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Salem Literature Festival

Literally Salem: The Salem Literature Festival

By Glen Hughes on Be the first to comment
Categories: art, business, community, events, literature, photos

Salem has all sorts of thriving scenes that the average tourista would never find if s/he wasn’t looking for it.  Take for instance our local wordsmiths.  We have done articles in the past about Author lectures and events pertaining to improving your writing.  Recently Cornerstone Books hosted an Editor speed date.  Writers are alive and [...]

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Then & Now: Salem

Then & Now: Salem

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Categories: art, history, literature

From time to time people send us stuff to talk about, some of it makes the cut while the rest gets “recycled”. Today we have a gem that anybody who lives in might be interested in. Then & Now: Salem Author:  Jerome M. Curley, Nelson L. Dionne Publisher:  Arcadia Publishing (February 16, 2009) Amazon link: [...]

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Reading is fundamental

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Categories: art, history, literature

Ed Asner said it in the 70s “reading is fundamental“, and with everyone plugged into their iEverything, watching HD talking heads and txting their BFF there is no better time to pick up some pulp and start flipping the pages. Salem is home to a few great bookstores, bunches of library’s both public and private [...]

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