Metamorphoses 2008!

Metamorphoses 2008 is here and available at the Cerro Coso Book Nook and at all Cerro Coso campuses! The 2008 issue is available for $5 to the general public. Students, faculty, and staff are eligible to receive one free copy. See the online order form or visit the Book Nook in person for details. You can also Download Metmamorphoses 2008 in PDF format (6mb).

2009 Submissions Open:
Met is now accepting submissions for the 2009 edition. Submit your literary or art work today!

I have three poems published in the 2008 Metamorphoses: Walking the Tree Streets, The Button Factory and October.

When I picked up my issue of Metamorphoses and reread my poems in book-form, my first thought was: I should write like this more often!

There's a lot of great poetry, short stories and art in this year's Metamorphoses! If you like literature and art, you've got to pick up a copy of MET. You can get one online, it's just a click away.

Labels: Cerro Coso Community College, Literary, Literature, Matildakay, Metamorphoses, Poetry, writers, Writing

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Bookstores always suck me in…
I don’t know what it is about bookstores that always suck me in, but I can’t just browse I have to buy. Not only buy, but also buy more than I intend.

The other day I went to Barnes and Noble to pick up Susan Johnson’s new book At Her Service. I went specifically to buy her book and that was all, but somehow I walked out of the bookstore with her book and four others.

It’s very rare that I walk out of a bookstore without spending close to a hundred dollars. I blame the tables. Some marketing guru for Barnes and Noble researched people like me and understand that if they group certain types of literature together on tables… people will buy. It’s that whole “If you build it, he will come” concept.

Barnes and Noble built it and I came and bought.

The problem is I get sucked into bookstores more often than I should. But really is that a bad thing? Books stimulate the mind, imagination and transport you to other worlds. Books make you laugh out loud and cry. Books connect you to characters in ways that movies or video games can’t.

Books are definitely a vice of mine, but they’re not a bad habit. Reading has never been bad for you!

Bookstores can suck me in anytime…

Labels: Barnes and Noble, books, bookstores, erotica, impulse buying, Literature, Reading, Susan Johnson

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Fem Lit Fixture
"Losing the future is the best thing that ever happened to me."

~Marilyn French, fem lit fixture.

Labels: daily quote, female, future, Literature, Marilyn French, wild women, wild words, Wild words from wild women

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Skin Flick Star
"The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting."

~Gloria Leonard, skin flick star.

Labels: 39 and Holding... Him, daily quote, erotic fiction, erotica, Gloria Leonard, Literature, pornography, Robin Slick, skin flick, star, wild women, wild words, Wild words from wild women

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Author of Let-It-All-Hang-Out Literature
"I do not write about nice people. I am not nice people."

~Dorothy Allison, author of let-it-all-hang-out literature.

Labels: author, daily quote, Dorothy Allison, let it all hang out, Literature, nice people, wild women, wild words, Wild words from wild women

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Good Reads
Keely recently sent me a link to a fabulous website called goodreads.com where friends can share what they are reading...

It's my new favorite website!

If you love to read like I do...



Check out goodreads.com and become my friend so I can fall in love with some of your favorite books too.

Labels: books, good reads, Keely, Literature, Reading

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Lara Tupper's A Thousand and One Nights


Lara Tupper is the author of A Thousand and One Nights, a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, is a teacher of fiction writing at Rutgers University and a proud member of the Barry Manilow International Fan Club. Sure she has traveled the world as one half of a lounge-singing duo. She artfully infused her debut novel with lounge singing experiences, duo misadventures and tales of exotic locales. And seriously, she’s not afraid to admit her Manilow love!

In A Thousand and One Nights, Tupper takes the reader on an adventure with Karla a 20-something girl trying to figure out her life while faking the glamorous lifestyle of a lounge singer, which turns out not to be so glamorous. Karla soon finds herself in a relationship and lounge-singing duo with Jack and together they travel to foreign locations. I’ve been on a couple cruises myself, and the behind the scenes look at shipboard life had me clawing for a Kleenex from snorting with laughter.

Tupper’s literary ability is to use humor and sadness to tell a poignant tale of a doomed relationship while still remembering to wow you with little details along the way.

You don’t have to be a lounge singer or even an entertainer to relate to the characters in A Thousand and One Nights. I found little pieces of myself effortlessly written between the lines. If you’ve ever worn a fake smile, or been in a relationship where you depend most on the person you’re growing apart from, you too might find yourself entrenched in Tupper’s book.

Recently, I had a chance to talk to Lara Tupper about her novel, pop culture, travels and her obsession with Barry Manilow…

(Read the full blog with more pics and the interview with Lara Tupper on Noveltown's blog)

Labels: A Thousand and One Nights, Barry Manilow, Lara Tupper, Literature, Noveltown

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