GARY ANDERSON
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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Review: TAMPA BURN by Randy Wayne White
Tampa Burn by Randy Wayne White My rating: 3 of 5 stars Randy Wayne White’s thriller series is excellent entertainment. Set in and around the Gulf Coast of Florida, these books star semi-retired government assassin turned marine biologist Doc Ford … Continue reading
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Tagged books, florida, gulf coast, randy wayne white, reading, tampa, tampa burn, thriller
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Everybody Is Somebody’s Abby
At the recent Alumni Fest celebrating our school’s 50th year, I saw a lot of former students and colleagues, and a lot of smiles and hugs. One moment though will stick with me for a long time. I ran into … Continue reading
Review: SAILOR TWAIN, OR THE MERMAID IN THE HUDSON by Mark Siegel
A steamboat captain named Twain who moonlights as a writer? I’m in! But guess what? It’s not Mark Twain. The hero of Mark Siegel’s graphic novel Sailor Twain: Or: The Mermaid in the Hudson is Elijah Twain, writer and steamboat … Continue reading
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Tagged graphic novel, mark twain, mermaids, mystery, review, sailor twain
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Review: THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain
The Paris Wife is Paula McLain’s beautifully written nonfiction novel told by Hadley Richardson, the first wife of Ernest Hemingway. Set in 1920s Paris, Hadley’s story gives readers a deeply imagined version of the American expatriate scene and its most … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920s, f. scott fitzgerald, hadley richardson, hemingway, nonfiction, novel, paris, paula mclain, reading, review, the paris wife
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Our Creative Writing Class
Some questions about our Creative Writing class have come my way in the past few days from a few different people. Although I responded to those folks by email, I thought I’d offer this as a blog post too with … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, drama, grading, peer review, poetry, prose, publication, writing
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