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All Literature Circles Roles
A range of literature circle roles included on a single page. This is an oppotunity for students to explore a range of texts from a range of perspectives or literature circle roles. This builds towards a more authentic literature circle discussion.

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:31:17 -0700

UNC Student Organization for Undergraduate Literature interest meeting 5:00pm - 6:00pm Thursday, September 09
The UNC Student Organization for Undergraduate Literature will host an interest meeting Thursday. The meeting will give attendees more information about the organization and be an opportunity for members to plan events and activities for the coming year.

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:37:33 -0700

Peter Carey, Emma Donoghue among 6 finalists for literature's Booker Prize
LONDON - Two-time Booker Prize winner Peter Carey is a finalist again for one of literature's most prestigious and contentious awards. The Australian writer's "Parrot and Olivier in America" is one of six contenders announced Tuesday for the 50,000-pound ($77,000) fiction award.

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:20:10 -0700

Videogames Meet Literature for Interactive Fiction
The next Chicago IF meeting is Thursday, Sept. 9. Although Chicago boasts a good selection of genre-specific book clubs and reading series, there’s always room for something new in the literary scene. Enter Chicago Interactive Fiction. First, what is it? The short version, according to Ed Blair, one of the Chicago IF founders: they’re “computer programs designed to tell a story and allow a human ...

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:51:36 -0700

UCLA should increase study of literature, writing for all students
I won’t lie. One of the reasons I came to UCLA was the fact that every spring, the entire campus is transformed into one massive outdoor library: the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:19:46 -0700