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margie-marybelle-mckinnon's picture
Jun.15.2013
Here we are again. That time of year when everyone is trying to decide what to buy for Dad, what card to choose (it must say just the right words),...
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lisa-jensen's picture
Jun.15.2013
If you've ever wondered where authors get their ideas, here's my story. An essay I was invited to write about my new fantasy novel, Alias Hook, has...
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Jun.15.2013
Jim Murray's first column appeared on February 12, 1961. Titled “In This Corner, With the Pen, Is the New Guy,” it started out, “I have been urged by...
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steven-robert-travers's picture
Jun.15.2013
ACT ONE – DRAFT THREE August 4, 2002     HAVANA, CUBA - 1958   The intense afternoon sun reflects low off the water obscuring all...
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beverley-bie-brahic's picture
Jun.15.2013
It's graduation weekend, which accounts for the carillon concerts last night and this morning. The students will be lining up in the stadium as a I...
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Jun.15.2013
  The Moment Rachel Maddow Disappointed Me: Rachel Maddow was interviewing Publishers Weekly’s Sara Nelson on NPR and since I’d heard they were...
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barbara-froman's picture
Jun.15.2013
I've spoken a little about my father, a decorated veteran of WWII who described himself as an "...unlikely war hero." In many ways, he was the model...
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marilyn-jaye-lewis's picture
Jun.15.2013
OMG!  What's wrong with this picture????!! The one and only correct answer is: It's missing ELEVEN other CATS!!! (Never fear, they are still...
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earl-merkel's picture
Jun.15.2013
This Sunday (6-16-13) our Crack Production Staff offers a truly "mixed" media lineup on "The Book, With Earl Merkel"-- showcasing guests whose...
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terry-spear's picture
Jun.15.2013
What would happen??? This!!! Isn't it great? A video book trailer made by Kona Coast Media!  http://youtu.be/QSJ76LDskIY  I was...
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rebbecca-hill's picture
Jun.17.2013
birch trees stand like white ghosts their leaves sway whispering secrets to the wind & A little brown bird swoops in, pecks daintily at the earth...
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hank-quense's picture
Jun.17.2013
Faux News Network proudly presents its internationally renowned Cultural Reporter, Marcia Hammerhead, with another exclusive interview. Today, Marcia...
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a-j-attard's picture
Jun.17.2013
One of the many surprises writing has offered to me is the joy of research. I never thought I would like researching, although I have to admit a...
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patricia-lantz's picture
Jun.17.2013
Welcome to the Brave New World. Forget about a keyboard, mouse, touch screen or even voice recognition, now all you need do is think about what you...
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michael-seidel's picture
Jun.17.2013
The annual Manor Estate Sale at the Medford Armory is recommended as part of your southern Oregon living experience.  The Manor - officially,...
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henry-mosquera's picture
Jun.17.2013
Will Weaver Author, 'The Survivors' A writer pal called recently to grumble about his agent-and, formerly, mine. He's a National Book Award winner a...
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michael-seidel's picture
Jun.17.2013
My wife and I rented the television series Homeland on DVD from Netflix.  Well, we asked for the first disc of the first year.  Three...
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patricia-lantz's picture
Jun.17.2013
Monday, June 17, 2013: You're feeling particularly social today so do something different, be original and get out of what's become a seriously...
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eva-lesko-natiello's picture
Jun.17.2013
These are a tiny fraction of the cicadas in my garden. Not to be a snob, but these jackets are so spring '96. Don't you think?
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sherrie-theriault's picture
Jun.17.2013
June 17     Poe-etiquette     Cosmic questions cross the sky, I wonder but don’t ask why I pitch the tent, but don’t stay the...
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Red Room Blogs banner photograph (at the top of the page) is of writer Ernest Hemingway with Lady Duff Twysden, Hadley Hemingway, and three unidentified people at a cafe in Pamplona, Spain, during the Fiesta of San Fermin in July 1925; photograph used courtesy of the Ernest Hemingway Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.