Condé Nast Traveler’s Hot List of the Best Hotels in the World appears each May (Self has subscriptions to eveeery magazine in the wide wide world! No…… Read more “Conde Nast Traveler’s “Hot List”, 2012″
Month: May 2012
NYTBR, 6 May 2012
Sigh. Self will never get caught up with the NYTBR. She’s leaving soon for Scotland!!! (She’s bringing her laptop and her iPad, fear not, dear blog readers. …… Read more “NYTBR, 6 May 2012”
Memorial Day: Reading “War, Literature and the Arts”
This past weekend, the History Channel showed a number of war documentaries. Yesterday, self finally got to watch Clint Eastwood’s Letters From Iwo Jima. She had refused…… Read more “Memorial Day: Reading “War, Literature and the Arts””
And the Doctor Will See You Now . . .
Self has been a voracious consumer of writing by doctors, for over two decades. For a while, her short story, “Lenox Hill, December 1991” (published in the…… Read more “And the Doctor Will See You Now . . .”
“If the Only Tool You Have is a Hammer . . . “
from an Amazon reader’s review of Jerome Groopman’s How Doctors Think (which self started reading a few days ago, and which she is, so far, loving): Clinicians…… Read more ““If the Only Tool You Have is a Hammer . . . “”
PHILIP LEVINE PRIZE IN POETRY
Prize: $2,000 and publication by Anhinga Press (Do not send manuscripts here; This prize is administered by California State University at Fresno. See information below) Final Judge: …… Read more “PHILIP LEVINE PRIZE IN POETRY”
Women’s Review of Books, vol. 29, no. 2: March/April 2012
When self settles down to start reading an issue of the Women’s Review of Books, she doesn’t just read: she luxuriates. Here are a few reasons why:…… Read more “Women’s Review of Books, vol. 29, no. 2: March/April 2012”
NYTBR: 20 May 2012
Hallelujah! Self doesn’t know how she got here. That is, she doesn’t know how she managed to get caught up on her New York Times Book Review…… Read more “NYTBR: 20 May 2012”
Thoughts About Bagels
The husband works for a medical company in Pleasanton. (Lucky to have a job! Especially in this economy! Self just heard over the news that Hewlett Packard…… Read more “Thoughts About Bagels”
Special About 2012
After many years of trying, she finally got a piece picked up by Alimentum. She finally joined the Barnes & Noble Rewards Program (though she’s been in…… Read more “Special About 2012”
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