Literature
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Second place, Prose - 'March Rain, Year 2 Scholars, New South Wales'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Miss Flossy spoke to her class. "Alright, children, we've a few minutes before noontide, let's clear your workplace and rearrange them into a square or rectangle, you de...
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First place, Prose: 'A Puncher's Chance'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Seated at a small Formica table in a sparse dining room, Ronny Felton stared at the phone resting before him. He licked his lips and reached for the phone, but his hand ...
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First place, Poetry - 'Farmer's Market Club'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Dreaming of growing maitakes from my cheeks Of walking through a layer cake of limestone The American West. Tired of being Corn leaves. Or Gala apples. Haven't called ...
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Review: Paranoia seeps through a starship in 'Providence'
Mar 31, 2020 7:00 am - "Providence'ť by Max Barry (Putnam) A crew of research scientists makes first contact with an alien species of creatures that look like salamanders and it all goes horri...
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Review: In Koontz's novel, a very intelligent dog
Mar 31, 2020 7:00 am - 'œDevoted,'ť Thomas & Mercer, By Dean Koontz In this vast universe, Dean Koontz notes, two species have formed an unbreakable bond: dogs and human beings. And this bond,...
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Review: Amy Engel returns with thrilling 'The Familiar Dark'
Mar 31, 2020 7:00 am - 'œThe Familiar Dark'ť by Amy Engel (Dutton) Love for another can change a person, making them stronger, more compassionate and more self-aware of how their behavior can ...
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Review: Irby offers comic relief in third essay collection
Mar 31, 2020 7:00 am - ``Wow, No Thank You,'' Vintage Books, By Samantha Irby With ``Wow, No Thank You,'' the incomparable Samantha Irby offers yet another laugh-out-loud masterpiece. In her t...
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Review: Friendships carry on in 'It's Not All Downhill'
Mar 31, 2020 7:00 am - 'œIt's Not All Downhill From Here'ť (Ballantine Books), by Terry McMillan Best-selling author Terry McMillan has spent the last thirty years creating strong female chara...
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For her new book, Alicia Keys looks to the past to find herselfMar 31, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - As a young woman growing up in the 1980s and '90s in New York City's Hell's Kitchen - "the name was exactly accurate for what it looked like, what it felt lik...
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Today's Recommended Read: "The Long, Dark Teatime Of The Soul" by Douglas AdamsMar 31, 2020 6:00 am - Although the late Douglas Adams' works have been translated successfully to broadcast and film, his greatest achievement is the joyous wordplay in every sentence that pr...