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Exploring the structure of Freytag’s PyramidFrom NowNovel.com: Storytelling is at the heart of our human interactions. We tell stories when we talk to each other, explaining what has...
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Harvard Probe Finds Honesty Researcher Engaged in Scientific MisconductFrom The Wall Street Journal: A Harvard University probe into prominent researcher Francesca Gino found that her work contained manipulated...
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A Little Less Under the WeatherPG continues with his hacking cough and intermittent brain fog today. However, he predicts tomorrow will be sunny and clear.
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Academic WritingOne thinks about modern academics, especially philosophers and sociologists. Their language is often voiceless and without power because it is...
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BBC 500 Words Story CompetitionFrom The Oxford Owl: As part of an ongoing programme of language research, the department of Children’s Dictionaries & Children’s...
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7 Novels About Women on a Journey to Figure Out Who They AreFrom Electric Lit: As an identity crisis just par for the course as human beings? Does it happen to everybody? I wondered this to myself as a...
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The Celebrity as MuseFrom The Paris Review: 1. The Divine Celebrity “There isn’t really anybody who occupies the lens to the extent that Lindsay Lohan...
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American FlannelFrom The Wall Street Journal: Many years ago, during a reporting trip to Copenhagen, I met an economist for the Danish labor federation. I...
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You don’t come to live hereYou don’t come to live here unless the delusion of a reality shaped around your own desires isn’t a strong aspect of your personality. “A...
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ALA Reports Record Spike in Book Titles Challenged in 2023From Publishers Weekly: The American Library Association announced today that the number of unique titles targeted for censorship surged 65%...
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New York Disbars Infamous Copyright TrollFrom Above the Law: For years, Richard Liebowitz ran a very successful operation mostly sending threatening letters to companies claiming...
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Federal Court Suspends Florida Attorney Over Filing Fabricated Cases Hallucinated by AIFrom LawNext: Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about two more cases of AI-hallucinated citations in court filings leading to sanctions, and now...
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I Always Knew I Was Different. I Just Didn’t Know I Was a Sociopath.From The Wall Street Journal: Whenever I ask my mother if she remembers the time in second grade when I stabbed a kid in the head with...
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Microsoft Reading Coach is now available as a stand-alone app for schoolsFrom Neowin: In March 2022, Microsoft first introduced Reading Coach as an app available in Microsoft Teams. The app became available later...
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What is tolerance?What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s...
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ToleranceThe highest result of education is tolerance. Helen Keller
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Classical Culture and White NationalismFrom BookBrowse: The hands of history have reshaped the Greek past for centuries, sculpting it into an idealized version credited with...
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It’s Time for Publishers to Tell the Truth About Posthumously Published BooksFrom Book Riot: This week saw the publication of Until August by Gabriel García Márquez, a work that was incomplete at the...
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Does generative artificial intelligence infringe copyright?From The Economist: GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) will transform the workplace. The International Monetary Fund reckons that AI...
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Trust Your Intuition: The Writer’s Sixth SenseFrom Writers in the Storm: Just as martial artists trust their instincts, writers must trust their intuition. If something doesn’t feel...
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Why it’s hard to write a good book about the tech worldFrom The Economist: W hen people ask Michael Moritz, a former journalist and prominent tech investor, what book they should read to...
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Catastrophe EthicsFrom The Wall Street Journal: It’s getting harder and harder to be a decent person. You wake up hankering for a coffee. But hold on! Before...
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Well first of allWell first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn’t run on greed? You think Russia doesn’t run on greed? You...
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John Blake rebrands true crime author Christopher Berry-Dee for new readershipFrom The Bookseller: Bonnier Books UK imprint John Blake is rebranding true-crime author Christopher Berry-Dee for a new readership. The...
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Tackling the TikTok ThreatFrom The Wall Street Journal: The House on Wednesday is expected to vote on a bill that would give popular social-media app TikTok an...
