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“Kurt Von­negut, the great Amer­i­can satir­i­cal nov­el­ist, died on Wednes­day at the age of 84 as a result of head injuries sus­tained in a fall at his home in New York last week.”  More

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Peeps. Another thing I do not get. Like Amer­i­can Idol and hav­ing more than two pair of shoes.

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I’m the lim­er­ick, mired in muck.I refuse to be bored or get stuck.   I like to offend,   But not, in the end,As much as to thwart expec­ta­tions. What Poetry Form Are You?

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Please join us for an ALAN Online BookChat with David Klass, author of FIRESTORM, YOU DON’T KNOW ME, and oth­ers Date: 3/28/07 Time: 9:00 PM East­ern URL: http://alan-ya.org/bookchat/flashchat.php Here’s more about FIRESTORM: “His mother is not his mother. His father is not his father. But if Jack hadn’t bro­ken the high school rush­ing record that …

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Tonight, I fin­ished read­ing the let­ters of leg­endary edi­tor Ursula Nord­strom.  Prob­a­bly, I’m the last to read this book, because I’ve heard how amaz­ing it is for years.  It amazed me any­way.  As a reader, as a scholar, as a reviewer, and as a writer, I learned so much about the evo­lu­tion of children’s pub­lish­ing …

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I spent much of the day revis­ing the first fitfy of my barn­storm­ing novel.  When I was fin­ished, six­teen pages of fat had been trimmed. I love revi­sion.  It’s the eas­i­est way I know to lose weight.

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Please join us for an ALAN Online BookChat to dis­cuss FIRESTORM by David Klass. Date: 3/21/07Time: 9:00 PM East­ernURL: http://alan-ya.org/bookchat/flashchat.php Here’s more about FIRESTORM: “His mother is not his mother. His father is not his father. But if Jack hadn’t bro­ken the high school rush­ing record that night, he never would have known and noth­ing would …

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