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The New Kindle 3

November 15, 2010

Cover via Amazon I love books. And, normally I’m one of those late adopters when it comes to new products, especially electronics.  For me any new invention or innovation has be tested, used, abused and given a certain length of time to discover any life threatening properties before I’ll try it.  That’s why it’s a [...]

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Casting a Wide Net

November 1, 2010

Image via Wikipedia A friend lent me the book A Cat is Watching by Roger Caras. It’s only about cats, but in it was a surprisingly simple supposition to explain the invention of poetry – to bridge the vast gap between my interior reality and yours.  Seeing it out of context, like a sort of [...]

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Missing In Action – 20th Century Iconic Romantic Heroine

October 18, 2010

Image via Wikipedia I’ve been wracking my brain to come up with an Iconic Romantic Heroine for the 20th century.  Soliciting advice from others, more often than not, I received the suggestion of Scarlett O’Hara from Gone with the Wind.   She’s an iconic character no doubt, but of the Anti-Heroine variety.  While Scarlett’s embedded in [...]

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Jane Eyre – The Tragic Romantic Heroine

October 4, 2010

Cover of Jane Eyre (Oxford World’s Classics) In my memory, Jane Eyre will forever be linked to chocolate ice crème.  I remember spending the better part of a weekend, aged 15 or 16, with the book in my lap and a bowl held up near my chin.  Complementary pleasures — one a fleeting sweetness, the [...]

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Elizabeth Bennet: Queen of the Regency Heroines

September 20, 2010

Image by elycefeliz via Flickr Jane Austen‘s life spanned two revolutions (the American and French) as well as Napoleon’s rise to power.  In the romance trade, this era was known as the Regency period.  It was a time of upheaval and uncertainty for the British Empire but when you read Austen’s work, it’s as though she was [...]

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