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Cloak and Typewriter: 5 Famous Authors Who Worked as Spies
Cloak and Typewriter: 5 Famous Authors Who Worked as Spies
By George Dobbs
April 08, 2014

Ernest Hemingway, Roald Dahl, Graham Greene — the list writers who moonlit as spies is surprisingly renowned.

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Enormous Appetites, Simple Lives: A Conversation with Virginia Zaharieva
Enormous Appetites, Simple Lives: A Conversation with Virginia Zaharieva
By Jennifer Abel Kovitz
April 07, 2014

Virginia Zaharieva, author of Black Balloon Publishing's new novel Nine Rabbits, discusses her book, her philosophy on food and her native Bulgaria.

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Today in Literary History: F. Scott Fitzgerald Married Zelda Sayre
Today in Literary History: F. Scott Fitzgerald Married Zelda Sayre
By Freddie Moore
April 03, 2014

F. Scott Fitzgerald's How I Met Your Mother story might be even more complicated than the sitcom.

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The Pen is Mightier than the … Gun? 5 Dueling Writers
The Pen is Mightier than the … Gun? 5 Dueling Writers
By George Dobbs
March 31, 2014

From the tip of a pencil or the barrel of a pistol, these authors worked with lead.

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#FridayReads: What Black Balloon Publishing Authors are Reading This Week
#FridayReads: What Black Balloon Publishing Authors are Reading This Week
By Black Balloon Publishing
March 28, 2014

Need a book suggestion for the weekend? Take a look at what our authors have been reading.

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Don’t Let This Never-Ending Winter Get You Down: 20 Motivational Author Quotes
Don’t Let This Never-Ending Winter Get You Down: 20 Motivational Author Quotes
By Michelle King
March 26, 2014

Your Seasonal Affective Disorder may now be chronic, but that doesn’t mean you should quit writing.

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Today in Literary History: Percy Shelley Thrown Out of Oxford
Today in Literary History: Percy Shelley Thrown Out of Oxford
By Kim McCann
March 25, 2014

On March 25, 1811, the Romantic poet was expelled for publishing The Necessity of Atheism.

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Wearing Your Fiction on Your Sleeve
Wearing Your Fiction on Your Sleeve
By Freddie Moore
March 19, 2014

Simon Jacobs, editor of Safety Pin Review, discusses his D.I.Y. literary magazine and Saturn, his new collection of stories about David Bowie.

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It's 2014 & There's Still a Blacksmith Working in Central Park
It's 2014 & There's Still a Blacksmith Working in Central Park
By Robert Tutton
March 18, 2014

Blacksmith Larry Hagberg brings a lifetime of experience to a centuries-old craft at a workshop hidden in Central Park.

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A Brief History of Pop Culture References to William Butler Yeats
A Brief History of Pop Culture References to William Butler Yeats
By Freddie Moore
March 17, 2014

Happy St. Patty’s Day from the late great Irish poet.

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