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Mary Novaria:My Friend Thinks I Don’t Work Because I’m a Writer

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Posted: 07/18/2014 1:26 pm EDT Updated: 07/18/2014 1:59 pm EDT

It was just a casual conversation, and although I bristled when I heard the words, Continue reading →

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Sex Workers demonstrate economic and social empowerment

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June 29, 2014

 

Just published! NSWP regional report and briefing paper, Asia and the Pacific that focuses on various social and economic justice initiatives led by Continue reading →

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The Fault in Our DNA-‘A Troublesome Inheritance’ and ‘Inheritance’

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By DAVID DOBBSJULY 10, 2014

 

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In his 2007 book “A Farewell to Alms,” the economic historian Gregory Clark argued that the English came to rule the world largely because their rich outbred their poor Continue reading →

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Books With (Almost) Identical Covers

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Posted: 07/10/2014 9:08 am EDT Updated: 07/10/2014 9:59 am EDT Print Article

Imagine if all book covers are black, and the titles and the authors’ names are printed in white. There is no visual language, no identity, no warmth, no genial introduction. And the feeling is not different when we see books with covers of the same shade, images, and layout. Continue reading →

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Sin and Vice

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Bars in Beijing’s well-known Sanlitun night club district are packed with foreigners in town to enjoy the Olympics, on August 14, 2008 in Beijing, China. Continue reading →

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Authors’ incomes collapse to ‘abject’ levels

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ALCS survey finds median annual earnings for professional writers have fallen to £11,000, 29% down since 2005

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‘My own royalty income has fallen dramatically over the last decade,’ … Will Self. Photograph: Murdo Macleod
Will Self’s lament for the death of the novel earlier this summer has been cast into stark relief by “shocking” new statistics Continue reading →

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The One Book You Need To Read To Understand America

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Posted: 07/02/2014 9:57 am EDT Updated: 07/02/2014 9:59 am EDT

By Sarah Jane Abbott for Off the Shelf

Sitting down to write a piece on To Kill a Mockingbird is a daunting task — what could I possibly have to say about this enduring American classic that hasn’t already been said? It won the Pulitzer Prize, Continue reading →

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The completely serious decline of the Hollywood comedy

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By John McDuling @jmcduling July 3, 2014

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