Tag: michener
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December 06, 2007 05:08 PM EST --
I worked with James Michener on his South African novel, The Covenant, involved in every stage of the book from its conception and plotting to final manuscript.
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August 08, 2007 12:14 PM EDT --
The Portuguese bought Patient Anthony for three hundred milreis, the equivalent at the time of one hundred and fifty dollars, a good price for a slave boy in the backlands.
The slaver was Saturnino Rabelo, . . . more
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June 13, 2007 02:06 PM EDT --
Every writer has a favorite review of his or her book, not filled with words of vacuous hype or empty praises but a critical appreciation of the contents that got it right. Plus the fact . . . more
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August 08, 2007 01:22 PM EDT --
The sale of the slaves driven from the north of Brazil was concluded and the overseers stepped up to claim their new charges.
Suddenly there was a shout and a boy next to Patient Anthony scrambled to . . . more
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August 08, 2007 11:43 AM EDT --
Patient Anthony was eight years old on a day in August 1855 when he learned a terrible lesson.
Until then, the dark-skinned mulatto boy had known no shame at being naked and often raced bare-bottomed . . . more
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August 12, 2008 02:17 PM EDT --
Over the years, I've received many wonderful letters and e-mails from readers of my novel, Brazil. These excerpts are from ten of my favorites, words of appreciation that make my epic literary . . . more
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July 03, 2007 07:27 PM EDT --
The spike sits on a shelf opposite my desk, four inches of mottled iron with a square shank and L-shaped head tapering to a wedge. I picked it up on the Devil's Railroad in the heart of the Amazon . . . more
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December 06, 2007 05:16 PM EST --
I worked with James Michener on his South African novel, The Covenant, involved in every stage of the book from its conception and plotting to final manuscript.
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December 06, 2007 05:25 PM EST --
I worked with James Michener on his South African novel, The Covenant, involved in every stage of the book from its conception and plotting to final manuscript.
This unique . . . more
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August 09, 2008 03:42 PM EDT --
Weekend Chew & Stew - August 9 & 10, 2008
by Marilyn Mackenzie
Whether you agree with the concept or not, everyone needs to be able to vent from time to time. That's especially . . . more
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August 08, 2007 12:35 PM EDT --
On the last stage of the journey, one theme dominated the concerns of Patient Anthony and other slaves: the senhor to whom they would be sold.
Policarpo was in his late twenties. He'd had two masters . . . more
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December 06, 2007 05:58 PM EST --
I worked with James Michener on his South African novel, The Covenant, involved in every stage of the book from its conception and plotting to final manuscript.
This unique . . . more
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August 08, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
Daily Whine & Shine - Friday, August 8, 2008
by Marilyn Mackenzie
Whether you agree with the concept or not, everyone needs to be able to vent from time to time. . . . more
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June 11, 2007 05:36 PM EDT --
My mother, Hester Johanna Maria - “Joey” - Uys, was seven when the Anglo-Boer war erupted on the South African veld. When Joey was alive, I spoke with her for many hours about . . . more
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February 22, 2006 07:25 PM EST --
The sale of the slaves driven from the north of Brazil was concluded and the overseers stepped up to claim their new charges.
Suddenly there was a shout and a boy next to Patient Anthony scrambled to . . . more
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February 03, 2006 09:52 AM EST --
FRIDAY, 3 FEBRUARY, 2006
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Poem: "Explaining Relativity to the Cat" by Jennifer Gresham from Diary of a Cell. © Steel Toe Books. Reprinted with permission.n. . . . more
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September 30, 2005 12:51 PM EDT --
TUESDAY, 3 FEBRUARY, 2004
Listen (RealAudio) | How to listen Poem: "My Captain," by Maxine Cassin. Dear Captain Kangaro . . . more
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February 03, 2007 09:12 AM EST --
SATURDAY, 3 FEBRUARY, 2007
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Poem: "Jack + Judy" by Doreen Fitzgerald, from Cake: Selected Poems. © The Ester Republic Press. Reprinted with permission. . . . more
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