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Why Creativity, Why Now?, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

In 2006 the Association of American Colleges and Universities surveyed 306 businesses to determine the most valuable skills that institutions of higher learning should be teaching, and the Top Three were (in order) teamwork, critical thinking, and communication. Yet in 2010 when IBM’s Institute for Business Values asked 1500 chief executives what leadership competency they championed above all others, voters selected none of the winners from three years before. Instead, the new American idol was creativity.

Bloody Ground: Stories Of Mystery And Intrigue From Kentucky, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

In the 1770's before Daniel Boone finally settled at Boonesborough, he made many forays into "Cantucke," mentally mapping the territory, taking what game he could, and establishing relationships with the Shawnee and settlers. He started with a curiosity about a land he knew little of and ended up becoming its most famous inhabitant. In the 1970's in Richmond, about ten miles from Boone's fort, we sat down in a booth at a local McDonald's and started writing--short stories, plays, novels, magazine columns, newspaper articles, and academic papers. One of us was a native Kentuckian and the other a carpetbagging Connecticut …

Entry On Anne Carson, Ian Rae

Ian Rae

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Desert Of The Heart (Book Review), Linda Niemann

Linda G. Niemann

Reviews the book "Flying Sparks: Growing Up on the Edge of Las Vegas," by Odette Larson. New York: Verso, 2001.

Knowing Grasses: Aimé Césaire’S ‘Cahier D’Un Retour Au Pays Natal’ And Walt Whitman’S ‘Song Of Myself’, Robert Bray

Robert Bray

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Bloody Ground: Stories Of Mystery And Intrigue From Kentucky, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

In the 1770's before Daniel Boone finally settled at Boonesborough, he made many forays into "Cantucke," mentally mapping the territory, taking what game he could, and establishing relationships with the Shawnee and settlers. He started with a curiosity about a land he knew little of and ended up becoming its most famous inhabitant. In the 1970's in Richmond, about ten miles from Boone's fort, we sat down in a booth at a local McDonald's and started writing--short stories, plays, novels, magazine columns, newspaper articles, and academic papers. One of us was a native Kentuckian and the other a carpetbagging Connecticut …

Symposium: Evolution And Literature, Nancy Easterlin

Nancy Easterlin

No abstract provided.

Joycean Frames: Film And The Fiction Of James Joyce, Thomas Burkdall

Thomas Burkdall

No abstract provided.

Linda Hasselstrom: The Woman Rancher As Nature Writer, Rena Sanderson

Irene (Rena) M. Sanderson

Drawing selectively on Hasselstrom's nonfiction and poetry of the last twenty years, I will examine her rancher's perspective on the natural world. In the course of her career, she has written from both the insider's and outsider's viewpoint. Hasselstrom was raised, since the age of nine, on her stepfather's cattle ranch located in southwestern South Dakota between the Black Hills to the west and the Badlands to the east. As an adult, she has divided her time between ranch work, the publishing and editing of regional literature, environmental activism, and writing. After working for years side by side with her …

Julius Lester, Karen Gevirtz

Karen Bloom Gevirtz

This article is reprinted from the original reference work, the Oxford Companion to African American Literature (Oxford University Press, 1997). It describes the life and career of Julius Lester.

Melba Boyd, Karen Gevirtz

Karen Bloom Gevirtz

This article has been reprinted in a revised edition of the Oxford Companion to African American Literature (Oxford University Press, 1997). It describes the life and career of Melba Boyd.

Frederick Goddard Tuckerman, Robert Bray

Robert Bray

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Why Creativity, Why Now?, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

In 2006 the Association of American Colleges and Universities surveyed 306 businesses to determine the most valuable skills that institutions of higher learning should be teaching, and the Top Three were (in order) teamwork, critical thinking, and communication. Yet in 2010 when IBM’s Institute for Business Values asked 1500 chief executives what leadership competency they championed above all others, voters selected none of the winners from three years before. Instead, the new American idol was creativity.

Shuttle-Mir: The United States And Russia Share History's Highest Stage, Clay Morgan

Clay Morgan

This book is an example of what may become the norm for history texts -- an illustrated narrative accompanied by a CD-ROM.

The text tells the story from the human side. It is based on reflections and quotes from the astronauts, cosmonauts, and team members who participated in the historic partnership. The main chapters give the perspectives of the seven U.S. astronauts living on Mir. The "STS boxes" share the Space Shuttle crews' experiences from the 11 Shuttle-Mir missions. The "Meanwhile on Earth" sections provide details of what was happening on Earth while the attention of the Program focused on …

Rev. Of Lois A. Cuddy, T. S. Eliot And The Poetics Of Evolution, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson