A Wonderland of Alice (New York Magazine)

From James Joyce to Jefferson Airplane and, now, Tim Burton, Lewis Carrolls Wonderland novels have inspired more than a century of literature, fashion, arteven crime!

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Aussies are avid readers of poetry (The Australian)

A MAJOR survey has revealed 85pc of Aussies are avid readers of poetry and literature, while visual arts has the biggest number of participants.

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Aussies are avid readers of poetry (The Australian)

Here’s to the small print: The past and future of compact literature (Independent)

One of the strange by-products of the digital revolution that we are going through at the moment is that no one seems to know how big anything should be.

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David Shields on Reality Hunger, plus advice for writers (Guardian Unlimited)

In this week’s podcast we discuss Reality Hunger , David Shields’s controversial manifesto for a new literature based on fact rather than fiction. He tells us how theft can be more creative than invention, why collage is the artform of today, and why the lyric essay has more to offer the modern age than that old-fangled form, “the novelly novel”… We also debate the issues raised by last week’s …

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Coretta Scott King award-winners will inspire young readers (The Toledo Blade)

This is one in a series of monthly reviews of books for young people written by four area teachers of children’s literature.

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The Giving Tree not just literature (Douglas County News-Press)

Tracey Peters Those who first hear about The Giving Tree project might think of children’s author Shel Silverstein’s timeless story of a tree that generously gives to a young boy. After learning about the project, the book could be considered a close comparison.

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The Giving Tree not just literature (Douglas County News-Press)

Dunham teacher receives AP honor (The Advocate)

Angi Eagleton, a teacher of English literature and composition at The Dunham School, has been named by the College Board as the 2010 Outstanding AP Teacher of the Year for the Southern region, the school announced Friday.

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Piedmont laureate works to promote literature (The News & Observer)

Novelist Zelda Lockhart has jumped right into her new role as the second Piedmont laureate - a position several regional arts organizations created to promote literature.

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Piedmont laureate works to promote literature (The News & Observer)

‘Reality Hunger’: David Shields’ manifesto for ceaseless change in literature (Seattle Times)

A review of David Shields’ new book, “Reality Hunger: A Manifesto,” which examines accepted forms of literature — memoir and fiction; biography and literary nonfiction; poetry and photo captions — and argues that when it comes to reading and writing, the only constant is change.

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‘Reality Hunger’: David Shields’ manifesto for ceaseless change in literature (Seattle Times)

The Giving Tree not just literature (Lone Tree Voice)

Tracey Peters Those who first hear about The Giving Tree project might think of children’s author Shel Silverstein’s timeless story of a tree that generously gives to a young boy. After learning about the project, the book could be considered a close comparison.

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The Giving Tree not just literature (Lone Tree Voice)

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