A New Idea For How Anti-Aging Products Delay Ripening Of Fruit And Wilting Of Flowers
"A chemical reaction, which is far stronger than a complex, accounts for why 1-MCP is so effective."
Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Article Date: 05 May 2008 When plants encounter ethylene, a gas they also produce naturally as a hormone, the result is ... via MediLexicon
Love in Any Language: Translation Gives Latin Classic New Life
COLUMBIA, S.C., May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- A celebrated Latin American classic is being shared with English readers for the first time with the release of Noe A. Vaca's translation of Juan Leon Mera's Ecuadorian ... via Imaging Magazine
Great books for boys -- and girls, too
"These are all drawing on the English language tradition and that was much better established in Britain than in America [in the early 1900s]"
The first thing you notice are the covers: swashbuckling swordsmen, intrepid explorers and shifty looking spies in vivid colors and a retro style. via Newsday.com
Merck Serono And ZymoGenetics Initiate Atacicept Phase 2 Clinical...
"Patients with multiple sclerosis need more treatment options"
Main Category: Multiple Sclerosis Article Date: 02 May 2008 - 3:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions rate article ZymoGenetics, Inc. via Medical News Today
Britain's bookshelves bulge with "misery memoirs"
"Because I felt very strongly about it, I offered to write about it for the Observer."
In theory, modern Britons have it all. They've never been as healthy or prosperous, but they have been happier -- as testified by a rash of first-hand accounts of depression that have hit the shelves this year. via HealthCentral
How a 1938 novel led to a surprise box-office hit
"Frothy and exuberantly entertaining - in part because of the sexual innuendos - it's the best romantic comedy so far this year."
A filmed Cinderella tale of a governess fashioned into a London socialite has taken $12m in the US Vanessa Thorpe, arts and media correspondent Sunday April 27, 2008 The Observer The humorous exploits of a ... via Guardian Unlimited
Louis Ferrante speaks freely about 'Unlocked'
"I think we're all the same - whatever I did, you're capable of doing, and whatever you've done in your life, I'm capable of doing."
The Yona Schimmel Knish Bakery on Manhattan 's Lower East Side isn't the likeliest spot for a sit-down with a onetime wise guy, but Louis Ferrante is hardly your typical ex-mobster. An intense, brassy, ... via Newsday.com
Historians are important people. Often, they create a literary tradition that transcends the boundaries of their trade and assumes universal importance. via St.Petersburg Times
Self-censor to be published, Iran warns writers
"It has been frequently seen that an issue which has resulted in a book being banned is abundant in another one that is published"
Iran's culture minister on Monday urged writers to self-censor their books if they want to be published in the Islamic republic, which applies strict vetting on literature and other arts. via XtraMSN Real Estate
Writer offers study of Chaucer's works
Fans of classic literature may enjoy "Ensnared by His Words: My Chaucer Obsession" by Dolores L. Cullen. via Whittier Daily News
More recent scholar books with Villette relevant mentions: ISBN-10: 0691128359 ISBN-13: 978-0691128351 ISBN-10: 0691128200 ISBN-13: 978-0691128207 Women in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other's ... via Bronte Blog
Salman Rushdie slated for Aspen literary festival
"Freedom Song"), critic and musician. * David Davidar is a prize-winning novelist ("The House of Blue Mangoes"
From June 22 to 26, the Aspen Writers' Foundation and Explore Booksellers will span the cultures of Aspen and India during the 2008 Aspen Summer Words Literary Festival: "Passage to India." Rushdie will ... via Vail Daily News
Book Review: 'Write as short as you can'
"Civil servant answers phones after five."
Norman Mailer, a writer often noted for excess verbiage, wrote a poem in 1966 called "The shortest novel of them all." It clocked in at a mere 80 words. via Kansas.com
Comic art sells a thousand scripts
"There seems to be a huge interest in writing about people out there -- perps and cops, criminal syndicates and FBI, politicians and forensic labs, and things like that"
Want some screenwriting advice? Add drawings to your script. And then put your dialogue in bubbles. via SouthFlorida.com
Black Boys, Learning to Be One, and the Politics of Pedagogy
Posted by Aaron Bady , Guest Author, on 04/20/08 at 10:12 AM It's something of a clichA© that literary writing in Africa is more political than we are accustomed to expect in the West, but truisms often ... via The Valve
"The area was one of the poorest in China and lacked food, therefore people invented many different methods of cooking using the same simple materials."
The first written record of noodles appears in literature of the Eastern Han Dynasty . via People's Daily Online
Graphic novel series of Chinese classic draws attention in ROK
"Outlaws of the Marsh", "Journey to the West"
Renowned cartoonists Liang Xiaolong and Chen Weidong have published a 20-volume graphic novel of China's ancient masterpiece, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," in the Republic of Korea , where it's aroused ... via People's Daily
Arab literature steals show at London Book Fair
"After 9/11 people thought, my god we ignored that (part of the world)"
Arabic writers were thrust into the spotlight at the London Book Fair this week, as the British capital's annual festival showcased the literary talents of the Arab World. via XtraMSN Real Estate
British Library released a piece of Waugh
THE British Library has released the latest addition to its popular series of literary spoken word CDs, featuring previously unpublished BBC broadcasts of Evelyn Waugh who was buried in the grounds of his home ... via This is The West Country
UWSP professor receives prestigious writing award
Fiction writer Benjamin Percy, assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, received the prestigious Anne Powers Award for his second book, "Refresh, Refresh," published by ... via Stevens Point Journal
"He made (the French language) beat to the rhythm of his spells, his cries, his appeals to overcome oppression, invoking the soul of subjugated peoples to urge the living to raise themselves up"
Aime Cesaire, a poet honoured throughout the French-speaking world and a crusader for West Indian rights, has died at age 94. via 102.9 CKDS-FM
There was a consensus among the literati that serious literature has been marginalized in China.
"We are brothers; we learn from each other, fight with each other and compete for readers' attention"
Should literature address more social issues, or should it get closer to the writer's own heart and focus on one's own experiences? This was a question debated by several literary authors and critics last ... via Xinhuanet
Authors talk about their craft
"I love to read. I love the feel of books. I love hardcover books. I love soft cover books. I love the smell of books. It's a cliche but that's really what I care about."
Authors Sue Miller, Vendela Vida, Andre Aciman and Beth Lisick join Contra Costa Times Book Club Editor Lynn Carey on stage for the Times Author Gala at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, Calif., ... via Inside Bay Area
Linguamatics Announces Expansion of Strategic Collaboration with Pfizer
Linguamatics Ltd, a leader in natural language processing for the life science market, today announced that Pfizer has extended its strategic collaboration with Linguamatics to use the I2E knowledge discovery ... via Earth Times
10:47 Miss Austen Regrets: How Jane lost her own Darcy
"The script is based on Austen's surviving letters to her sister and to her young niece Fanny. So I must share the credit for quite a lot of the dialogue with Miss Austen herself"
Playing Jane Austen can seriously damage your health. That, at least, is the worry of Olivia Williams. via Irish Independent
The Arab World's literary revolution
It's been published in 38 countries, translated into 42 languages, turned into an Oscar-nominated movie - and sold more than 10 million copies. via Ya Libnan
3 Repeat Winners At Minn. Book Awards
"Defect". His first win was in 1989. William Kent Krueger of St. Paul won the genre fiction award for the second year in a row for novels in the same series. His Cork O'Connor thriller "Thunder Bay"
Authors in eight categories and a writer whose book was most popular among readers are among winners of this year's Minnesota Book Awards. via WCCO
Japanese novel adapted from China's famed ancient fiction triggers controversy
"The language of the new novel is awkward. Delicate poetic language is replaced by the contemporary tongue."
A modern Japanese novel adapted from "A Dream of the Red Mansion", one of the great classics of Chinese literature has triggered controversy among Chinese readers. via People's Daily Online
"The first thing people have to do is say: We need to look at this"
A seven-year assignment undertaken by three professors in the English department at the University of Vermont has produced a 2,021-page volume, "Women's Worlds: The McGraw-Hill Anthology of Women's Writings." ... via Burlington Free Press
[Movies] Natalie Portman Set For Wuthering Heights Remake
"Combined with visionary director John Maybury, this promises to be a fresh, exciting version of a classic love story."
The film will of course be based on Emily Bronte's classic novel. John Maybury will direct. via 411mania.com
Hosted by presenting duo Richard and Judy, the awards, which are voted for by the public, are in their 19th year. via UTV Internet
Harry Potter author JK Rowling and her husband Neil Murray arriving...
"I would like to thank my husband - the word rock' has been much debased of late so I will call him a brick."
Prime Minister leads the praise for Rowling at top book awards Prime Minister Gordon Brown last night heaped praise on Harry Potter author JK Rowling as she received an outstanding achievement award at the ... via The Herald
Connecting with a book can do wonders for your overall being
"The Sum of Our Days'but decided against it because I thought I should read her first memoir, 'Paula."
Some books require more than just having a little free time on your hands. I stumbled across a great love story in a book I found over the weekend. via Home News Tribune
"For both artists and audiences, art's capacity to ensnare attention is crucial"
Posted by Daniel Green on 04/09/08 at 06:00 AM In Exit Ghost , Philip Roth includes a letter putatively written by "Amy Bellette" but, as it turns out, mostly written by her lover, E.I. Lonoff, the ... via The Valve
Angst and more in Shinie Antony's 'S ance...'
"Barefoot and Pregnant", was published by Rupa & Company in 2002. She won the Commonwealth Short Story Competition for her story "Somewhere in Gujarat"
Angst and more in Shinie Antony's 'Seance...' New Delhi, April 9 : Howling at the moon, splitting a vein, barbarians eating butterflies, cyber sex... there are several ways to cope with private hells. via Newkerala.com
Celebrity authors vying for awards
"Any kind of award or prize is good for books because it draws people's attention to them."
Russell Brand, Katie Price and Ewan McGregor are among the nominees for the Galaxy British Book Awards due to take place. via Yorkshire Post
Violent video games held to be free speech
Extremely violent video games have become the dangerous obsession of a significant portion of our youths, and several towns and states have passed ordinances intended to prevent minors from buying or viewing ... via Eureka Reporter
Newcastle, not Paris, may set TV scene for Zola classic
"We didn't want it to look as though we were picking up on someone else's idea"
It may have been pipped for this year's European capital of culture, but Newcastle could pull off a major coup by stealing a big TV adaption from the streets of Paris. via Guardian Unlimited
Modern Literature/Pinot Noir - High brow books need a posh wine to match and what better wine than the enigmatic Pinot Noir? Good to swirl and sniff as you ponder the various motifs and metaphors at play on the ... via Book trade news from Book2book
Your News: Naples Players holding auditions for 'Secret Garden'
On Saturday, April 19, The Naples Players will hold open auditions for "The Secret Garden," to be performed at the Sugden Community Theatre in downtown Naples from June 27 through August 2, 2008. via Naples Daily News
"The book critics, they all hate me"
There's a profile in the New York Times of Chetan Bhagat , author of One Night @ The Call Center , which was released in the U.S. on paperback last year. via Sepia Mutiny
"I probably don't need every one of them to tell me my characters were stereotypical"
The history of literature is riddled with stories of classic books rejected multiple times, and of manuscripts collecting dust for years before being discovered.
Perhaps as a corrective, Amazon.com has taken the populist approach with its Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, a contest where the public decides the winner, a la TV's ' American Idol .' Among the 10 finalists, we have local favorite Karen Laugel, a pediatrician from Woodbury. Her medical thriller 'Ring of Lies' emerged from among 5,000 entries. Read more
Phoenix Public Library Hosts Free Author Reading with Nancy Turner April 15
Ironwood Library will host a free reading with Nancy Turner author of "These is My Words" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, at 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. via City of Phoenix
'Mister Pip,' 'The Fragile Edge' announced as winners of 12th annual Kiriyama Prize
A novel about a young girl's affinity for Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" and an exploration of life in and near the water in the South Pacific are this year's winners of the 12th annual Kiriyama Prize. via StarTribune
University students help spruce up prison library
"I think it's a wonderful program in that it brings students together with people that are in prison and allows them to get to know one another and break down a lot of the stereotypes and barriers that we have"
A group of students at the University of Oregon is helping spruce up the library at another kind of school_the one of hard knocks.
They were among the first to take part in a new state program, going to Salem once a week to take a class alongside a group of inmates at the Oregon State Penitentiary. Now they're gathering books to help their former classmates maintain their newfound appreciation of literature.
Katherine Philipson, a sophomore majoring in international studies, said the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program allowed her to see prisoners and the prison system in a different light. Read more
Robert Fagles, translator of ancient classics, dies at 74
Princeton University professor emeritus Robert Fagles, acclaimed for his translations of Homer's 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey,' has died. He was 74.
Fagles died Wednesday in Princeton of prostate cancer, the university said Friday.
'He was a quiet man, diligent and decorous, yet one who was unexpectedly equal to the swagger and savagery of Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey' in a way no one had managed before him,' Princeton humanities professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon said in a statement. Read more