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More on Philip Pullman and His Dark Materials

Posted on October 31, 2003 by Kevin Holtsberry

I wanted to follow up on the discussion of Philip Pullman and the His Dark Materials series below. In an article in The Weekly Standard entitled The Devil’...

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The Tyrany of the Imagination?

Posted on October 31, 2003 by Kevin Holtsberry

Interesting Op-Ed in Today’s New York Times from Philip Pullman. Pullman is the author, most recently, of His Dark Materials Trilogy. He is something of t...

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The Complete Far Side

Posted on October 30, 2003 by Kevin Holtsberry

Ok, The Far Side by Gary Larson is not exactly a serious book with deep meaning and impact but his work is some of the funniest stuff on the planet. I have ofte...

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@#$%^@#$%!!!

Posted on October 30, 2003 by Kevin Holtsberry / 2 Comments

Today I conducted a 40 minute interview with a author of an upcoming sure to be bestseller. I went out and bought a digital recorder and a doohickie that allows...

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Atlantic Unbound Interview with Peter Carey

Posted on October 30, 2003 by Kevin Holtsberry

I have begun to dable in author interviews and so I am fascinated by them. If the interview makes you want to read the book and dig into the author more, that i...

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Quote for the Day

Posted on October 30, 2003 by Kevin Holtsberry

Speaking of neat little books (see entry below), A fun book I picked up a while back, Fighting Words: Writers Lambast Other Writers, includes this quote: He is ...

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