Category Archives: Writing/Storytelling
Summer Reading
Are you going to spend some of the holiday weekend reading? Take a look at the recommendations from The Big Read, a National Endowment for the Arts blog devoted to reading. There’s also a wealth of information — essays, radio shows, videos … Continue reading
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Harry Bernstein, Author at 96
The late Mr. Bernstein was published in 2007 at the age of 96. In his memoir, The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers, “Mr. Bernstein described a childhood [in a northern English mill town] defined by grinding poverty and the … Continue reading
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The World’s Most Inspiring Bookstores
A nice follow-up to a previous post (here) featuring a slide show of writers and their typewriters is Salon.com’s slide show post of the world’s most inspiring bookstores, located in everything from former Gothic cathedrals to revamped factories. Click here to … Continue reading
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Bel Kaufman: Up the Down Staircase
Author Bel Kaufman celebrated her 100th birthday last week. She’s still a teacher (her novel about a first-year teacher in New York, Up the Down Staircase, is a classic), a storyteller with a sense of humor — and a mambo dancer! Click here to read an … Continue reading
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News from Burbank Senior Artists Colony
Exciting news for BSAC writers: Poets & Writers, Inc. of New York have funded a six-week Poetry Tool-Box with Hannah Menken to start at BSAC in June. Poets & Writers is the nation’s largest non-profit organization serving creative writers. Contributed by … Continue reading
Writers and Typewriters
There’s a certain sense of romance that surrounds the image of a writer hard at work at a typewriter. But now, the typewriter has faded from the scene, replaced by a rather less romantic image of a writer staring at a computer screen. The UK’s Guardian … Continue reading
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News from the Team: Sidni Louise Myles
Piedmont Programs Manager Sidni Myles is celebrating the book publication/CD release of her latest work, Jesus’ Niece, with a party at Piedmont Senior Apartments tomorrow, May 7th, from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Stop by to get a signed copy of each or CLICK HERE … Continue reading
