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History in the cards: James McManus charts America's rise to wealth and power by looking at our most practiced poker players in an interview with NPR about Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker (one of our Best Books of the Month).
Temps perdu, indeed: Now, if someone could just take Middlemarch down next, I'd be eternally grateful.
If you've noticed there are no empty seats in your coffee shop lately... It may be a byproduct of NaNoWriMo, or of the just-announced (and seemingly much more doable) Fall 2009 Story Contest, sponsored by Narrative Magazine. Deadline for submissions--"works with a strong narrative drive, with
characters we can respond to as human beings, and with effects of
language, situation, and insight that are intense and total"--is November 30. [via The Millions]
Comic Strip Superstar, we know who you are: Congratulations to Dana Simpson of Kent, Washington, Grand Prize winner of the inaugural Comic Strip Superstar contest for her strip entitled "Girl." Dana's prizes include a publishing contract with Andrews
McMeel Publishing, a development contract with Universal Uclick and
syndication on Gocomics.
Selling books is good for the soul: Today we find both the audiobook and hardcover of bestselling author and healer Dr. Sha's Divine Soul Mind Body Healing and Transmission System leading our Movers & Shakers list. --Anne
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