The LitArtlantic Festival is Not to be Missed!

Written on May 19, 2010 in Non-AIW Events & Resources, The Craft of Writing
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By Jessie Seigel, AIW Board Member
At noon on Saturday, May 22, I will be moderating AIW’s panel, The Writer’s Life: A Report from the Field, at the LitArtlantic Festival, at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda. The panelists are film maker David Taylor, novelist C.M. Mayo, journalist Alan Elsner, and biographer/memoirist Kevin Quirk.
Each of these authors [...]

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Words Immortal: In Memory of Poet Rachel Wetzsteon

Written on March 1, 2010 in For the Love of Language
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by Mark Tarallo, AIW Vice President
As soon as the news came, Facebook starting buzzing away with tributes to Holden, Esme, and Bananafish. A not-so-perfect day of mourning for half the readers of the world, myself included. Rest in Peace, J.D. Salinger.
A day later, when Louis Auchincloss died, I felt grateful that I had spent [...]

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Word Perfect R.I.P.

Written on February 26, 2010 in Publishing Industry
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by Clyde T. Linsley, AIW Board Member

It isn’t dead, yet. Not really. But I think it may have suffered the fate worse than death.
It’s become Word.
First, I must confess a dirty little secret. I think the epitome, the quintessence; of word-processing computer software was Word Perfect. To be more specific: Word Perfect 5.2 for [...]

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