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She never stopped learning

Alice Goodman Satisky graduated from Meredith College in 1937, but her studies didn’t end there.

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introducing the bloggers – part 1

During the London Literature festival 2010, a brilliant team of bloggers will be scattering themselves across the events and posting up thoughts, responses and reviews of the festival. Over the next few days, I’ll be introducing you to the voices that will be featured here.

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Book discussion group meets at Butman-Fish Library in Saginaw (The Saginaw News)

The novel “Firefly Lane” by Kristin Hannah is the topic of discussion at the next Community Literature Series. The story traces the friendship of two very different women over 30 years.The gathering begins at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at…

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India needs more translations: Mushirul Hasan (Calcutta News)

The absence of organised translation activity in literature and academia has led to cultural and intellectual distancing in Indian society, believes eminent historian Mushirul Hasan.

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Students earn awards for artwork (Peninsula Gateway)

Dakotah Carr won the Visual Arts category. Key Peninsula Middle School celebrated some of its artists last month in a contest sponsored by the PTSA.

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10 Literary Classics That Should Be Videogames (Wired News)

Libraries brim with epic tales of war, madness and whitewashing. With the new Dante’s Inferno lighting the way, Wired.com takes a stroll through the stacks in search of the next big literature-based videogame franchise.

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‘Spy’ of National Artist a Marines trainee (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

The military on Thursday confirmed that the man caught casing the house of National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera is a member of the Philippine Marines.

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Controversial book allowed in Temecula school district (Los Angeles Times)

Trustees add ‘Speak’ to the core literature list after concerns were raised about the plot involving rape. A novel that had raised concerns because its teen protagonist deals with the aftermath of rape will be added to the core literature list for Temecula’s high schools, trustees decided.

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[literature] Punchy Stuff : A heavyweight lineup of literary happenings canvas the county this fall. - Monterey County … (Monterey County Weekly)

Maybe you’ve heard.

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Berlin Literature Festival welcomes bookworms from around the world (Deutsche Welle)

For the next two weeks, Germany is to be the focus of the literary world as it welcomes authors from all corners of the world to the 9th International Berlin Literary Festival.

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