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Month: May 2011

Cruzando Fronteras / Crossing Borders: Saturday, May 21, 4:15pm & A new short story published by Tony Robles from Vice Versa

Cruzando Fronteras / Crossing Borders Poesía contemporánea del Área de la Bahía de San Francisco Contemporary Poetry in Spanish from … More

Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories

Considering Chapters and Scenes, Part I: Thinking in words instead of page count is like learning to speak and live in a foreign country

By Your Salonniere In a past conversation about the arduous task of novel-writing, the talented writer Mary Volmer firmly emphasized … More

Exercises, Fiction, Narratives, Novels, Writer's Life

Review: Mike Mills’s “Beginners” (2010)

by Rio Liang After the death of his recently out-of-the closet father Hal (Christopher Plummer), thirty-eight-year-old graphic designer Oliver (Ewan McGregor) … More

beginners, christopher plummer, ewan mcgregor, Film, film review, indie, melanie laurent, mike mills

Re-cap of SMC’s Alumni Reading 2011 with Rosemary Graham and your salonniere

By Your Salonniere Spring 2011 has been nothing but high octane action and on Wednesday, April 27 at Saint Mary’s … More

Character, Elizabeth Stark, Events, Fiction, Kathryn Ma, Narratives, Novels, Reading, Rosemary Graham, Short Stories, Women

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