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Nebula Wrap-Up, part 1
I'm finally getting around to posting about the Nebula Award weekend in Pittsburgh May 18-21. I roomed with a member of my writer's group, Sally, and I enjoyed getting to know her better. We also met up with two other writer's group members, Lawrence and Barb.
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June 4 Writer Birthdays
June 4 Writer Birthdays
* 1898 - Harry Crosby, poet and publisher who epitomized the Lost Generation in American literature.
* 1907 - Jacques Roumain, Haitian novelist, poet, and politician.
* 1930 - Teri Martini, American author of children's books.
* 1937 - Robert Fulghum, American author, essayist, and minister, best known for the All I Really ( Read more... ) -
April 14 Writer Birthdays
April 14 Writer Birthdays- 1629 - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch astronomer and physicist who discovered the rings of Saturn, invented the pendulum clock, and wrote about mechanics and optics.
- 1879 - James Branch Cabell, American author of satirical fantasy and literary fiction.
- 1886 - Ernst R Curtius, German literary scholar.
- 1889 - Arnold Joseph Toynbee, ( Read more... )
