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Much of the power of Viney's adaptation of Mary Shelley's horror classic lies within the artwork. Action sequences jump off the page, while portraits of each character provide nuance and depth to the text. Running at 130 pages, the script is rather expansive, touching on nearly everything in the original. What's most effective, however, is the use of color, which subtly cues heightened emotions and offsets varied and eye-catching panels. One minor quibble: The depiction of Frankenstein's monster could stand to be more gruesome. But this version is more thoughtful and adeptly illustrated than Lloyd S. Wagner and Naresh Kumar's version (2010), though Kumar wins the gore factor. The appended glossary, like others in Lucent's series of graphic classics, includes inappropriate entries for the intended audience. In fact, much of the additional material is completely superfluous and unlikely to interest young readers (i.e., a plot diagram of the original novel). But overall, this one wins points for a masterful rendition that adds much value to the original. (Graphic classic. 10 & up)Copyright Kirkus 2010 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved.
This classic tale of horror and obsession features an appropriately overwrought reading by three talented British actors. Dr. Victor Frankenstein becomes enslaved to the idea of reanimating the dead, spending years in a manic frenzy of scientific study and creation. But once his monster lives, Frankenstein is so horrified by the ugliness of "the demoniacal corpse" that he abandons it, never imagining that they will meet again in murderous circumstances. Daniel Philpott does most of the narration, employing a Germanic accent when he voices the good doctor's dialog. Roger May does a superb job as Capt. Robert Walton. The best performance, though, is by Jonathan Oliver as the Daemon. He makes listeners feel pity and compassion for this creature who longs only for love and intellectual stimulation; instead, he cannot help but be the personification of evil in his own mania for vengeance. VERDICT The reading is well paced, and the narrators are not afraid to sound overwrought when appropriate.--B. Allison Gray, Santa Barbara P.L., Goleta Branch, CA[Page 67]. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
This audio version of Shelley's classic hits all the book's emotional highpoints thanks to a terrific tag team of readers--a choice that is amply justified by the book's structure: explorer Robert Walton's correspondence with his sister; Victor Frankenstein's narration of his life and misguided efforts to play God; and the infamous monster's first-person account of how he made his way in the world. All three narrators are adept at modulating their tone to suit a scene's mood--Roger May reads Walton's sections, Daniel Philpott narrates Frankenstein's, and Jonathan Oliver handles the monster's sections--but the heavy lifting falls to Philpott, who conveys his character's passion, ambition, and ultimate horror at what his creation has done, which includes an accidental killing that strikes the scientist very close to home. For any listener familiar only with filmed treatments of this seminal tale of terror, this is a good way to experience the original. (Oct.)[Page ]. Copyright 2011 PWxyz LLC
Gr 4-8 -Four classic tales of horror and one original monster story are presented in this series. Styles of art and lettering are matched to the period and tone of each volume. Ho's illustrations for Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde are sepia-toned and accompanied by text in an ornate font, while Zornow's Sleepy Hollow scenes range from the bright colors of a sunlit farm to the dark, moody road late at night, all accompanied by classic comic-book lettering. Zornow's original werewolf tale pits the beast against an array of monsters commanded by a vampire in an action-packed adventure well suited to its length. Frankenstein , Jekyll & Hyde , and Mummy (based on an unspecified Bram Stoker work, but drawing heavily on The Jewel of Seven Stars ), unfortunately, all suffer from being so condensed. Still, young horror fans will enjoy these graphic (not gory) renditions.-Beth Gallego, Los Angeles Public Library, North Hollywood[Page 154]. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
Gr 5 Up -A comic-book version of the classic tale of Dr. Victor Frankenstein's ill-fated quest to create life. Adapting a large and complex work such as Shelley's gothic masterpiece into a graphic novel for young readers is certainly no easy task, and this hit-and-miss rendition is far from successful. A by-product of the editing is the weakening of Victor's relationships, reducing the impact of the murders of Frankenstein's friends and family. Most notably, the adaptation fails to introduce or explain the character of Justine, making her wrongful hanging the first and only time readers meet her. Irving's black-and-white computer-shaded illustrations vary between perfectly moody and downright murky. The level of detail also changes: in one panel, Elizabeth's hair looks like thick squiggles, yet in one of the book's most memorable images, thin strands of hair spill elegantly across a table as the doctor looks on in horror at the monster he has created. An additional purchase.-Douglas P. Davey, Halton Hills Public Libraries, Ontario, Canada[Page 241]. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Gr 3-7 -Large print, short chapters, and an abundance of white space provide an attractive, more-accessible option for readers who are not ready to handle the originals. At best, this approach works as a vehicle to deliver the basic elements of the stories while providing an entertaining, simplified version of the classic at a lower reading level. After all, many of our cultural references would be lost on readers who don't know what Jekyll and Hyde represent, or what consequences the creator of Frankenstein faced. At worst, the sometimes-stilted language reads like awkward translations. What is missing, of course, is the very language that makes these classics so evocative of their time. Victorian London, for example, is captured so much more readily with the elegant and dramatic prose of Robert Louis Stevenson. If presenting "Classic Starts," do so with a recommendation: when you are ready, read the originals. There can be no substitute.-Elizabeth Fernandez, Brunswick Middle School, Greenwich, CT[Page 144]. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.


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Finding Peace and Stillness Through Jesus Christ [Video & Transcript]
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"May the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you" (2 Thes 3: 16, 18).
Finding Peace and Stillness Through Jesus Christ
Hi there! Welcome back, or welcome onto the podcast.
Are you frazzled today? You know, we all get that way, but we don't have to stay that way. Stick with me if you're feeling that way; maybe it's not coincidental that you've landed here today. But i'm glad you're here.
I'll tell you a quick story, first of all, to get into our message. I hung up the phone with an acquaintance who I'll call Jake, and we were talking, and every time I talked with him recently, it seemed like his emotional temperature would change. One minute he was just up and kind, and another minute, when life seemed to throw him a curveball, he was miffed. It didn't matter what it was, he would just dive off of these emotional cliffs. Maybe you've known someone like that; maybe you're feeling that way yourself today. If so, maybe it's not coincidence that you're here, and God may be speaking to you today. I hope so.
But back to Jake. So without the gospel in his life, he would just dive off of these cliffs, he would be kicking and screaming when life didn't turn out just as he expected. And you know, as he talked to me, what I saw in my mind's eye was, of all things, a fly. I mean, I just saw it buzzing all over the room–you've seen them–and just annoying, and not having a landing place, not being anchored to anything that would allow it to be still. He was like that fly, I thought: he has no anchor in Christ, and he's buzzing through life, and changing colors with every event and happenstance. And I knew–I had empathy for him, because I too had lived a life without Christ for years, and I knew that station well. And I wanted to hand him a rudder of peace.
So if you're in those shoes, I hope you'll stay with me. You can know the Savior's peace; He's offering it to you now, as you come unto Him.
So, I thinking about Jake, I thought about each of us at times: bouncing around restlessly, or forgetting, or maybe in some cases, just not knowing how to avail ourselves of the peace and stillness of Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ really is the way. He brings us to still waters; He offers the peace that surpasses understanding. and I think sometimes we forget where worry and stress are epidemics in our day. We need to be reminded how to lay our cares before the Savior, and how to do it with consistency.
And I have to say honestly, that I have felt stillness in the eye of the most severe spiritual storms of my life, but I can also tell you that I have sometimes let it go in the midst of minor confusion, or pedestrian twists that arise. You know, in everyday life, simple things. But when I go back to my refuge, into His word, the Savior and His promises that He will always be with us—He always takes unsettledness from you. I'm always able to regroup spiritually and walk away fine. Not that my circumstances have necessarily changed, but that I have confidence that He has heard my prayer, that He'll orchestrate what's next best if I listen to Him.
So I want to say first of all that having peace doesn't mean everything is resolved yet, or, you know, "I'm taking a nap from spiritual concerns," or I have a "Pollyanna" attitude that there aren't really challenges in life: not at all. It's a Godly peace, and it's produced by Jesus Christ. It comes as a spiritual gift as we ask for it and as we rest in it.
I want to testify that His promises we can really take to the bank. Like the fact that we can have all the riches that He has–in Christ. That means to me: all the help, all the power, all the strength, all the hope, all the encouragement that I need, I can draw out from His "account," so to speak, daily. As much as I need–as much as you need.
He will answer. He will give. He's willing to give. It's a matter of knowing what those promises are, and then trusting them.
That kind of peace that I'm talking about, it's unassailable. You know, it is not circumstance-dependent. It can't be imitated or produced by Satan.
And you know, some–I might just say that the wicked don't know that peace. I mean, those who really are not seeking the Lord. They may feel relief from responsibility, but it's not the same kind of peace.
Anyway, the Savior wants to give that to us, and to you today. Think about being a parent: if I knew that my child didn't trust me enough to know that I wanted to help them, and that I understood their sorrows, and cares, and wanted to offer them security and love and peace, I would feel awful. And I think, "How much more would the Savior feel?" He suffered so that He can understand the very predicament we're in, and to be in a position to be an Advocate for us in those [difficult] circumstances. He's extending His arms of peace to us. What–if we reject those, and His gift is there, what must He feel
You know, one night I was fearful. Our car was broken into the night before, and I felt pretty vulnerable, and I was alone. And I wasn't typically afraid at night, like I was that night. But I talked to Heavenly Father and told Him about my fear. I was really nervous about going to sleep! I think I took a rolling pin upstairs with me–like that was really going to help me in the event of an invasion! But I knelt down and prayed, and before long, the words came to my mind that the Savior defend all my silent, midnight hours. I didn't know where it came from, but later I realized it was from a song, and I finally tracked the song down that I'd heard once, long ago.
So Jesus is there. I want to you know that I know He's in the boat with us. And just like He was with the Apostles on the Sea of Galilee, and was able to temper those real, physical storms–I want you to know that He can temper the storms in our breast–in your breast–this day, whatever they are, if you'll go to Him.
I'd like to close this short podcast with a prayer that Paul shared as he closed his letter to the Thessalonians. He was ministering to the people of that congregation, some who were very worried, and he spoke these inspired words, which God now speaks to you: "May the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you." And I like the word "continually."
May we each find Jesus Christ, and learn of the fulness of His gospel, as administered in The Church of Jesus Christ, is my hope in invitation to you who might be seeking to find your way, or to find your way out of worry and fear of any kind or degree today.
God bless you in your journey. Let me know if this has helped you; feel free to contact me by phone, or on Facebook, or on the website www.ibelievepodcast.com. Take care.
If you'd like to know how you can come to know God, or know God's will for your life, or how to really receive the gift of the Holy Ghost or find peace through Jesus Christ, please visit ibelievepodcast.com, website with additional links and resources, or join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, or YouTube.
Living out a great season of my life, thanks to Jesus Christ, and two wonderful daughters, a great life's work. Loving this opportunity to share faith online... I'm a single Mom, convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, second-gen Italian, from the East coast originally. Love the fine arts, dance, frozen yogurt, temples, scriptures, writing, jazz, helping others reach their potential, king salmon, ....and not in that order. God is good. I feel it deeply when people have a misconception of Heavenly Father or Jesus Christ, His Son, that lessens or cheapens Them and blinds one's ability to feel His presence or to trust in an ultimately good eternal end to life's circumstances.
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Jordan B
As a full-time student with final exams coming up and final projects due, I am feeling the stresses of school and also trying to stay on top of keeping up with friends and family. I love how you said that Jesus is in the boat with us because that gives me such a feeling of comfort knowing that my Savior is there to calm the storms for me.

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Norah Casey presents Way to Go: Death and the Irish on RTÉ One, where there's also the series finale on The Mentalist, while Last Week Tonight with John Oliver continues on Sky Atlantic.
Way to Go: Death and the Irish, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Presented by Norah Casey, whose husband Richard died in 2011, this frank and revealing film features first hand experiences of a broad range of people including healthcare professionals and people who are dying speaking openly and honestly about going through what will be the last months of their own lives. There are also relevant anecdotes from well-known figures such as actor Gabriel Byrne, broadcasters Marian Finucane and George Hook, plus comments from members of the general public.
The Mentalist, 10.35pm, RTÉ One
This sixth season marked a major shift in the show as it shed several cast members and swapped the CBI for the FBI. With Red John gone, it's even lighter than before but just as much fun. In this season finale a new lead surfaces in a cold case, forcing Agent Lisbon to postpone her plans to relocate, and this delay allows Jane time to examine his feelings for her and decide how to proceed. Is he finally going to something about it?
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, 10.00pm, Sky Atlantic
British comedian, actor and writer John Oliver delivers more breaking news on a weekly basis as his current affairs series continues. The topical series sees the former Daily Show reporter offer his unique and distinct take on a variety of social, political or existential issues facing society. By the way, True Detective is being repeated on Sky Atlantic from tonight on. It's another chance to see this superb eight-part drama starring Hollywood heavyweights Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.


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April 30, 2016
By Julie Montanaro
March 2, 6:45pm
A man wanted for sexual assault in Gadsden County is caught in Tallahassee Friday morning.
Officers stopped him as he and his friends left a motel on Apalachee Parkway. We arrived in time to find 29-year-old Moses Andrews in the back of a police cruiser.
Tallahassee officers teamed up with the Violent Fugitive Task Force to arrest Andrews and brothers Ronterrious and BJ Dudley.
Andrews was wanted for a sexual assault in Quincy in January and now all three men are facing drug charges too. Officers say they found powder cocaine and more than three-thousand dollars cash on them.
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Pompano Beach, FL - February 15, 2012 (PRBuzz.com) February 16, 2012 -- The United States Environmental Protection Agency recently completed their shoot for O2 Media's popular DIY television show, "Designing Spaces." The segment, which features EPA energy expert, Denise Durrett, will air in May on Lifetime Television. Durrett educates viewers about the best methods of increasing energy efficiency and reducing cost on electric bills.
Energy Star is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's trusted mark of superior energy efficiency on appliances and products for the home and workplace. It can also be found on new buildings and houses. The Energy Star label means the product is more energy efficient than a conventional one; it's cost effective; and it delivers the same or better performance with no sacrifice in the quality, style or features that today's consumers expect. In addition, Energy Star helps promotes energy-efficient behavior which helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate.
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Jim Amidon — Ashraf Haidari returned home on Tuesday. No, he did not return to Kabul, Afghanistan, where he lived as a child. He returned to Crawfordsville, where his American host family lives and to Wabash, which he credits for helping him bring about change on a truly global scale.
He frequently writes editorials and position papers urging America and other countries to continue their support of the development of Afghanistan. The task is daunting.
Now, in his role as Counselor for Political, Security, and Developmental Affairs for the Embassy, he travels all over America giving speeches, talking with journalists, and — most interesting — spending time with American troops before their deployment to Afghanistan.
On Tuesday he met with Jay Heater, editor of the Journal Review, who wrote a fine story on Haidari.
He swung by my office Tuesday morning after having flown in the night before. He's in Indiana to speak with an Indiana National Guard Agricultural Development Team as it prepares to deploy to work on developing the agricultural economy of Afghanistan. Another daunting task.
"I will brief them on the current situation in Afghanistan," he told me. "Then I will thank them — and thank their families — for their sacrifices and contributions that are changing the lives of the people of Afghanistan."
He was in Utah last week, Texas the week before.
"Developing the agricultural economy is a national priority of our government right now," he said. "Sixty to 70 percent of our population lives in rural areas where there is no infrastructure."
He said that so far the "fixes" in the rural infrastructure have been "random, disjointed, and ad hoc."
The biggest problem, of course, is the Taliban and its need for cash generated by opium poppy production. Afghanistan remains the world's principal producer of the drug.
"The farmers need assistance and support to move away from the illicit crops toward marketable, high-value cash crops," Haidari told me. "There is little in the way of technical assistance, there are few roads to move crops, and there isn't enough security in place to make the transition."
When security forces move away from the farms, the Taliban move back in.
"What we need to do — and what America is helping us do — is to develop a sustainable balance between security and development in post-conflict Afghanistan."
His job in Washington and the role he's playing on an international stage seems like a long way from Crawfordsville.
The 2001 Wabash graduate was late starting his Wabash career in the fall of 1997 — the war-torn Afghani government couldn't square away his visa. Getting here two weeks late did nothing more than focus him on making the most of his hard-earned American college education.
During his time at Wabash, he had impressive internships with the United Nations. He had good faculty advisors in David Blix and Melissa Butler. He became passionate about bringing change to his home country.
He left here to pursue a graduate degree at Georgetown, then went to work as First Secretary and Director of Government and Media Relations for the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington.
Wabash talks a lot about producing graduates who have significant impact on their communities, men who change the world.
Ashraf Haidari is doing exactly that. And at just 33 years old, it's clear that he'll continue to have an important role in the rebirth and redevelopment of his home country, Afghanistan.
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Well, we've finally gotten there with my 2.5 year old. He started showing some fear of the dark a couple of weeks ago, wouldn't go into dark rooms, asking a lot of questions about the dark, etc. Now it's starting to affect his night sleep. The past few nights have been progressively worse and last night he was up from 11:30pm to 3am. Sigh. We just couldn't get him to go back to sleep. At least today was Saturday but I don't know what I'm going to do if this continues into next week and I have to go to work the next day.
We tried a night light and that didn't seem to help at all and DH went out today and bought one of those dreamlites stuffed animals that projects stars onto the ceiling.
Does anyone have any suggestions for activites, books, etc that might help our LO? I'm at a loss. I'm dreading tonight :(


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It's not impossible to make a comedy centered on an angry, sullen, emotionally inaccessible bastard, as Oscar Isaac recently proved in Inside Llewyn Davis. In that film, however, Isaac had a Coen-brothers script and a bunch of sensational folk songs to help carry him through. In Bad Words, director/star Jason Bateman merely has a half-workable comic conceit and access to unlimited profanities. The anger, sullenness, and inaccessibility, I'm sorry to say, win out.
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Prisoners, which features Jake Gyllenhaal as a feverishly driven detective, is the most exciting and emotional cop thriller we've been treated to since last fall's End of Watch, which Gyllenhaal also starred in. Beyond that, director Denis Villeneuve's effort is probably the most suspenseful, evocative, and disturbing procedural thriller since David Fincher's 2007 Zodiac ... which also boasted Gyllenhaal in a leading role. I'm generally skeptical about the effectiveness of good-luck charms, but if the actor cared to accompany me the next time I buy a lottery ticket, you wouldn't hear me complain.
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The North Carolina Highway Patrol has stopped providing free wreck reports at its county offices.
The Daily Reflector of Greenville reported that local offices were told about the change late last month.
The reports are available through the website of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
But those seeking the reports must fill out a form for each individual wreck and pay $5 for it.
The form requires those seeking the documents to provide the name of motorist involved, the driver's license number, the date and location of the wreck, and other information in order to receive a copy of the wreck report.
First Sgt. Jeff Gordon says the patrol is following orders from the DMV.
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Logger is generally boilerplate code:
private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Foo.class);
it could be very nice to get the logger injected by cdi:
@Inject private Logger logger;
Then it could be enhanced providing qualifiers for several log implementations (slf4j, log4j, commons-logging...)
There is such a feature in weld (weld-clogger) and codi.
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Injection into static fields is not supported in CDI-1.0.
Also this has a ton of other implications...
Gerhard, didn't we have a JIRA for a Logger discussion already?
in case of codi it isn't an injection for static fields.
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DELTASPIKE-59 and it isn't about logger injection.
it needs to be discussed on the list -> please start a discussion thread.
What was the outcome of the discussion? Afair we settled on not implementing this as logging is hell anyway and we do not like to introduce just another logging framework. Also we would need to handle Serialisation which is only implementable in a performant way if you know the underlying logging framework. Imo all this just doesn't make sense from a pure performance aspect.
I'm fine NOT doing this for the reasons listed above. It's very trivial for users to create a producer for a logger.
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text: Home Culture Watch: Pa. Man Punched in Face by Teen Playing 'Knockout Game' A Pennsylvania man was sitting at a trolley stop when a teen walked up to him and out of the blue punched him in the face. By: Stephen A. Crockett Jr. Posted: June 17 2014 7:49 AM 0 Teen punches unsuspecting man in the face before running away. WTFX Screenshot Six teens approached a Pennsylvania man sitting at a trolley stop. One teen walked up close to the man and without warning punched him in the face while the other teens recorded the assault, leading officials to believe that the attack could be another chapter in the violent "knockout game" saga that peppered the news earlier this year. According to the victim, who spoke with WTFX-TV, he said he didn't know the teen and was sure that he had not done anything to provoke the attack. "It's a feeling to me that I know it wasn't personal. I know, I don't do anything to anybody," he told the news station. The man also said that he was just sitting at the Burmont Road and Morgan Avenue trolley stop last week, minding his business, when the teens came up to him. The video shows the teen standing near the victim for a few seconds before he punches the man in the face. "It could have been worse because they did hit me with glasses on, and they could have sent my glasses right into my eyes," said the victim, who didn't want to be identified but wanted his story told. "I take anxiety medicine, and it was quite a setback." Upper Darby, Pa., police told the news station that they believe the incident mirrors the "knockout game" in which unsuspecting people are punched while someone else records it. WTFX-TV reports that the police are close to identifying the attacker, since it is believed one of the teens involved posted the video to Facebook. "Extremely disappointing about how the world's changed since I've known it," the victim told the news station. "It's a real shame that something like this could take place." Read more at WTFX-TV. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Get what we're watching delivered to your inbox everyday! Sign up for our daily video newsletter below. Powered by Livefyre 0


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"Hon, come quick! Look at the bluebird on the fence," Judy called out to me hurriedly.
I didn't waste any time in rushing to the large kitchen window where she pointed to a proud, male bluebird sitting atop our fence in a dignified manner.
His body was of that lush, deep blue, only a male Eastern bluebird possesses. His breast was prominent, displaying a magnificent shade of fiery orange.
He allowed us to admire him for an instant before he flew away into the azure sky.
"Tra-la-la, tweedlee dee dee, it gives me a thrill to wake up in the morning to the mockin' bird's trill."
I'll bet many of you remember those unforgettable song
For those of you too young to remember this great singing lady from long ago, those are just some of the words from one of her most famous songs, "Mockin' Bird Hill."
BY Bill Hoatson
Usually in February my thoughts begin to wander toward the joys of the upcoming spring.
School curriculums should be doing the same thing, but are not, becoming bogged down over increasing testing concerns. This sterility of the school atmosphere is a shame, because spring offers unprecedented opportunities for a real, diversified and hands-on education for all children.
They should be planting and tending to gardens instead of being stuck in testing centers.
Have you ever experienced an epiphany?
I believe most of us have at least a time or two in our lives.
"Epiphany" is defined as a time of sudden and profound understanding of something, as a moment in which you suddenly see or understand something in a new or very clear way.
For example, someone has lost a set of keys and has been looking for them when suddenly has an idea of where they are.
Another definition would be an appearance or manifestation, especially of a divine being.
It seems that ever since my wife and I have been able to stream our movies all I've been watching lately are "chick flicks."
I don't have a problem with my male ego or machismo and would readily confess to anyone, I watch more than my share of the Lifetime and Hallmark movie channels.
In fact, I enjoy a good many of them and shed a tear or two over a good love story that focuses around a couple with some substance and likeability.
Thank you, dear friends, for taking the time to email me some of your thoughts on my recent columns.
Most of my loyal readers must know by now how much I value any feedback you are willing to offer about the worth of this
I've shared with you more than once how much I love writing for you each week and am honored to be doing so and now entering into my eighth year.
I am used to sharing the loneliness that so many writers experience often in our
By Jack Levine
It was late August 1963. I was 12. I remember my father calling me into his room. The radio was on, and I heard cheering. It was not a baseball game kind of cheer.....it seemed louder and longer. It was a sustained roar.
My dad, aged 72 and blind, pointed in the direction of the radio with one hand, and put his other index finger to his lips....he was telling me to be quiet....and to listen.
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The Art of Weaving Research into Historical Fiction and Non-Fiction
Instructors: Sheila M. Byrnes, Maureen Sappéy & Dr. Katie Witek
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
7:00 p.m. EST
4:00 p.m. Pacific
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Authenticity vs. historical accuracy: Telling a good, believable story set in the past is a tricky balancing act. This webinar features three experienced writers and researchers who will share some of the lessons they have learned about the process of finding and using reliable sources of historical information and weaving that research convincingly into works of fiction and non-fiction, avoiding common pitfalls along the way.
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Sheila M. Byrnes
A Letters member of the Central New York Branch, Sheila is currently writing a book about her life as a farmer's daughter in New York. A highly published and widely respected genealogist, teacher and lecturer, Sheila has been providing genealogical research guidance and insights for more than 25 years. She earned her Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in Speech Communication from Syracuse University.
Maureen Stack Sappéy
Maureen is the author of award-winning fiction: short stories in national magazines, five novels of historical fiction, and non-fiction books about Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson. Her new work is titled Kindred Spirits: Thomas Jefferson and Aeschylus (2015). She works as a book coach, an editor, and instructor of fiction-writing techniques. She is a former journalist and college instructor. She is represented by well-respected Hollywood producers for two of her novels (Letters from Vinnie and The Silver Soldier) for adaptation into film. Letters from Vinnie is a NY Times recommended epistolary novel about Vinnie Ream, a Civil War era sculptress and a member of the NLAPW in Art, Letters and Music.
Maureen is a Letters member of the NLAPW and serves on the National Board as Entertainment Industry Chair.
Dr. Katie Witek
Catherine (Katie) Witek, NLAPW National Letters Chair, received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Illinois, Chicago. She taught non-fiction writing and 18th century English Literature at St. Xavier University, Chicago, where she co-authored a textbook, Research Writing in the Information Age (Allyn & Bacon, 1999). After a twenty-year career at St. Xavier, she retired to write her first historical novel, The Trial of Misella Cross (Sky Parlour Press, 2012), and is currently working on the sequel.
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Recorded Webinars
Wired For Creativity
Instructor: Candace Long, NLAPW President
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
7:00 p.m. EST
4:00 p.m. Pacific
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Candace Long has been in the Arts & Entertainment sector for over 40 years: as a Performer, Writer, Composer, Theatrical Producer, Branding & Marketing Consultant, Arts Leader and Marketplace Minister. Known as a multi-gifted visionary, Candace has dedicated her career to empowering others to discover and walk out their God-given calling as a "creative."
Learning about the true nature of creativity was not an easy journey. As a fledgling theatrical producer of her award-winning musical A Time To Dance, she lost almost everything when her premiere date fell on September 11, 2001. During a subsequent 3-year self-imposed "wilderness," she sought God for answers on how to navigate the creative journey. What she learned changed her life and led to her signature book, Wired For Creativity.
She explains, "The call to create through the arts is desperately needed at this critical time in history. It is always a privilege to have the opportunity like this to share what I learned in the wilderness, for those lessons are worth far more than what I lost."
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Candace Long
Our NLAPW President is a Music, Letters and Art member, having won awards in all three disciplines spanning over 40 years.
In this webinar, she shares many personal stories of her journey in the entertainment business. Of key importance to her is being regarded as a creative professional. Her first entrepreneurial venture was a jingle writing company serving TV and radio clients, leading to many awards in broadcast production. She helmed Creative Concepts Advertising for some 27 years – helping Georgia-based clients brand themselves in their markets and producing collateral business communications: from logos to brochures to developing new product lines and income streams.
A prolific composer and writer, she has written three books, six screenplays, two theatrical musicals, a multi-media product line and many recordings. In 2004 she founded Creativity Training Institute to empower other right-brain thinkers. In 2008 she earned an MBA to help her better understand left-brain thinking, especially since they are the ones who typically control the money! Her business ventures have also included an entertainment development company, publishing company and a music publishing arm.
A teacher, motivational speaker and marketplace minister, Candace is often referred to as a biblical commentator on "inspired" creativity. She has unique insights into "hearing inspired ideas." Her two most requested workshops are "Understanding the Creative Gifting" and "Hebraic Principles of Dream Interpretation: How God Speaks Through Dreams."
As creator/developer of the PenWomen Online webinar initiative, she wanted to share this signature workshop with other Pen Women as she approaches the end of her administration.
She is a proud member of the Atlanta Branch.
For more: www.candacelong.com
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Writers Forum: Pitching Your Book for Film & TV
Instructors: Marilyn Atlas, Claudia Ann Reame & Maureen Sappéy
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
7:00 p.m. EST
4:00 p.m. Pacific
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Navigating Hollywood has its own set of rules. This webinar features three experienced writers and producers who will share the good, bad and the ugly of how to get your project in front of the right people. Each of these women share their journeys with breaking into the Hollywood maze and lessons they have learned along the way, most notably how to discern the difference between reputable producers and the sharks!
Our instructors are walking the walk to translate the written word to film and impact a worldwide culture.
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Marilyn Atlas
An award-winning producer and personal manager of actors and actresses, Marilyn R. Atlas is equally at home in the worlds of film, television, and live theater. Among her credits as film producer are "Real Women Have Curves" for HBO, which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, "A Certain Desire," starring Sam Waterston, and "Echoes," which won the Gold Award at the Texas International Film Festival. In addition to producing a variety of programming for the cable/ pay TV market, Marilyn has served as a production consultant on the film "Call Me." She was also involved as a producer in the development of the MOW "Nightwalker" and "Playing for Keeps."
Marilyn's speaking and teaching experience includes Richard Krevolin's Screenwriting Retreat and the Bill Cosby Writing Program, both at USC. She covers such topics as "Creating for the Actor: Carving Memorable, Inhabitable Characters" as well as intensive courses covering the inception, development and promotion of a script in "The Business of Screenwriting: The Idea – and its Execution." She also teaches a summer course at UCLA and USC on creating non-stereotypical three-dimensional characters for writers and actors. More recently, Marilyn has been in development on pilots for Showtime and ABC Family.
Claudia Ann Reame
A successful singer and dancer, Claudia began pursuing a writing career where she was subsequently accepted into prestigious Writer's Programs sponsored by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and Hanna Barbera Animation. She sold an original animated series to Filmation Studios which was developed by NBC. She also wrote for the PBS program, "Wonderworks" and was producer/host for public affairs programming for KBSA-TV, Los Angeles and a children's audio series for Continental and Alaska Airline's, called "In Flight Programming."
Claudia worked as an executive assistant to such noted directors as Leo Penn, Bert Schneider, Roy Campanella and executive assistant to the Senior Vice President in charge of all production for the Playboy Channel. Concurrently, for 20 years, she has owned and operated Sound Transcription Service, a post production transcribing service, located in Hollywood , that supplies transcripts and dialogue continuity scripts for editors, documentaries and distribution companies. Her clients include international and domestic production companies such as, Paramount Studios, Fremantle Media, Original Productions, E! Entertainment, BBC Worldwide, National Geographic, Granada Television, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and many, many more.
She is currently co-producing a documentary based on the life of her ancestor, noted early Pen Woman sculptor Vinnie Ream. She is a member of the NLAPW in Letters and Music.
Maureen Stack Sappéy
Maureen is the author of award-winning fiction: short stories in national magazines, five novels of historical fiction, and two non-fiction books on President Abraham Lincoln and President Thomas Jefferson. She works as a book coach, an editor, and instructor of fiction-writing techniques. She is a former journalist and college instructor. She is represented by well-respected Hollywood producers for two of her novels (Letters from Vinnie and The Silver Soldier) for adaptation into film. Letters from Vinnie is a NY Times recommended epistolary novel about Vinnie Ream, a Civil War era sculptress and a member of the NLAPW in Art, Letters and Music.
Maureen is a Letters member of the NLAPW and serves on the National Board as Entertainment Industry Chair.
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Artists Forum: To Jury or Not to Jury
Instructor: Jamie Tate
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
7:00 p.m. EST
4:00 p.m. Pacific
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Many decisions face todays artists: Do I enter juried competitions, or is it a waste of time? Do I invest in marketing my own work to set my work apart? How does jurying benefit me as an artist? What gets my entry noticed every time? How do I get gallery owners to carry my work?
Our instructor, Jamie Tate, knows more about art competitions than most.
As NLAPW Art Chair for five years, Jamie mounted three Biennial juried arts shows and was at the helm of our online juried art competitions with contests for NLAPW members as well as emerging artists. Jamie served as Executive Director of Mississippi Art Colony, Inc. for 20 years. The Colony launches two juried travel exhibits each year. In addition, and perhaps most valuable of all, Jamie has entered, been selected into and rejected from numerous prestigious exhibits during her 25 years as a professional working artist.
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Jamie Tate
Jamie has been a professional painter for 25 years, working primarily in acrylic with the occasional mixed media experimentation. Her work is abstract, most often non-objective but sometimes representational, and always inspired and informed by the Mississippi Delta landscape.
She was a recipient of a Professional Development grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission in 2009, and her work was solicited for the Florence (Italy) Biennale in 2011 and 2013. Jamie teaches private classes and conducts workshops. She currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Arts Colony, for which she served as Executive Director for 20 years. She has previously served as NLAPW Art Chair for five years, President of the NLAPW Delta Branch, and currently serves the National Board as Ethics Chair.
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Composers Forum: Portrait of a Composer
Host: Nina Brooks, NLAPW Music Chair & Panelists: Louise Canepa, Winifred Hyson, Elizabeth Lauer and An-Ming Wang
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
7:00 p.m. EST
4:00 p.m. Pacific
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Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn from these classical composers "in person" and hear the work of four of our distinguished Music Members, hosted by Nina Brooks, NLAPW National Music Chair.
Louise Canepa, a member of the Napa Valley Branch, composes classical art songs in Italian, English, French and German, many instrumental piano pieces and ballads for voice and guitar.
Winifred Hyson, a member of the Bethesda Branch, is a composer with an undergraduate degree magna cum laude in Physics from Harvard University. This unusual background gives her a solid understanding of physical acoustics which governs her harmonic structure and orchestration.
Elizabeth Lauer, a member of the Yucca Branch in Albuquerque, NM, sang before she walked. Like our illustrious foremother Amy Beach, Elizabeth began inventing music (song settings of nursery rhymes and counterpoint) at age four.
An-Ming Wang, a member of the Bethesda Branch, received her musical training first in China and then the United States. Using both influences in her compositions, An-Ming is considered to be among the first group of ethnic Chinese women composers who have crossed over to composing in the Western idiom.
This webinar highlights the artistic journey of these gifted classical composers. Very simply, a composer "hears" what others do not….and are compelled to bring it to life and share it with others. The instruments themselves are their "pens." Join us to listen not only to each composer's journey but a sampling of their marvelous work.
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Louise Canepa
A resident of San Francisco, Ms. Canepa's opera, Sicilians of Monterey had its first staged presentation at the Steinbeck Forum Room at the Monterey Convention Center in 1995—later to be produced at the Italian American Heritage Foundation of San Jose in 1996. Her musical-comedy, Over The Bridge was performed at a premiere performance for the NLAPW Biennial in 2002 held at Fisherman's Wharf, Holiday Inn, San Francisco. Winner of many awards from NLAPW over the years, Ms. Canepa has recorded three CDs in St. Petersburg, Russia with her professional musicians there, and participated in a joint Music Festival concert held at the Sherametav Palace. She has organized concerts in the bay area featuring the prestigious Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet under the auspices of the NLAPW.
Winifred Hyson
Childhood summers spent in the wilderness of the Adirondack Mountains are reflected in frequent musical references to the outdoors. A lifelong love of poetry led Ms. Hyson to the creation of many works for voice, including songs, vocal chamber works and choral pieces. Breathing Naturally was originally composed for recently deceased soprano, Lee Beaudoin, and flautist Linda Eagleson, who premiered the work at the year 2000 Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair. Under the North Portico includes all the songs from the musical, Ladies First: Songs, Rhymes and Times of the Presidents' Wives, which was performed extensively in the greater Washington area during the final decade of the 20th Century. Her publishers include Arsis Press, CPP Belwin, Hansen House, Neil A. Kjos and Theodore Presser.
Elizabeth Lauer
Ms. Lauer's works comprise songs, choral pieces, chamber music, orchestral and ballet scores, an opera—many awarded, published, and recorded. An accomplished pianist, Lauer is a recitalist, and has also served in chamber groups and orchestras. She has performed on both coasts of the U.S., and in between—including seventeen recitals at New York's Lincoln Center—plus on the French Riviera. She studied in Hamburg, Germany, the recipient of an extended Fulbright Scholarship. Her work experience includes six years at Columbia Records, as Assistant to the President, Goddard Lieberson, and Associate Producer for Masterworks. Her teaching ranges from in-studio work to university courses, plus many lectures, at several Connecticut and New York libraries, at Juilliard, and for several Adult Education programs.
An-Ming Wang
Ms. Wang's works include keyboard, vocal, instrumental, chamber ensemble, choral, operatic, and orchestral compositions, performed in the United States and abroad. They are published by the Yueh Yun Music Publishing House, the Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Hildegard Music Publishing Company, Vivace Press, and Gold Branch Music, Inc. Her music is included in CD's issued by Capstone Records, Albany Records, and EIL of Chicago. Ms. Wang is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), the International Alliance for Women in Music, and the National League of American Pen Women.
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Depression Visible: The Ragged Edges of Emotion
Instructor: Diana Alishouse
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
7:00 p.m. EST
4:00 p.m. Pacific
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This webinar is a bittersweet oral and visual presentation of one woman's journey to learn how to live a fulfilling and happy life. Through her own experience of the illness of depression, Diana Alishouse created a body of work that has been life changing to many. In this webinar, Diana will share how to recognize the symptoms of depression, and how to find courage to navigate mood disorders to produce life-changing creative work.
Depression alters the way you view the world. Diana Alishouse knows. She's been there. A longtime sufferer of this typically debilitating mood disorder, she explains, "Writers, artists, and musicians are more likely than others to experience depressive illness. Our emotions are a wellspring of creativity, but we must live in harmony with them, not let them keep us from making our mark."
From her canvas of depression, she drew inspiration to create a new portfolio: "The Ragged Edge," exhibited in the DC's National Museum of Health and Medicine. She followed with a non-fiction book Depression Visible: The Ragged Edge, combining her art and memoir with factual information about mood disorders' many aspects.
Diana's mission is to communicate what depression is like – to help others imagine this kind of mental illness so that it will be real enough to recognize when they encounter it.
About the Master Instructor
After graduating from college in 1964 with a degree in social studies, Diana has been a craft-gallery owner, bookkeeper, silversmith, sales rep for a food distributor, school cook, stockbroker, graphic-design studio manager, farm wife, and fiber artist. Any one of those jobs could have become a productive lifetime career, but the ups and downs and ins and outs of her mood disorder resulted in this hodge-podge of jobs. It also resulted in the acquisition of the skills which enable her to reach out to others who have depressive illnesses.
After being diagnosed with major depression and chronic depression in 1985, she set out to learn as much as she could about her illness. In the process of trying to heal, she began to design and make the series of fiber art pieces that would become the Ragged Edge body of work.
Diana now uses her art and writing to spread the word that depression is a physical brain disorder with physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual aspects. It can be treated successfully in most cases, but first, "…the symptoms must be recognized as symptoms," she says, "not as lack of will-power or a character defect."
A Letters and Art member of the Pikes Peak Branch, Diana has a B.A. in Social Studies with a minor in English and is a member of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of Colorado Springs (DBSA-CS), and the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI).
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Students Soar Higher Through Poetry
Instructors: Virginia Campbell, Nancy Jurka, Joyce Gregor & Deborah Upton
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
The "Poetry in the Schools Project" has transformed both students and instructors alike in the Colorado Springs, CO area. This extraordinary instructional block is in its second year of encouraging 2nd graders to understand and create poetry.
This webinar brings together four of the program's original creators to share the inspiring story of a dream turned into action. Watch these at-risk students' creativity come alive through poetry and gain specific knowledge of the curriculum's implementation and lesson plans. A must-see for all arts educators and supporters!
About the Master Instructors
Virginia Franklin Campbell has been an Independent Music Teacher for 50 years and is a Music and Letters member of the NLAPW. Former President of the Pikes Peak Branch, she served on the National Board as Fourth Vice President, First Vice President, Music Chair and now serves as Fifth Vice President as well as Co-President of the Pikes Peak Branch. Nancy Godbout Jurka is an award-winning published author, educator, photographer and a poetry and children's writing judge. She is a Letters Member of the NLAPW and serves as our Letters Credentials Officer. Two other contributors to the curriculum will be part of the webinar: Joyce Gregor, a NLAPW Letters member of the Pikes Peak Branch and arts colleague Deborah Upton.
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To learn more about this project, visit: www.pikespeakpenwomen.com
Intellectual Property for Creatives
Instructor: Brenda Speer
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
7:00 p.m. EST
4:00 p.m. Pacific
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About the Master Instructor Brenda Speer
Brenda Speer has been practicing law for more than 25 years and has honed her primary area of emphasis, intellectual property law (patent, trademark and copyright), through both private law firm practice and in-house legal department service. She provides legal counsel to artists, entertainers, innovators, companies and individuals in the creative, technological, business and real estate arts.
Brenda is an avid champion in educating and enabling her clients to protect and nurture their valuable brainchildren and other important personal, business and real estate assets. She lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her husband and her collection of books, fashion accessories and sewing and needlework supplies. Brenda is active in the community and is affiliated with many organizations as a member or board director. One of her favorite activities is playing principal French horn with the Pikes Peak Philharmonic.
Learn more about Brenda at www.blspeer.com
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Untether Yourself…Discover New Horizons of Creativity!
Instructor: Jane Maclean
Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
7:00 p.m. EST
4:00 p.m. Pacific
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About the Master Instructor Jane MacLean
Working in pastels or oil, Jane's paintings usually have historic themes and feature authentic items. Her most monumental work, MAGIC, was a two-year oil on canvas project that stands 6-feet tall and 20-feet wide. The subject, hot air balloons, is not only an important cultural influence in Albuquerque, New Mexico…but it has come to symbolize Jane's personal artistic journey.
As she explains, "I made a conscious decision to untether myself from familiar ground, glide above the scene and gain a new perspective on what I could create. The result was life-changing."
Jane is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of New Mexico and President of the Yucca Branch of the National League of American Pen Women. Her paintings can be found permanently installed in public buildings, on book covers in the U.S. and China, and in many private collections.
Learn more about MAGIC at www.JaneMaclean.com
Artist and visionary Jane Maclean, President of the Albuquerque Branch, freely admits that she loves the discovery process. When an idea…a vision…is bigger than life, its call is overwhelming.
If you look at her monumental work, MAGIC, you see the enormity of her vision. The project spanned two years and stands 6-feet tall and 20-feet wide.
How she was captivated by this "vision to impact her community" and execute it is the subject of this fascinating webinar.
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Spreadsheets 101: Left-Brain Skills for Right-Brain Thinkers
Instructors: Fran Stewart & Candace Long
Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
7:00 p.m. EST
4:00 p.m. Pacific
Members $15
Non-Members $25
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This webinar will de-mystify the "fear of spreadsheets" and show you many ways you can use them to plan and manage your career efforts. We'll also show you step-by-step how to construct one.
Webinar participants will learn:
How to build a spreadsheet
for your specific needs…using both Numbers (Mac) and Excel (PC & Mac).
The how-to's of constructing a spreadsheet:
What data to track; How to arrange the data; How to build & modify columns; How to make changes; How to build formulas that produce the bottom line; and much more.
How to use them to TRACK things:
Branch membership, dues and financial spending; Revenue streams; Royalties, inventories and product sales; Characters in your novels.
How to use them for ADVANCED projects:
Discover the revenue potential of a project (called a Pro Forma or Financial Projections); Bid a job & create your own template; Build a realistic budget (for a simple project, or a complex theatrical production); Perform financial analysis to discover trends.
About the Master Instructors
Fran Stewart
Letters Member & Treasurer, Atlanta Branch
Fran is an award-winning author who has been mentoring other creative women for years.She has 10 published books, six of which are in the popular Biscuit McKee Mystery Series, and is the author of From The Tip of My Pen: a workbook for writers. An expert in spreadsheets, familiar with both Excel and Numbers (the Mac version), Fran serves as the spreadsheet-wielding NLAPW 47th Biennial Treasurer as well as Treasurer for the Atlanta Branch and the Gwinnett Choral Guild of Georgia. She is known for her creative use of spreadsheets, for both business and personal use.
Candace Long
Music, Letters & Art Member, Atlanta Branch
NLAPW 2nd Vice President, Member Finance Committee
After losing almost everything producing her theatrical musical involving a cast and crew of 58, Candace was determined to improve her left-brain skills and discern better ways of implementing her creative visions. She earned an Executive MBA degree in 2008 and began to teach other right-brain thinkers how to incorporate spreadsheets into their career paths. She will demonstrate how she uses them to bid jobs…how to project and pitch new initiatives such as PenWomen Online…how to provide financial trend analysis to organizations such as NLAPW.
Writing Memoirs: 10 Keys That Connect Reader To Writer
Instructor: Janis F. Kearney
Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
7:00 p.m. EST
4:00 p.m. Pacific
Members $15
Non-Members $25
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Webinar Participants will leave the Session:
…with a list of foolproof writing techniques for creating a memorable memoir.
…with a resource list that enhances your life story's credibility.
…inspired to write your life story – convinced it is worth writing…and, reading.
About the Master Instructor
Janis is President of the Arkansas Chapter of the National League of American Pen Women, and Chair of the Arkansas Writers Conference. Additionally, she is a book publisher and author. She was former publisher of the Arkansas State Press Newspaper, and former Personal Diarist to President William J. Clinton. She has taught memoir writing at the college level, and led writing seminars around the country. The native Arkansan is one of 19 children born to sharecroppers, and cotton farmers. She graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a B.A. in Journalism, and completed 30 graduate level hours toward degrees in Public Administration, and Journalism.
In 2003, Kearney founded Writing our World Press, a micropublishing company. The Company's current slate of books include: the award-winning Cotton Field of Dreams: A Memoir; Quiet Guys Do Great Things, Too – as told by Frank Ross; and Conversations: William Jefferson Clinton…from Hope to Harlem, an oral biography centered around the Clinton presidency and political legacy; Once Upon a Time There was a Girl: a Murder at Mobile Bay; Kearney's first fiction, and Something to Write Home About: Memories from a Presidential Diarist, her second memoir, nominated for the Small Independent Booksellers Award (SIBA) for 2009. In 2009, WOW Press published Black Classical Musicians in Philadelphia, by Elaine Mack. In 2013, WOW! Press debuted Kearney's sixth book, Daisy: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, a biographical memoir chronicling the life of civil rights leader Daisy Lee Bates. Her current book project, scheduled for early 2014 release, is Sundays with TJ: 100 Years of Memories on Varner Road; a biographical memoir chronicling the life of Kearney patriarch TJ Kearney – and centered around his special gift of story-sharing.
Plan for Success in 2014 and Beyond
Master Instructor: Mariette Edwards
Tuesday, November 19
4:00 p.m. Pacific Time
7:00 p.m. Eastern Time
What are you itching to do? Whatever your Great Work may be, to achieve it you will need clarity, confidence and a plan. In this lively and highly interactive program, you'll learn:
Why creativity is not enough
Why confidence is a myth and four other common beliefs are too and
Seven steps you can take right now that will turn your desire into results
Bring your dreams and let's get started on making them happen.
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About the Master Instructor
Mariette Edwards is founder and president of Do Your Great Work, Inc., an executive coaching firm focused on helping high achievers sell themselves, their ideas and their expertise. Her specialty is positioning, packaging and prepping people to win. Edwards' work as a strategist and coach has been featured in Make a Name for Yourself by Robin Fisher Roffer, Wired for Creativity by Candace Long and 201 Best Questions To Ask On Your Interview by John Kador. Her articles on career strategies have appeared in print and online around the world including The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and CNN London. She is the author of Do Your Great Work: Learn the Rules, Dissolve the Myths that Hold You Back and Start Making It Happen Today, 25 Things You Should Know Before Doing Your Great Work and is a contributor to The Gratitude Book Project: Celebrating 365 Days of Gratitude 2013 and 2014 Editions.
Learn more about Mariette at www.doyourgreatwork.com
FINDING YOUR VOICE – Part 1
The Journey that Beckons Every Writer, Artist or Composer
with Marilyn Lewis-Alim (Poet) & Barbara C. Thompson (Music Education Writer)
This webinar is now available recorded.
Cost: Members ($15)……Non-Members ($25)
Finding one's signature "voice" is what separates great Writers, Artists and Composers from the rest of the pack.
The journey often takes a lifetime. Some never find it. Still others are content to do what everyone else does. But to the one who presses through the layers of mediocrity to find her vein of gold, something magical awaits: an "a-ha" moment that spills forth with, "This is ME!"
This "a-ha" is what every artist longs for…finding her unique voice in the artistic medium she loves.
Finding Your Voice – Part 1 features two seasoned Pen Women:
• Marilyn Lewis-Alim: Letters Member and Past President of the Huntsville, AL Branch who recently retired from a 14-year career with NASA as an Education Specialist to focus on her love of Poetry.
• Barbara C. Thompson: Art & Letters Member-At-Large, Barbara C. Thompson, author of The Art of Reading Music for Piano and Keyboard and an award-winning oil landscape artist based in the New York City area.
Each will talk about her journey…and we will see and hear samples of their work.
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About the Master Instructors
Marilyn has spent the bulk of her 40-year career as an educator: an editorial researcher for Reader's Digest, a curriculum specialist, school system administrator, and as a middle school, high school and college instructor.
She holds a B.A. in English and Education from Spelman College, a M.A.T. in English and Teaching from Smith College, and an Ed.D. in Instructional Leadership from the University of Massachusetts.
Throughout a stellar career, early memories of pre-television days and her grandfather reciting poems and singing original lyrics planted inside of her a deep love of poetry. In college, journalism became her primary interest, but poems somehow found their way to the surface, along with a number of poetry awards. Hesitant to write about the turbulent times of the 60's and 70's, she put a muzzle on her "free verse" for many years, having concluded that her poetry was merely therapeutic. Teaching writing then became her passion. Small wonder that her students' poems eventually captured her attention, and she went on to help them publish many literary magazines.
Her first volume of poetry Alone Together was published in 2001. Currently, she is working on a second volume called Let Me Get My Soul Up Off This Floor.
Marilyn has been a Pen Woman for 12 years and has served as NLAPW Publications Chair for the past three years. She is editing the upcoming Pen Women Press publication, Spirit, Peace and Joy: A Poetry Anthology by Pen Women planned for release in early December.
Barbara is an accomplished Writer, Music Educator, and Artist. Since moving upstate to Goshen, New York, Barbara has been a Member-at-Large, but she is the former two-term president of the Manhattan-NYC Branch, NLAPW (2006-2010) and former National Corresponding Secretary (2010-2012).
Barbara holds a Bachelor's Degree from Ithaca College School of Music, Ithaca, New York, and a Master's Degree in Elementary Education from the State University of New York at Cortland. She holds a New York State permanent teaching certificate for K through 12th grade in both vocal and instrumental music.
For 27 years, first in New York State, then in Florida, she taught all of the band instruments, general music and chorus, conducted school-wide multi-disciplined events and organized music festivals in public schools. As an award-winning writer, her work has appeared in The Tampa Tribune, Writer's Digest Magazine and Ancestry Magazine.
A self-taught oil artist for many years, Barbara's photography and paintings were juried into the Salmagundi Club, NYC. In 2011, her painting was chosen to be part of a Salmagundi American Landscape exhibit in Amsterdam…and in 2012, Salmagundi awarded one of her paintings the Dominic DeStefano Award for Excellence.
Today, Barbara teaches piano to students of all ages in Rockland County, New Jersey, and New York State. Her primary goal is writing books to help people enjoy learning music.
Cost: Members ($15)……Non-Members ($25)
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We have an unprecedented opportunity to reach a whole new generation of artists…just waiting to "leave their marks" and memorialize their unique "voices."
So, why aren't more women becoming Pen Women? Few women truly believe they are gifted. They need encouragement. They need to know they matter, and that they have something to say through their art.
Creative, gifted women are rarely understood…much less validated in the need to create. That's why we need each other!
This webinar features a 48-year Pen Woman: Christina Laurie. Not 48 years old…rather, a Pen Woman for 48 years!! Christina loves this organization, and her enthusiasm is contagious.
If your branch is in need of inspirational transfusion, join us! Christina will fire up your creative juices and expand your thinking about why Pen Women matters.
In this FREE online webinar, you will:
Learn the types of meetings that attract new members.
Hear the many benefits of being a Pen Woman, and tips on how to communicate them to others.
Hear success stories of branches developing their own "signature" programming that people look forward to attending year after year.
Understand the secret of a branch's health: encouraging the gifts of others.
Master Instructor:
Rev. Christina Gummere Laurie,
NLAPW 3rd Vice-President
A Pen Woman for 48 years and a life member, Christina served as Secretary, Vice President and President of Wellesley and Cape Cod Branches, serving Wellesley twice as President. Her capable leadership doubled the Cape Cod Branch, winning her recognition as one who brought in the most new members in the 2008-10 administration.
Giving membership workshops is dear to her heart. "Without consistent recruiting of new members, our organization will fade out," she said. "Membership is the backbone of our Pen Women."
On the NLAPW National Board, she has served as 4th and 3rd Vice President, Membership, Fundraising and House Chairs, as well as Chaplain for eight years.
Winner of the Anita Boggs Prize for Poetry at the 2012 Biennial, Christina published a book of haiku, Seasons Rising. Her chapbook of her chaplain's readings, Inspiration Interludes, raises money for the endowment fund of Pen Arts, our national headquarters…and her children's book, C is for Cape Cod, will be published in March, 2014.
Christina has had numerous articles published in newspapers, short stories in several periodicals, and two children's books being considered for publication. Christina lives, writes, swims, skis, volunteers and golfs on Cape Cod.
Christina is a Letters member of the Cape Cod Branch.
The Magic of Light
The Secret to Unforgettable Photography
Master Instructor: Dr. Sharyn Bowman Greberman, Award-winning Photographer
NLAPW President and Letters & Art Member (Chevy Chase Branch)
NLAPW Members
Many people who photograph people or personal experiences concentrate on the technical aspects of photography, but overlook the one thing that can make or break a photo: the quality of light itself.
In this webinar, award-winning photographer Sharyn Bowman Greberman will share insights on how to make the most of natural light.
This webinar is ideal for amateur photographers along with beginners who want to improve their images. Other visual artists may also benefit. There will be ample time for Q & A.
In this online webinar, you will:
Learn to evaluate natural light as an important component that will make your photograph more effective…and exceptional.
Learn the photographer's most common mistakes.
See examples of Sharyn's work and hear about her journey as a photographer.
Master Instructor:
Dr. Sharyn Bowman Greberman,
NLAPW President
Sharyn is an award-winning photographer who was finally able to tap into her love of photography after a long career as a research scientist.
She holds Master of Health Science and Doctor of Science degrees from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. For many years, Sharyn conducted research at the National Institutes of Health and has written many scholarly publications in medical journals. She was awarded a Fogarty Fellowship to carry out substance abuse research in Japan. After founding her own scientific consulting company with her husband, Mel, Sharyn did radiological research for the U.S. Army.
Now, all of Sharyn's time is devoted to serving as NLAPW National President and to her photography, as she shows her work regularly in galleries in the Washington, DC area.
She is an Art and Letters member of the Chevy Chase Branch.
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Dr. Bernice Reid: An Intimate Portrait As Seen Through The Eyes of a Portrait Artist
Dr. Bernice Reid is an Art, Letters & Music Member At Large
This is a rare opportunity to be mentored by one of the League's national treasures. Former NLAPW President, Dr. Bernice Reid "felt the call" to become an artist at a time in our nation's history when most black children had few such aspirations. Her commitment to the arts opened doors of opportunity for countless others.
We've asked Bernice to share her creative journey and some of the life lessons she has learned along the way. In this webinar, she will share:
How she realized her dream of becoming a portrait artist.
What the NLAPW has meant to her over the years.
How she learned to overcome adversity with grace.
How she expanded her vision of "what I was put on earth to do."
Life lessons to encourage younger artists, many of which come from her book, Grandmother's Shelf: Life Lessons For Successful Living. www.grandmothersshelf.com
Bernice Reid is an award-winning educator whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She holds a B.A. in Education, cum laude, from West Virginia State University, a M.A. and Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Texas at Arlington with a concentration in second language acquisition, and certification in the study of English, French, German and Social Studies. In addition, she holds certificates in Christian Education and Administration as well as a certificate of ordination. Along with two other teachers and a counselor, she founded the Arlington Cultural and Educational Foundation in order to enrich the lives of minority students. This effort soon expanded to include Trinity Lyceum, a school with an individualized and accelerated Christian education. Her honors are many, including: Sharon Christa McAuliffe Education of Learning & Liberty; Wall of Fame: Arlington Independent School District; Duden Awards for Outstanding Teacher of German; and Outstanding Teacher in the Southwest. Bernice is listed in the Cambridge Who's Who; The World Who's Who of Women and Notable Women of Texas. Recently suffering a stroke, Bernice continues to withstand life's adversities with faith. She currently serves on the NLAPW Board of Directors as Historian, and teaches internationally online. She and husband Carlton Reid, retired military officer and retired regional director of Headstart, are blessed with six adult children, thirteen grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
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The Value of Expressive Writing
Ronni Miller, Founder of Write It Out® and Letters Member from Sarasota Branch
Ronni Miller, the founder of Write It Out®, a motivational and expressive writing program will facilitate a hands-on expressive writing session with exercises to express feelings, memories and experiences. She will share information about the work of James W. Pennebaker, Ph.D., who has endorsed her Program, and is the leading researcher recognized internationally for his work with expressive writing that supports the importance of addressing emotional issues to gain personal growth.
In this webinar, you will learn to:
Express authentic feelings in writing to contribute to personal growth.
Express memories in writing to boost individual uniqueness.
Express life experiences in writing to open up and free locked material.
Develop self-confidence and self-worth through authentic written expression.
Experience freedom to discover inner happiness through writing.
Ronni Miller created the Write It Out® program in 1992. A graduate of Boston University with a BA in English, her program is based on her experiences as a writer, editor and educator. She facilitates workshops in the US and Italy at colleges, education and health centers, hospitals and private locations in addition to her private practice. She is also an award-winning author of short stories and a children's book, and has published three nonfiction books, including her latest book Cocoon To Butterfly: A Metamorphosis of Personal Growth Through Expressive Writing. Ronni is a Letters member of the Sarasota, Florida branch, Co-Chair of Programs and Chair of Outreach for the NLAPW Florida State Association.
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Shine Your Light: Promote Your Work Through Blogs & Twitter
Treanor Baring, 1st VP, NLAPW, Letters & Art Member (Delta Branch)
This webinar is designed for creative artists looking to tap into the power of the web to expand your audience. Treanor, a professional wordsmith and artist, will cover how to create effective blog content to communicate with target audiences and get your work noticed. She will take participants through the steps of creating a Twitter account and how to use it. She will share online resources for inspiration and software options and give an overview of other social networking tools. You'll get the basic savvy you need to feel confident promoting your work on the world wide web.
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Effective PR: Create Buzz About You & Your Work
Sylvia Hoehns Wright, Founder of The Wright Scoop, PR Chair for NLAPW & Letters Member-at-Large
This webinar is designed to help you assess, brand and communicate yourself and your creative work as an easily-recognized industry professional. You'll be exposed to the mechanics of PR and learn techniques that have proven successful in niche markets. Sylvia will profile successful PR campaigns as she teaches us about self-assessment, branding concepts, communication formats and implementation strategies.
Sylvia Hoehns Wright is the PR Chair for NLAPW as well as founder of her own PR boutique, The Wright Scoop. She is recognized nationally as a communications specialist, and is experienced in helping her clients understand how to use today's social media. A former career strategy columnist for the Greater Richmond Partnership's Work Magazine (WM), Sylvia was profiled by the Bureau of Business Practice, featured by the Virginia Better Business Bureau and VA Commonwealth University's Alumni Showcase, and listed in the Who's Who of America and International Professionals. Further detail of her professional activities is available at www.TheWrightScoop.com.
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Digital Composing Using Today's Technology
Candace Long, Atlanta Branch, GA
In this webinar, award-winning composer Candace Long will give you a look at some of the tools of the modern digital composer, and the way many composers write music today.
Here's what you'll learn:
The difference between traditional notation and Nashville-style lead sheets…A virtual tour of her studio and how to build a state-of-the-art digital audio workstation…How synthesizers, sequencers and software all work together…and a three-minute music video of how "Tsunami" was written.
NLAPW Members: $15
Non-Members: $25
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About Candace Long
Candace is a 40+ year veteran of the Music Industry: as a Performer, Composer, Theatrical Producer and Entertainment Project Developer. She began writing songs at 13, and went on to tour the college circuit as a singer/songwriter in the 70's. She invested many years commuting to Nashville working on her songwriting career with other writers and publishers. Her first business was writing and producing commercial jingles for clients while based in Colorado, winning the Denver Advertising Federation Alfie Award for best 60-second television commercial. Her first musical, A Time To Dance, premiered in Atlanta in 1989 and has since garnered eleven music awards, three of which were from Billboard Magazine. In 2009, she previewed her second musical, auDEO: The Dance. Serving NLAPW as 2nd Vice President, Candace took First Place in the 2012 Biennial Music Composer Awards with "Tsunami," an orchestral composition using a 16-track synthesizer and Pro Tools digital audio workstation. She is a Music, Letters and Art Member.
See What I'm Saying: What Children Tell Us Through Their Art
Dr. Myra Levick, Ph.D., ATR-BC, Boca Raton Branch, FL
This timely 60-minute webinar introduces us to the Art Therapy Assessment created by the founder and first president of the American Art Therapy Association. We are honored to feature Dr. Myra Levick, a distinguished Pen Woman from the Boca Raton Branch. She will show drawings from ages 2 – 11 and teach us how to spot the early signs of emotional trauma in our children and grandchildren, and what to do about it. This webinar is ideal for parents, grandparents, and others involved in child development and education.
Here's what you'll learn:
An introduction to Dr. Levick's Art Therapy Assessment.
Thirty-five (35) drawings from children (K – Grade 6) and how their levels of cognitive and emotional functioning are determined.
The results of the study and implications as they relate to the emotional health of today's children.
NLAPW Members: $15
Non-Members: $25
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About Dr. Myra Levick
Dr. Myra Levick has been an exhibiting artist, psychologist and art psychotherapist for over 40 years. She has a BFA in painting and Ph.D. in Child Development and Education. She developed the first graduate program in the field of art therapy at Hahnemann University and Medical College in Philadelphia. A founder and first president of the American Art Therapy Association, Dr. Levick is also Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the Arts in Psychotherapy, An International Journal. She has published a text book and two books for parents and teachers defining the field of art therapy. Well into her 80's, Dr. Levick is the Director of the South Florida Art Psychotherapy Institute and is a guest lecturer, teaching graduate art therapy and psychology courses in universities around the country.
How to Create An Online Presence
Lynne Morgan Spreen
This 60-minute webinar presents an overview and explain the benefits of social networking tools such as Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and eBooks as a means of marketing your work. Held and recorded on February 21, 2012 and now available for download!
"I must say it was great! I've been to a number of online lectures, and Lynne's was the best. I have a Facebook page but had no idea what to do with it after I set it up. Tomorrow I'm going to work on it with the knowledge I've gained tonight."
Christina Laurie, Creations by Christina, Cape Cod, MA
"Thank you Lynne – for a great presentation. I have been so reluctant to kick up Facebook and Twitter for my business…The good news is that you made it seem very simple to get started. The bad news – I can no longer avoid the inevitable! You made the benefits to business too compelling to ignore any longer.
Great job!!"
Susan Michele, Walker-Michele Design Studio, Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Here's what this downloadable webinar covers:
Harnessing the power of the Internet to market your work.
The two essential components of successful online marketing.
Three critical skills for making the most of your time online.
Using social networking such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and many more.
Blogging as a means of expanding your customer base.
Using eBooks to market your product.
Your Master Instructor will be Lynne Spreen of the Palm Springs Branch, CA. As a former human resources executive, Lynne conducted training classes and seminars in the corporate arena.
As an aspiring novelist, Lynne has gained significant expertise in establishing an online presence, or "platform." She has an online following on 8 online communities. She writes book reviews at Goodreads.com and Amazon.com, and her blog is available by paid subscription on Kindle. Additionally, she has filmed and uploaded video for YouTube. For more information email: email@example.com
1. Overview of the class
2. Depiction of the current marketing environment (i.e. Why a creative person needs an online presence) and how social networking can help promote one's product
3. Description of tools in order of complexity from low to high: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Website (without blog), Website (with blog), and Ebooks.
4. Conclusion, including a list of resources so students may pursue implementation of the tools on an independent basis.
5. Q&A. (Pre-Recorded, no longer accepting questions).
NLAPW members:
To submit a topic for consideration with PenWomen Online, answer the following:
1. The title of your proposed topic. (something that would draw members & non-members)
2. 2-3 paragraphs about your background, credentials & experience.
3. 3-5 takeaways that the webinar participant can expect.
4. A letter of recommendation from your Branch President.
5. Your contact information.
Send your proposal to Candace Long at
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This July, Rivers of Nihil will embark on another North American trek! The quintet will first play a short run of headlining shows before joining Beyond Creation and The Zenith Passage on the road.Read More
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Akron, Ohio's If These Trees Could Talk will release their third full-length, 'The Bones of a Dying World', on June 3rd worldwide via Metal Blade Records.Read More
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On May 27th, Six Feet Under will release the fourth installment of their Graveyard Classics series. For a preview of the record, the cover version of 'Never Satisfied' is now streaming online.Read More
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Amon Amarth is inviting fans around the globe to be a part of their forthcoming video for 'Raise Your Horns'! The video will include live clips of the band performing, plus you - the fans - raising your horns to Amon Amarth!Read More
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The Animal-Lore of Shakespeare's Time
by Emma Phipson
Book Reviews
Book Description
The following computer-generated description may contain errors and does not represent the quality of the book:
The object of the following compilation is to bring together in an accessible form waifs and strays of information, collected from various sources, relating to medieval natural history, so far as animal life is con cemed. Descriptions, more or less accurate, of the birds and quadrupeds known in the Middle Ages are to be found in the writings of Gesner, Belon, Aldrovandus, and other naturalists. A knowledge of the state of natural science during the period in which our great dramatist lived may be gained, not only from the writings of naturalists and antiquaries, but from similes, allusions, and anecdotes introduced into the plays, poems, and general literature of England during the latter half of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth centuries. The chief works already published on this branch of Shakspearian literature are Tlie Insects mentioned in ShakspetMre sPlays, by Eobert Patterson, 1848, a series of letters on entomology with a sprinkling of quotations from Shakspeare to add to the interest; a Natwral History of Shakespeare, by Bessie Mayou, 1877, in which passages relating to flowers, fruits and animals are quoted without comment; and The Ornithology of Shakespearcy by Edmund Harting, 1871, a very valuable work.
Book Details
APA: Phipson, Emma. (2013). The Animal-Lore of Shakespeare's Time. London: Forgotten Books. (Original work published 1883)
MLA: Phipson, Emma. The Animal-Lore of Shakespeare's Time. 1883. Reprint. London: Forgotten Books, 2013. Print.
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