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James Jones Literary Society
The James Jones Literary Society is an association that honors American author James Jones by sponsoring a number of literature awards. History The Society was founded in 1991 at Lincoln Trail College, Robinson, Illinois. As of 2008, it had nearly 300 members from 34 states and 5 countries. The Society sponsors a national symposium every year, when the First Novel Fellowship is awarded; these are held in different locations, but return every third year to Robinson, Jones's home town. First Novel Fellowship The Society's best known award is the Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship, co-sponsored by Wilkes University. It was established in 1992, and as of 2011 is a $10,000 prize, and two $750 runner up awards, awarded to American authors of first novels in progress that honor "the spirit of unblinking honesty, determination, and insight into modern culture" that Jones's works exemplified. 667 entries were received for the 2011 contest. Laine Cunningham, winner of the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josie Sigler
Josie may refer to: People: * Josie (name), various people and fictional characters with the given name * Edith Josie (1921-2000), Canadian writer and newspaper columnist * Peter Josie, Saint Lucia politician * Josie (stylist), Spanish stylist and fashion journalist In music: * Josie Records, a record label * "Josie" (Blink-182 song), a 1998 single * "Josie" (Donovan song), a 1966 single * "Josie" (Steely Dan song), a song on the 1977 album ''Aja'' and 1978 single * "Josie", a song by the Glorious Sons from their 2017 album ''Young Beauties and Fools'' Other uses: * Josie Township, Holt County, Nebraska * ''Josie'', a 1991 TV series starring Josie Lawrence * ''Josie'' (film), a 2018 thriller film starring Dylan McDermott See also * Josephine (other) * Josey (other) Josey is an abbreviated form of the given name Joseph. Notable people with the name include: *Josey Little *Josey Scott, American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer * Josey W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viking Press
Viking Press (formally Viking Penguin, also listed as Viking Books) is an American publishing company owned by Penguin Random House. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim and then acquired by the Penguin Group in 1975. History Guinzburg, a Harvard graduate and former employee of Simon and Schuster and Oppenheimer, a graduate of Williams College and Alfred A. Knopf, founded Viking in 1925 with the goal of publishing nonfiction and "distinguished fiction with some claim to permanent importance rather than ephemeral popular interest." B. W. Huebsch joined the firm shortly afterward. Harold Guinzburg's son Thomas became president in 1961. The firm's name and logo—a Viking ship drawn by Rockwell Kent—were meant to evoke the ideas of adventure, exploration, and enterprise implied by the word "Viking." In August 1961, they acquired H.B. Huesbsch, which maintained a list of backlist titles from authors such as James Joyce an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Oliveira
Robin Oliveira (born 1954) is an American author, former literary editor, and nurse, who is most known for her debut novel, ''My Name is Mary Sutter'', published in 2010. Her second novel, ''I Always Loved You,'' was published by Penguin on February 4, 2014. Early life Robin Frazier Oliveira was born in Albany, New York in 1954,"Robin Oliveira awarded James Jones First Novel Fellowship" James Jones Literary Society newsletter, volume 16, number 2, Fall 2007. Retrieved 2011-11-23. and grew up in nearby , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarite Landry
Margarite is a calcium rich member of the mica group of the phyllosilicates with formula: Ca Al2(Al2 Si2) O10(O H)2. It forms white to pinkish or yellowish gray masses or thin laminae. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system. It typically has a specific gravity of around 3 and a Mohs hardness of 4. It is translucent with perfect 010 cleavage and exhibits crystal twinning. It occurs commonly as an alteration product of corundum Corundum is a crystalline form of aluminium oxide () typically containing traces of iron, titanium, vanadium and chromium. It is a rock-forming mineral. It is a naturally transparent material, but can have different colors depending on the pres ..., andalusite and other aluminous minerals. It has been reported as forming alteration pseudomorphs of chiastolite along with muscovite and paragonite. The margarite in this occurrence forms preferentially along the dark graphite rich inclusions with the chiastolite crystals. Margarite is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tena Russ
TENA is a Swedish-based brand of Essity that specializes in products for adults with urinary or fecal incontinence, such as pads and diapers. TENA also produces a youth diaper brand for teenagers and larger children. The company has offices in all of North America, most of Europe, in Australia and New Zealand, and some parts of Asia and Central America. TENA has specific lines for retail and health care. They can be found at grocery, drug and discount stores, in aisles where other bladder control products are sold. History SCA, the parent company of Essity, which is the parent company of TENA, was founded in Sweden in 1929 by Ivar Kreuger as a paper packaging company. The company has produced personal hygiene products since the 1970s. The TENA brand was first used by the separate company Mölnlycke Mölnlycke is a small town nearby Greater Gothenburg, a locality and the seat of Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 17,499 inhabitants in 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Ventre
Gina or GINA or ''variation'' may refer to: Gina Gina may refer to: * Gina (given name), multiple individuals * Gina (Canaan), a town in ancient Canaan * Arihant (Jainism), also called gina, a term for a human who has conquered his or her inner passions * ''Gina'' (film), a Canadian drama film * "Gina" (song), a 1962 single by Johnny Mathis GINA GINA may refer to: * Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, a bill signed into United States law in 2008 designed to restrict the use of genetic information in health insurance and employment * BMW GINA, a prototype car by BMW * Global Initiative for Asthma * Global Information Network Architecture, developed in conjunction with the United States Department of Defense * Graphical identification and authentication, dynamic-link library (DLL) * '' G.I.N.A'', album by Amerado, 2022 See also * * * Gino (other) * Regina (other) * Jina (other) * GNA (other) GNA may refer to: People * G. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telegram & Gazette
The ''Telegram & Gazette'' (and ''Sunday Telegram'') is the only daily newspaper of Worcester, Massachusetts. The paper, headquartered at 100 Front Street and known locally as ''the Telegram'' or the ''T & G'', offers coverage of all of Worcester County, as well as surrounding areas of the western suburbs of Boston, Western Massachusetts, and several towns in Windham County in northeastern Connecticut. The ownership corporation, Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp., was a wholly owned subsidiary of The New York Times Company (publisher of ''The New York Times'' and ''The Boston Globe'') from 2000 to 2013. In 2013, the New York Times Company sold both the ''T & G'' and the ''Globe'' to John W. Henry, owner of the Boston Red Sox, although Henry told staff at the Worcester paper he intended to sell it as soon as possible. In 2014, Henry sold the paper to Halifax Media Group. In 2015, Halifax was acquired by New Media Investment Group. History On January 22, 1913, the ''Worcester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Issues Poetry & Prose
New Issues Poetry & Prose is a literary press associated with Western Michigan University. It was founded by poet and Western Michigan University professor Herbert S. Scott. Editors have included poets William Olsen and Nancy Eimers. The Huffington Post has called New Issues Press one of fifteen small presses in the United States that "exemplify the best qualities of he Americanpublishing tradition." After a two-week vote, Huffington Post readers named New Issues number one in the country among the fifteen small presses cited. The press publishes predominantly poetry, along with some fiction titles, including the AWP Award Series in the Novel. The press awards two poetry prizes each year, The New Issues Poetry Prize for a first book, and The Green Rose Prize for established poets. Winners of The New Issues Poetry Prize include Paul Guest, Sandra Beasley, Jason Bredle, Matthew Thorburn, Bradley Paul, Malena Mörling, Heidi Lynn Staples, Louise Mathias, Marsha de la O, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Shuster (author)
Robert Shuster is a British judge who has been a judge on the courts of Tonga, Fiji, and Sierra Leone. Shuster is best known for a 2010 sentence in which he ordered two teenage boys in Tonga to be whipped. Shuster was appointed to the Supreme Court of Tonga in May 2008. In 2010, two 17-year-old Tongan boys were convicted in Shuster's court of theft and escape from prison. As punishment, Shuster sentenced them each to 13 years' imprisonment and to be whipped on the buttocks six times with a cat-o-nine-tails."Tonga lashing sentence for teenagers sparks anger" '' BBC News'', 2010-02-18. The sentence was legal under Tongan law, but corporal punishment had not been used as a legal punishment since the 1980s. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lise Brody
Lise may refer to: People *Eliseo Nicolás Alonso (known as Lise; 1955–2012), Spanish woodcarver and sculptor * Claude Lise (born 1941), French politician from Martinique Given name Lise is a variant of the given name Lisa *Lise de Baissac, Mauritian secret agent of the Special Operations Executive in World War II * Lise Cabble, Danish singer and songwriter *Lise Lindstrom, American operatic soprano *Lise Magnier (born 1984), French politician * Lise Mayer (born 1959), American-born English television and film writer *Lise Meitner (1878–1968), Austrian-Swedish physicist *Lise Myhre (born 1975), Norwegian cartoonist *Lise Salvas-Bronsard (1940–1995), Canadian economist * Lise Thériault (born 1966), Canadian politician * Lise Thibault (born 1939), Canadian politician * Lise Tréhot (1848–1922) a French art model Other uses *Lise, Široki Brijeg, a village in Široki Brijeg municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina *'' Lise with a Parasol'', an 1867 painting by Pierre-Auguste Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melville House Publishing
Melville House Publishing is an American independent publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. The company was founded in 2001 and is run by the husband-and-wife team of Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians in Hoboken, New Jersey. The company is named after the author Herman Melville. It has a reputation as an "activist press" and publisher of left-leaning books. History The company was founded by husband-and-wife team of Dennis Johnson and Valerie Merians. Johnson wrote a blog called "MobyLives" and after the 9/11 attacks collected poetry related to the event and published it as a book to great success, which launched the company. They intended Melville to be a low volume boutique that specializes in poetry and "highly literary" novels issuing less than six a year. The company has a reputation as a "activist press" and became known for works of "political reportage with a leftist streak". Johnson once said they formed the company with the notion of "getting Bush ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
