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Q&A With Madeline Miller, Author of The Song of Achilles

January 14, 2013 By Randall Ham 4 Comments

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Randall Ham sits down with Madeline Miller to talk about her award-winning novel of love between men.

Filed Under: A&E Tagged With: Achilles, Greek mythology, homosexuality, interview, madeline miller, mythology, novel, Odysseus, randall ham, redemption, Sex and Relationships, song of achilles

Of Gods and Good Men

January 14, 2013 By Randall Ham 2 Comments

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Madeline Miller’s novel Song of Achilles won the Orange Prize last year. Her thrilling debut concerns the love of Patroclus and Achilles and illustrates how being a good man is a tale as old as time.

Filed Under: Good Reads Tagged With: Achilles, agamemnon, fiction, homosexuality, love between men, madeline miller, novel, Patroclus, randall ham, Sex and Relationships, song of achilles, troy

This Spiritual Novelist Has Sold More Than 18 Million Books … And You’ve Probably Never Heard of Him. Or Have You?

December 29, 2012 By Christian Piatt Leave a Comment

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Listen in on a fascinating conversation with William Paul Young, the author of best-seller “The Shack” and the new book “Crossroads.”

Filed Under: In Good Faith Tagged With: AUDIO, author, best-seller, book, Christian Piatt, Crossroads, Homebrewed Culturecast, interview, Jordan Green, literature, novel, Paul Young, podcast, The Shack

“The Clock is Dick-Dick-Dicking”

October 19, 2012 By Mervyn Kaufman 1 Comment

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Merv Kaufman reviews Thomas Mallon’s novel “Watergate.”

Filed Under: Featured Content, Good Reads Tagged With: Alexander Butterfield, book review, historical fiction, impeachment, Merv Kaufman, novel, Pantheon Books, Pat Nixon, President, resignation, Thomas Mallon, Watergate, White House

The Lotus Keeper: An Excerpt

September 14, 2012 By K. R. Dial 1 Comment

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An excerpt from a novel of sex trafficking and justice in Southeast Asia, by K. R. Dial, advocate of the International Justice Mission.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Fiction, On Rape and Sexual Violence Tagged With: bonded slavery, book excerpt, Child Prostitution, child sex trafficking, children, Christian, Faith, girls, human trafficking, India, injustice, justics, lawyers, missionaries, novel, prostitution, sex trafficking, slavery, Southeast Asia, spies, Thailand, The Lotus Keeper

The Isle of Khería

April 30, 2012 By Robert Cabot Leave a Comment

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An excerpt from Robert Cabot’s new novel, The Isle of Kherîa.

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: excerpt, island, Isle of Khería, loss, mourning, novel, Robert Cabot

Fiction: Author Geoffrey Thorne (@dreamnasium) Offers Free eBook Throughout January

January 5, 2012 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

The prolific television and fiction writer is giving fans a present as he celebrates one more trip around the sun.

Filed Under: Escapism, komplicated Tagged With: dreamnasium, ebook, fantasy, fiction, Geoffrey Thorne, novel, winter of the wild hunt, writing

Two-Fer Tuesday

August 23, 2011 By J.R. Reed 6 Comments

I’m just keeping it real, yo. It’s been five days since I’ve written a post and that should clue you in to how I’ve been feeling lately. I apologize for the lack of prose, but I’m physically ill (the toilet has been my BFF the past couple of days, I’m mentally exhausted, emotionally drained [...]

Filed Under: General Nonsense, My Daily Life, Reed My Writing Tagged With: drama queen, mojo, novel

#musicmonday: the element of freedom [free mp3 downloads]

August 22, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

Free MP3s to download. What else do you really need to know?

Filed Under: komplicated, Music Tagged With: 810, adad, associated fresh, ayah, Beyoncé, big krit, biz markie, Black Sabbath, Bobby V, boldy james, Bow Wow, Busta Rhymes, casely, chip tha ripper, conejo, Consequence, creed chameleon, cyhi da prince, d/will, dao jones, dj drewbyrd, dj jazzy jeff, eric roberson, evidence, fred the godson, free the robots, freeway, Future, game, get busy committee, Ghostface Killah, GhostWridah, gorilla warfare tactics, Grafh, Homeboy Sandman, illaphant, jessie j, jim jones, Joell Ortiz, k-def, K. Michelle, krs-one, kyle rapps, lenny kravitz, Lil Wayne, maleek, marcus manchild, Mario, mickey factz, money malc, nakim, nappy roots, Ne-Yo, neako, nero, nikkiya, novel, oddissee, oj da juiceman, paul nice, ph fat, phonte, Pleasure P, prof, Rick Ross, rock, Rolling Stones, royce da 5'9", Ryshon Jones, shawn lov, sir michael rocks, Ski Beatz, skit slam, small eyez, smoke dza, stat quo, stik figa, strictly 4 the traps n trunks, sts, the black, the black sunn, the war on drugs, The Weeknd, tony touch, tony yayo, torae, Trey Songz, unknown prophers, verse simmonds, vonnegutt, Wale, yonas, Young Jeezy

Books: Octavia Butler’s Lost Novel Posted Online

July 13, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

Always wanted to read the lost Patternist novel, but couldn’t find it on eBay? There’s a link for that!

Filed Under: Escapism, komplicated Tagged With: books, clay's ark, novel, Octavia Butler, patternist, patternmaster, science fiction, Survivor

#musicmonday: gotta have some faith in the sound [free mp3 downloads]

June 13, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

Another week of awesome free MP3 downloads, from hip hop to country, soul to pop and everything in between.

Filed Under: komplicated, Music Tagged With: Akon, benny benassi, Beyoncé, Big Sean, bobby creekwater, breaking benjamin, Cee-Lo Green, currensy, Drake, drekidd, Gavin Degraw, gym class heroes, Ja Rule, jamiroquai, Jay Sean, joss stone, kelly rowland, kevin borg, lenny kravitz, moby, music, musicmonday, nick carter, Nicki Minaj, novel, owl city, Pitbull, punchline, rocki evans, ronnie dunn, Rza, sanjaya malakar, Sean Paul, Selena Gomez, shakira, Shania Twain, Shawn Chrystopher, skylar grey, Snoop Dogg, Superstar Jay, T-Pain, Termanology, The Voice, The Weeknd, thoth, toby keith, Wale

Guestpost #58: Kevin Newman – Ten things I've learned from trying to get published

June 2, 2011 By Josh Bowman Leave a Comment

Newman is a storyman: author of Fey Girl and All Night by the Rose, in addition to being an eclectic blogger on his website www.voxnewman.com. Publishers and agents think that your work is a subjective experience, which is a fair assessment. They also think that way about your query letter. Not so sure that’s the [...]

Filed Under: Ten Things I've Learned Tagged With: marketing, novel, Publishing, robot, writing

Guestpost #49: Caitlin Kelly – Ten things I’ve learned from being an author

April 23, 2011 By Josh Bowman 5 Comments

I don’t know Caitlin personally, but I was honoured when she submitted a guestpost. She is an accomplished author and blogger. Caitlin Kelly’s new memoir, “Malled: My Unintentional Career in Retail” (Portfolio/Penguin) was called “excellent” by Entertainment Weekly and compared to “Nickeled and Dimed.” Her first book is, “Blown Away: American Women and Guns” (Pocket Books, 2004). A Toronto [...]

Filed Under: Ten Things I've Learned Tagged With: author, bookstore, envy, hustle, novel, success, writing

An Interview with Paul Harding

October 15, 2010 By Perry Glasser 2 Comments

Perry Glasser interviews the 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner about his experience getting his novel published.

Filed Under: A&E, Featured Content Tagged With: 2010, Bellevue Literary Press, fiction, novel, Paul Harding, perry glasser, Publishing, Pulitzer Prize, The New York Times

Jesse Kornbluth on Freedom

September 8, 2010 By Newsroom Leave a Comment

Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel, Freedom, landed him on the cover of Time and earned him the title of the “Great American Novelist.” We’re all planning to read it but haven’t had the time yet. For one thing, it’s 562 pages long. For another, we’re terribly overworked and need to catch up on laundry and Curb [...]

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: Freedom, Jesse Kornbluth, Jonathan Franzen, novel, Time

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Gay Colorado Teen Thanks Class for Support in Graduation Speech

Ted Chalfen gives one of the most positive graduation speeches we have ever seen.

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BREAKING NEWS: Boy Scouts End Gay Ban on Gay Youth

The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to end the controversial policy which bans gay youth from their ranks.

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Author William Broyles on His Return Trip to Vietnam (VIDEO)

William Broyles has written a “gripping memoir” about his return to Vietnam and his attempts to make sense of the war.

Phoenix Police Show Support for Fallen Officer’s Daughter at Graduation

Phoenix Police Seargent Ben Kartchner said, “He’s left a precious child and a wife behind, and it’s our responsibility to make sure that they’re taken care of for the rest of their life.”

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My Daughter Was Arrested, Expelled and Charged With a Felony for a Same-Sex Relationship She Had as a Minor

The nightmare began in February when the cops came to arrest my daughter, who had just turned 18, and took her away without telling us what was happening.