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SONG: William Blake via Beth Orton

I've always dug Beth Orton, Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis was on Bob Edwards weekend (NPR) picking his best tracks of…

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0 Dec 30, 2012

SERIES: 10 Rules of Writing Fiction from Famous Authors

These were all the rage about 2-years ago. Two popped up in my inbox this week so I thought best collect and share. First, I caught Israeli…

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0 Sep 30, 2012

COOL SERVICE: Letters for Kids (from adult authors)

This is a super cool idea from The Rumpus. Letters for Kids is modeled on Letters in the Mail but for younger readers. Read on... Read more…

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0 Sep 30, 2012

VIDEO: Ray Bradbury on Storytelling and Human Nature in 1963 Documentary

This is the kind of stuff that makes the Internet so stunning. I was hipped to this public domain documentary on Ray Bradbury through the w…

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0 Aug 28, 2012

WEBSITE: Literary Jukebox (Pairing Songs w/ Lit)

Cool side project from the curator of the excellent Brain Pickings website.  From the weekly e-mail update: Visit the site at http://litera…

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0 Aug 28, 2012

VIDEO: Allergy to Originality (with a twist of Shakespeare, Men in Black and Wikipedia)

Fun short about the history of art and plagiarism including a cameo by the Bard...

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2 Aug 4, 2012
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LESSON IDEA: Using Spam to Teach Persuasive Writing

Excellent idea from a blog at the Guardian (UK) Teacher Network... Read the full blog /lesson HERE.  

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0 Jul 19, 2012

VIDEO: Run DMC on Reading Rainbow circa '85

Friend hipped me to this today ... too much fun. They like SUNSHINE :)

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0 Jul 15, 2012

SERIES/ASSIGNMENT IDEA: What Does Your American Dream Sound Like?

This summer NPR radio host / music commentator Ann Powers launched a REALLY cool series on her show "The Record." They are asking professio…

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2 Jun 27, 2012
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ROBONEWS: Can an Algorithm Write a Better News Story Than a Human Reporter?

Important story about the Chicago based company Narrative Science whose tagline is "We Transform Data into Stories and Insight.™" I read th…

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0 Jun 14, 2012

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