Category: guest post

Jane Austen & the Tyranny of Illness (#AustenInAugustRBR)

Posted on August 7, 2013 by

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. Self-sacrifice & the Tyranny of Illness inEmma by Monica Fairview Of course, everyone who knows anything about Emma knows Mr. Woodhouse to be the ultimate hypochondriac. Yet it takes only a superficial comparison between Mr. Woodhouse and Mary Musgrove in Persuasion to see why Mr. Woodhouse… Continue Reading “Jane Austen & the Tyranny of Illness (#AustenInAugustRBR)”

Category: Austen in August, Events, guest post, Jane Austen, Monica Fairview

Guest Post & Giveaway: Among the Janeites! (#AustenInAugustRBR)

Posted on August 3, 2013 by

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. Last fall, the Jane Austen Society of North America staged its annual conference, a yearly blend of the high and the low, the seriously academic and the gleefully pop. As I strolled past the tables of hopeful authors assembled for a mass book-signing,… Continue Reading “Guest Post & Giveaway: Among the Janeites! (#AustenInAugustRBR)”

Category: Austen in August, Deborah Yaffe, Events, Giveaway, Giveaways, guest post, Jane Austen

Guest Post: Jazz and the Beat Generation (#BeatsOfSummer)

Posted on July 2, 2013 by

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  Jazz and the Beat Generation: Jack Kerouac and David Amram Contributed by Stephanie Nikolopoulos Before Jack Kerouac stuck his thumb out and criss-crossed his way across the lush landscape of America, he moved from his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, to attend prep school… Continue Reading “Guest Post: Jazz and the Beat Generation (#BeatsOfSummer)”

Category: Beats of Summer, guest post, Jack Kerouac, Jazz Music, Stephanie Nikolopoulos

Guest Post: Reading Through Life (#OthersLitLGBT)

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

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Carina is a 20-something teacher from Toronto, currently living and working in Abu Dhabi. She blogs over at Reading Through Life, mostly reviewing what she reads and discussing other book-related things. She “came out” for the first time at 14, and has never looked… Continue Reading “Guest Post: Reading Through Life (#OthersLitLGBT)”

Category: Gay Lit, GLBT, guest post, LGBT, Literary Others Event

Guest Post: Kathe Koja, Author of Under the Poppy! (#OthersLitLGBT)

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

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Ladies & Gents: I am pleased to introduce to you the incredibly interesting, devastatingly talented, wholly terrific author of my favorite read of 2011, Kathe Koja! Kathe is here today to celebrate The Literary Others and to talk a bit about her book, Under the Poppy; more… Continue Reading “Guest Post: Kathe Koja, Author of Under the Poppy! (#OthersLitLGBT)”

Category: Giveaway, Giveaway Hop, Giveaways, GLBT, guest post, Kathe Koja, Literary Others Event, Monthly Review

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