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...think anyone sits down and thinks, I know, I'll be a chick-lit writer. You write the book that you want to write and then other people say, oh, that's chick-lit. You say, OK. But it's not like you look around and go to a careers fair and there will be someone at the chick-lit author stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Shopaholic Speaks | 4/23/2007 | See Source »

...after a somber day on the Drill Field, the grassy expanse a quarter-mile away that forms the heart of this campus. Friday was the official day of mourning for the dead, both in Virginia and around the country. On the Drill Field at noon, thousands had gathered to write messages of love and remembrance on easels and light candles in the chapel. But even amid public acts of mourning, stoicism reigned. Rob Yanskie, a childhood friend of Caitlin Millar Hammaren, who was killed in Norris Hall, bent down to touch a stone to be dedicated in her name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Virginia Tech Takes to the Field | 4/21/2007 | See Source »

...successful student publication and its financial status. We hope that in the future, your writers will take greater care to distinguish the past from the present, and to refrain from inaccurate and damaging statements about student organizations on the Harvard campus. While the article is yours to write, the truth is not yours to rewrite...

Author: By Frankie Chen, Dina B. Mishra, and Stefanie L. Plant | Title: Diversity & Distinction’s Portrayal Was Inaccurate | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

When the acclaimed novelist Gary Shteyngart appeared at the Brattle Theatre for a freewheeling discussion on Monday, the topics ranged from being paid in cheese for his first writing assignment to avoiding the sophomore slump to emigrating from the Soviet Union. He also read from his second novel, “Absurdistan,” which he called “the story of a very large man who destroys a very small country.” In “Absurdistan,” which was named one of the ten best books of the year...

Author: By Kimberly B. Kargman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Shteyngart Tells of Real-Life Absurdity | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...asked the CIA if it was losing people and whether the percentage of contractors is in fact that high. In an e-mail statement, a CIA spokesman wrote me, "If you're going to write about your former colleagues, please get some facts. The agency's total attrition rate - retirements, resignations, and separations - is low, running under 5%. To me, that says good things about morale. Your figure for contractors is well off the mark, and you can expect that population to decrease as our force of staff officers continues to grow. As for Iraq, agency officers lead the agency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Who Does the CIA's Work? | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

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