Discourse on Ethics in New Book
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
In this book, he gives interesting points and key answers to thought-provoking questions, such as: Which is the more important; is it more important that we pursue happiness, or is it more important that we pursue virtue? How should our moral outlook ...

New Book Encourages Women to Seek a Loving God
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Diane Sillaman disproves theories that God is anti-woman, encourages closer faith Canon City, Co (PRWEB) March 29, 2012 Diane Sillaman's new book "Woman" (published by AuthorHouse), lifts up God's role in a woman's life. It traces Biblical interactions ...

Harry Potter eBooks at Your Library
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The library partnership comes just days after the books were released digitally by Amazon and Barnes & Noble. eBookNewser has more details: “The seven bookseries can be checked out from more than 18000 libraries and schools in more than 20 countries.

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'Mommy porn' novel has retro message
CNN
Just this week, Universal Pictures acquired the movie rights to the bodice ripper for reportedly more than $5 million as traditional publisher Knopf/Vintage promises to turn the book, which has been sold mainly as an e-book, into a paperback version ...

Potter magic: Lower e-book prices?
MSN Money
By going it alone -- without the big publishers or e-book stores, she may also be inadvertently casting a price-lowering spell on other e-books, experts say. Rowling's new website is Pottermore. When the site is fully operational, those who venture to ...

'Fifty Shades' stays hot in book list Top 10
USA TODAY
By Craig Wilson, USA TODAY For the second week in a row, all three books in EL James' erotic Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy are in USA TODAY's top 10, with Fifty Shades of Grey leading the pack at No. 5. In the series, college student Anastasia Steele ...

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Dara-Lynn Weiss, Author Of Vogue Article 'Weight Watchers,' Signs Book Deal
Huffington Post
According to Jezebel, it is, and the author deserves the backlash she's faced over the past week, all of which is about to be magnified. Weiss, a Manhattan socialite, has landed a book deal, Mediabistro's GalleyCat reports, and the tentative title is ...

Kindle Fire Update Brings Sharing, Book Extras, Print Replica ...
By Chris Velazco
Be warned though students — speaking as someone who tried in vain to give up textbooks in exchange for their e-book editions for a semester, you'd best be prepared for a bit of learning curve. If nothing else, the update makes it easier for ...
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Harry Potter E-Books, Digital Audiobooks In Libraries Today ...
By Laura Hazard Owen
Two days after the Pottermore shop launched, Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks will be available in libraries as of noon ET today. The Harry Potter digital materials are distributed to libraries through OverDrive. They were available ...
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Book Review: Desperate in Dubai » Muslimah Media Watch
By safiyyah
British-born Al-Hakawati says she knew she had to write a book about Dubai the moment she arrived in what she describes as the “craziness and diversity” of the city. She initially chose to write anonymously due to the salacious nature of the book, particularly as ... She has faced some hiccups along the way, with her blog being banned and her books being temporarily taken off the shelves in Dubai. Al-Hakawati felt it important to delve into aspects of women's lives that are normally ...
Muslimah Media Watch

Harry Potter eBooks Now At Libraries - eBookNewser
By Dianna Dilworth
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books now available in eBook and audiobook form through libraries thanks to a new partnership with OverDrive. The seven book series can be checked out from more than 18000 libraries and schools in more than ...
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What public domain ebooks have you downloaded? - latimes.com
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What public domain books have you downloaded to your iPad (or phone, ereader or other tablet)? ... books published long ago. We asked on Twitter what ebooks you've downloaded to read on your favorite electronic device. These were your ...
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The waterproof flysheet looks just like a giant book, right down to the pages and the barcode and ISBN number on the back. book tent. The tent's price tag really doesn't make it all that practical, but you still have to admire the creativity that went ...
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'Hunger Games' Movie Fuels Sharp Rise in Book Sales - The ...
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Publisher Scholastic announced today that there were 36.5 million copies of the bestselling trilogy in print, a 55 percent jump from the 23.5 million copies in print at the start of 2012. The Hunger Games book sales are now ... The books have been on The New York Times bestseller list for three consecutive years and Amazon recently announced that writer Suzanne Collins was the bestselling author of all-time on its Kindle ereader. PHOTOS: 'Hunger Games' Mall Tour Featuring Stars ...
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When you logged onto your Facebook account today, you agreed that: “You will not use our copyrights or trademarks (including Facebook, the Facebook and F Logos, FB, Face, Poke, Bookand Wall), or any confusingly similar marks, except ...
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A Gorgeous Look at How Books Are Born Sure, high speed printers can spew out the WSJ's full daily circulation in five hours but where's the soul in that? Where's the craftsmanship? To see the magic of traditional book-making in action, check ...
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Pics from the Book Party | The Reformed Broker
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If you're gonna spend a year writing, editing and promoting a book - you'd better damn well throw a party when it's released! So that's what we did. My thanks to everyone at McGraw-Hill, StockTwits, Jordan and Charles from Street Meet, ...
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Agency pricing allows the publisher (or the indie author) to set the retail price of their book. ...Ever since we adopted the agency model, however, I had faith that in a free market ecosystem where the supply of product (ebooks) exceeds the demand, that suppliers (authors and publishers) would use price as a competitive tool, and this would naturally lead to .... Keep in mind, in mid 2010, Amazon controlled 80-90% of the US ebook market, so such policies putauthors in a tough bind.
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From the early chapters of setting up a website and writing copy about your book to niche marketing, this book contains information necessary to navigate the quickly changing environment of bookselling. The fourth edition has a brand new chapter on social ... My goal when I'm looking is not to find a group of authors who are promoting their own books, but to find sites that are mainly interested in listing new titles for me to read. In this manner, I can find the latest releases of my favorite ...
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At 98, once-illiterate lobsterman is an author - Yahoo! News
A granddaughter had the idea of sending the book on a cross-country journey as a literary chain letter of sorts, great-great granddaughter Maxine Smith said.
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