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Ad Startup Rocket Fuel Just Had Its First Profitable Quarter

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Startup Rocket Fuel claims to apply “rocket science” to ad campaigns, and it sounds like that science is turning into real revenue. The company says it made $44.5 million in revenue last year, compared to $16.6 million in 2010 and $2.4 million in 2009.

In fact, CEO George John tells me that in the fourth quarter of 2011, the company was profitable for the first time. Not that he plans to stay profitable — he says it would be “weird” for Rocket Fuel to be profitable all the time, since it’s trying to grow. Instead, he plans to be “slightly unprofitable” until Q4 2012, when it will probably be profitable again, thanks in part to seasonal cycles.

The company, John says, consists of “nerds trying to help the cool people in marketing do a good job.” Specifically, it works with ad agencies to ensure they’re reaching the audience they want — not just the audience that they think is desirable, but one that will actually click on an ad and buy a product (or convert in some other way). As a result, Rocket Fuel-optimized campaigns can perform twice as well as they did before, which could mean doubling the response rate or halving the cost per lead. John also claims that the software is genuinely fun to use, comparing the company to Mint in its efforts to create an engaging user interface.

Oh, and the “rocket science” thing isn’t a joke. John himself has worked at NASA, and (playing on the fact that he knows I’m a big science fiction fan), he says that he’s currently looking to hire “a couple of robot psychologists that can monitor the autonomous behavior of our adserver and bid-server and explain the macro and micro decisions being made and how this complex behavior emerges from simpler rules and goals that various AI agents have.”

As for his plans for 2012, John says the company plans to release a self-serve product in the second quarter, one that will focus on “self-service analytics, with direct visibility and transparency.” Over time, that self-serve product will include more controls to let the customer direct the ad placement process.

Rocket Fuel last raised a $6.6 million Series C from Northgate Capital and others.

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Solving Chinese puzzle

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Shanghai-based business adviser and analyst Paul French has been writing about China for more than 20 years. From the nature of China’s expanding waistlines to the consumer habits of its burgeoning middle class, his fascination with China knows no limits.

He has penned four non-fiction works about China and co-authored three more, and admits to an enduring preoccupation with foreigners in China, particularly with what Western businesses are “getting right and getting wrong” now and how they fared in past dealings.

“Foreigners have been doing business in China for a long time,” he says. “But the thing I find interesting is that, as foreigners in China, we have no collective memory. People are making mistakes in 2012 in China that their great-grandfathers made in 1926.”

It’s a memory lapse, he argues, “that has cost us a lot of money and, given some of the books I’ve written and some of the books other people have written, there’s not really any excuse any more. You’re just lazy if you haven’t caught up with that stuff.”

It’s French’s belief in the importance of collective memory too, that compelled him to focus on a 75-year-old murder mystery in his recent and ninth non-fiction book, Midnight in Peking. This page-turning probe into the brutal slaying of Pamela Werner, the 19-year-old daughter of a British diplomat, in Peking in 1937 has attracted the interest of both the BBC and ITV, as well as Oliver Stone, and is the result of a five-year-long trawl through the archives on three continents.

“It’s a horrible story of a girl who was targeted by a group of men in order to rape her. They’d done it before and they knew they would get away with it because they were upstanding men, a multinational group of doctors, dentists and businessmen,” French said.

More men were involved than French could identify; nor was he able to pursue why the British government was so keen to see the investigation moved away.

“Who else of standing in the foreign community was involved in this,” he wonders.

London-born French first fetched up in China to study Mandarin at Fudan University in 1987. He returned to Britain to do his Masters in economics before returning to China, where he worked for the Economist’s Intelligence Unit before co-founding the market research company, Access Asia in 1997.

French is critical of the Australia China Business Council and the Australian media for its lack of analysis of the China-Australia relationship and the minerals boom, and says that of all the Western countries, Australia’s policy on China is the least balanced.

“Everywhere else you go, the government has a balanced policy between wanting to do business but there’s also an agenda around human rights and issues like Tibet and Taiwan. In Australia none of that applies.

“Basically, Australia’s China policy is being decided by the sole interests of corporations.”

Paul French will be a guest of the 2012 Perth Writers’ Festival from February 24-26 and Adelaide Writers’ Week. Midnight in Peking is published by Penguin ($32.95).

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Know Your Madisonian: Veterinarian author Sara Greenslit weaves fiction and nonfiction

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1329884381 79 Know Your Madisonian: Veterinarian author Sara Greenslit weaves fiction and nonfiction

Veterinarian Sara Greenslit is the author of two novels: “TheBlue of Her Body” (2007) and “As If a Bird Flew By Me,” which cameout last September and ties a contemporary Midwestern woman to anaccused witch, hanged during the Salem witch trials.

Her writing is a mix of fiction and nonfiction and the witch inquestion was a distant relative from 17th century New England. 

In the book, Greenslit traces her relative’s trial with primarydocuments she accessed online through the University ofVirginia.

A 2008 graduate of the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine,Greenslit, 41, lives on Madison’s East Side with her partner, SueWeaver, and their three rescue mutts.

She works part time at Healthy Pet Veterinary Clinic, 1440 E.Washington Ave., to give herself time to pursue her writing.

Q: Are you a writer first and a veterinarian second oris it the other way around?

A: It’s both. I planned in college to be aveterinarian when I was in my 20s and then I ended up falling inlove with writing class, so I went and got a MFA first and then Idecided I didn’t really want to have a desk job, and that’s where alot of writers end up, and that I still wanted to be aveterinarian. So in my mid-30s, I went back to vet school, so thatI could be able to hopefully do both. They kind of overlap. Evenwhen I was a little girl, I loved animals and I loved books. Itstarted early.

Q: How much time do you devote to yourwriting?

A: It comes and goes. Right now, I workpart-time as a veterinarian and I’m between projects right now. Ispend more time researching places to send a new manuscript out.For my third book, I’m looking for a publisher and I’m looking forgrants to apply for. Right now I’m not writing. It’s hard for me toput a number on, because I also spend free time reading aboutveterinary medicine. I would say a couple of hours a day I activelythink about being a writer.

Q: What is your third book about?

A: It’s a book about illness. It’s a book ofpoems … and it’s about how illness sort of, in a way, almost erasesus. I took medical records and I blacked out text. And all of thetext are written in passive voice: “the patient was …” “the surgerywas …” There’s no first person and there’s a lot of white space.It’s more of a manuscript in dissolution and in the end sort ofhopefully remaking what one person goes through in a medicalordeal.

Q: Is it based on personal experience?

A: It is. It has to do with a period when I hadbreast cancer. When I was 38.

Q: And it’s called “Cleave?” 

A: Yes. Because that has a dual meaning —bringing together and also splitting.

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Student readings start strong

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The undergraduate English department kicked off the Creative Writing Student Series on Thursday night with its first event for the spring semester. The event was loosely themed around Valentine’s Day, and was aptly titled “Hearts (And Other Organs).” Three students were featured readers and a few other students participated in the open mic portion toward the end of the event.

Held in The Gladys Schmitt Creative Writing Center in Baker Hall, commonly known as The Glad, the event had a feeling of intimacy and comfort. The lights were dimmed and attendees sat around the room on an assortment of couches, tables, and rocking chairs. Instead of feeling crowded, the setting made the event feel more like a gathering of good friends. The bookshelves that line the walls and the coffee maker in the corner made it obvious that the out-of-the-way location is a favorite of writers.

The series is under new management this semester: Ila Foley, a senior creative writing major; Ines Pujos, a senior creative writing major; and Madeleine Barnes, a senior art and creative writing double major, are now running the series. They recruited readers to participate and ran a raffle after the readings had concluded. All undergraduate students in the English department are eligible to perform in the series, but students can only read once per semester.

Foley felt like event was a success; she remarked that she was “glad to see people come out,” and that it was nice to see “lots of familiar faces.” Since the event is held in such a tiny space, the audience was fairly small. However, all members of the Carnegie Mellon community are invited to attend and enjoy some original readings as well as pizza, soda, and candy.

Thursday’s readers were senior creative writing major Brian Sherwin, junior creative writing major Austin Moyer, and sophomore creative and professional writing double major Anna Albi. Their prepared works, along with the pieces shared by the few students who participated in the open mic portion, made for an enjoyable evening. Barnes described the night as being filled with “vivacious readers and lots of crunching candy hearts.”

Since most in attendance were affiliated with the English department, there was a real sense of community and support for one another throughout the evening. Foley described the series as “good community building,” and the post-show environment supported her description. Patrons talked, joked, and ate while the pink and red streamers that decorated the walls were removed and the lights came back up.

The series definitely started off on a high note. Two more events are scheduled, with the final reading taking place at The Frame toward the end of the year. This last event in the series will showcase all of the senior creative writing majors.

Although it is nice to maintain a special bond within the English department, it would be nice to see future events marketed to the broader Carnegie Mellon community. Perhaps next time the crowd will be even larger and more varied, so more students can watch these writers share their work.

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3rd Karachi Literature Festival – Reflecting Pakistan’s historical roots

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KARACHI: After two successful years, the third Karachi Literature Festival was held from 11 February 2012. This was announced at a press conference hosted jointly by the British Council, Oxford University Press, and Asif Farrukhi – organisers of the now internationally renowned Karachi Literature Festival.

The Karachi Literature Festival is a reflection of Pakistan’s historical roots as expressed in a multiplicity of languages and in various forms of writing. At the same time it serves to highlight the contemporary context. Taking advantage of interest in writing from and about Pakistan, the festival also seeks to broaden the picture and counter-balance the negative depiction of society in Pakistan by celebrating diversity and dynamism of this society.

Martin Fryer, Director Programmes British Council Pakistan, Ameena Saiyid OBE, Managing Director, Oxford University Press, and literary critic, translator, and fiction writer Asif Farrukhi jointly hosted the press conference. Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi are also founders of Karachi Literature Festival.

At his opening remarks at the press conference, Martin Fryer said, “Based on age-old literary and cultural histories as well as the creative opportunities of the moment, the Karachi Literature Festival draws upon this dynamism by bringing together writers and poets, scholars and academics from a diversity of languages, academic disciplines and intellectual traditions to create an opportunity for cultural dialogue and exchange through celebration of writing and books.”

Keeping in view the increasing demand from across Pakistan as well as from outside, the Karachi Literature Festival will be telecast live on the internet to be watched by millions around the world. All the sessions will also be recorded and will be made available on the festival’s channel on Youtube like last year.

“We recognise that such opportunities are not many and hence we feel that this festival has a vital function. We think of it as a window through which the world can see and connect with the realities of Pakistan, and from which Pakistan can encounter what is happening in the world,” said Asif Farrukhi.

The British historian and writer, William Dalrymple, will be the keynote speaker at the Karachi Literature Festival. William Dalrymple has written seven award winning books on the history of South Asia, Middle East and the Muslim World. The festival will also bring for the first time authors like Anatol Lieven, Hanif Kureishi and Shobhaa De.

In addition to this, many Urdu poets and authors like Fatema Hassan, Harris Khalique, Azra Abbas, Zehra Nigah, Iftikhar Arif, Fahmida Riaz, Kishwar Naheed, Imdad Hussaini, Sahar Ansari, Khwaja Razi Haider, Inam Nadeem, Kashif Hussain Ghayar, Shahida Hassan, Ahmad Fouad, Aqeel Abbas Jafri, and Ali Akbar Natiq will also be participating.

“Through dialogue and discussion, readings and renderings, the festival is meant to create an intellectual space in which the diversity and pluralism in Pakistan’s society is expressed by authors from traditions beyond Pakistan’s borders can be freely accessible to people in an open and participatory manner,” said Ameena Saiyid.

This year film screenings and a theatre workshop are being introduced to the diverse line-up of events at KLF. A workshop was conducted by Owen Calvert-Lyons and Peter Higgins representing two renowned theatre groups in the UK: Arcola Theatre and Punchdrunk. This workshop is inspired by Charles Dickens’ non-fiction work called ‘Uncommercial Traveller’.

Also being featured this year are puppet and Muppet shows for children by the Rafi Peer group, a satire session with Saad Haroon, Banana News Network, and Ali Aftab Saeed of Beygairat Brigade, and performances by Nritaal and Salman Ahmed of Junoon.

Located in Karachi, a city known for its vibrant contradictions as well as a constant flow of ideas and forms of expression, the festival embodies the same spirit.

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American Christian Fiction Writers Conference « Beyond Her Book

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Cub Reporter Debby Giusti’s second book in her Military Investigations series, THE CAPTAIN’S MISSION, will be released in October. The third book, THE COLONEL’S DAUGHTER, will be out in 2012.  Visit Debby online and blog with her at Seekerville.

Ten years ago a small group of inspirational authors formed an organization originally called American Christian Romance Writers.  To embrace the growing membership and expandingspectrum of Christian genres, the organization’s name eventually changed to American Christian Fiction Writers. Today, 2500 members strong, ACFW is known as the voice of Christian fiction and attracts writers in all genres whose stories are told from a Christian world view.

Last week, 680 writers gathered in St. Louis, Missouri, for the tenth annual ACFW conference. This year’s theme, “Building a Strong Foundation,” laid the groundwork for a variety ofworkshops that targeted five levels of expertise, ranging from beginning writer to multi-published author.

ACFW president and multi-published author Margaret Daley welcomed the writers and explained the organization’s numerous programs that provide a firm foundation on which to build a writing career. She also announced a new ACFW writing magazine, free to members, slated to begin publication in 2012.

Keynote speaker Tracie Peterson, winner of the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for 2007 Inspirational Fiction and author of 95 books, encouraged attendees to put God first. She talked about the importance of staying connected to the industry through organizations such as ACFW and challenged the audience to determine their own motivation for writing.

Stan Williams, Ph.D., author of The Moral Premise, Harnessing Virtue and Vice for Box Office Success, taught the early bird session, “Secrets of Successful Story Writing,” to a packed houseon Thursday. Stan shared the techniques he employs when working with Hollywood screenwriters and producers to create blockbuster movies. Pulling examples from movie clips, he explained how writers can use the conflict of virtue and vice to develop riveting stories that hook editors and keep readers turning the page.

Eager to find new voices in Christian fiction, 25 editors and 19 agents accepted pitches during scheduled appointment times as well as at specially designated tables they hosted at lunch. In addition, “Spotlight On” programs provided guidelines and writing tips for those interested in submitting.

The gala awards ceremony on Saturday night was a fitting climax to a wonderful weekend and provided a dream-come-true experience for the winners of the Genesis Award in the unpublished category and the Carol Award for published authors.  Check out the Genesis Award Winners here and the Carol Award Winners here.

After a Sunday worship service led by author Rachel Hauck, the writers packed their bags and said goodbye, their lives enriched not only by the information shared but by the friendships formed throughout the weekend. The next conference will be held in Dallas, Texas, on Sept 20 – 23, 2012. Plan now to attend.

Bottom Line:  I have been invited to the conference next year and am looking forward to meeting these amazing writers…plus I’m excited to go to Dallas.

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For President's Day: Digging up Mr. Lincoln :: Fox&Hounds

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1329831549 26 For President's Day: Digging up Mr. Lincoln :: Fox&HoundsWhy the 16th President Can’t be Left in Peace

Originally published at Zocalo Public Square

Election night 1876 arrived full of uncertainty. The presidential race was something of a referendum on Reconstruction, and the results were so tight that the winner was unknown. It would be months before a special commission awarded 20 disputed electoral votes, and the presidency, to Rutherford B. Hayes.

With all the attention on the election, it was the perfect night to pull off a crime. In the town of Springfield, Illinois, several thieves went to work on stealing a body from the local cemetery.

And not just any body.

It was the body of Abraham Lincoln.

The robbers might have gotten away with it. But among their number was an undercover agent who was relaying their activities to the Secret Service.

The Secret Service had not been assigned to protect the body of the dead president. Nor for that matter was the Secret Service in the business of protecting the bodies of live presidents. The agency would not assume that role until after the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901.

But, then as now, the Secret Service was attached to the Department of the Treasury and was in charge of foiling counterfeiters. The grave robbers’ plan was to trade Lincoln’s remains for the release of an imprisoned, notorious counterfeiter—Ben Boyd—and $200,000 in (non-counterfeit) cash.

The Secret Service prevented this particular grave robbery, but we’ve been trying to steal the 16th president ever since.

One of the most hated presidents while in office, Lincoln has become the most beloved, and sought-after, president in our history. President Obama, who announced his presidential campaign from Springfield in 2007, often tries to seize Lincoln’s mantle.

Hollywood is among the most persistent grave robbers. Steven Spielberg is directing a new film, Lincoln, based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s bestselling book Team of Rivals. Just last year, Robert Redford directed The Conspirator, an account of the trial of those accused of plotting to kill Lincoln, with a particular emphasis on the lone female, Mary Surratt. And in a campier spirit, there’s the forthcoming Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, based on historical fiction by Seth Grahame-Smith. It posits that the president worked nights as well as days to protect the Union, and his enemies didn’t all report to Jefferson Davis.

I don’t blame these filmmakers, because I know how tempting it can be to dip into the Lincoln vault—literally. In my own mystery novel published last year, Lincoln’s Hand, the catalyst of the story is that 1876 grave robbery.

After that failed attempt in 1876, Lincoln’s body was frequently moved to protect against more grave robbing efforts. The coffin was even opened twice to see if the body was still there. It was—and still is.

But you don’t need a shovel to grab a piece of Lincoln. An estimated 16,000 volumes have been written about Lincoln, far and away more than any other American. According to one survey, of the 600 public statues or sculptures of American presidents, more than one-third of them depict Lincoln.

What explains the endless exploitation of Lincoln? The easy answer is that Lincoln is being honored for helping guide the country through its greatest crisis.

But that’s only part of the story. Also central to our attraction is Lincoln’s demise

“It was the manner of his death that elevated him above all others in the American Valhalla,” argued historian James M. McPherson in the New York Times. “Coming five days after General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, John Wilkes Booth’s shot heard round the world changed triumph into a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.”

This tragedy—death at the moment of triumph—is intensely cinematic, and the story is enhanced by Lincoln’s complex character. Lincoln exemplifies “the right to rise” through hard work and learning, no matter how humble one’s beginning. He is the embodiment of the American dream.

Lincoln also left future authors and screenwriters plenty of material in his own writing. When modern life confuses us, Lincoln’s message remains relevant. To a country obsessed with reinvention, he offers the hope of “a new birth of freedom.” His dictates of “malice toward none, charity for all” still remain the markers for any American who wants to be revered. His explanation of political gravity—“you can’t fool all of the people all of the time”—remains sage advice 150 years later. And what better phrase has anyone designed to describe the internal American struggle against darkness—and for a brighter future—than his counsel to reach for the “better angels of our nature?”

No wonder, then, that everyone wants to dig up Lincoln, whether the goal is to refresh the American spirit, remind us of the American character, or get a book ranked high on Amazon. Bringing Lincoln back to life reminds us what our country strives to be. That comes through whether it’s Lincoln in a straightforward biography or Lincoln in a fistfight with vampires.

15 Questions with Farai Chideya

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Fifteen Minutes sat down with IOP fellow and renowned journalist Farai Chideya ’90 for a cozy chat about radio, faux-hawks, and science fiction.

1. Fifteen Minutes: Welcome back to Harvard! What’s it like being back?

Farai Chideya: I love it! It’s great to experience Harvard life from a different perspective…. The people who end up at Harvard are incredibly passionate and sophisticated, but still kind of starting out their lives and careers, and it’s nice to have that energy.

2. FM: Which classes have you been auditing?

FC: I have not yet been to the bioethics class. That’s the number one class that I want to audit. There’s also a sociology class with William Julius Wilson and there is another class that I haven’t been to yet about how folk and myth has influenced contemporary fantasy writing, like J.K. Rowling.

3. FM: I know you’ve only been back briefly, but how would you say Harvard has changed since you were here?

FC: I think the level of undergraduate teaching is better. I think when I was here there was a lot of emphasis on having famous professors teach even if they didn’t really like teaching or didn’t relate well to undergrads.

4. FM: Last year you were Leader in Residence at the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies, teaching about media and policymaking. How was the transition to teaching?

FC: I loved it…. You get a lot of energy from interacting with students and you also then have to stay up on your game.

5. FM: You’ve had a whirlwind career in journalism, from hosting shows on NPR to being a political analyst and commentator. How did you first become involved in journalism?

FC: Well, it was here at Harvard. I was at The Independent, but really it was the Office of Career Services that told me about an internship at the Boston Bureau of Newsweek… I was able to get this internship at Newsweek, and later on I was hired by them.

6. FM: How do you see the future of broadcast radio in an internet age?

FC: First of all there will be a lot more programming that is online-only, but then I think terrestrial radio will be around for a while because of cars. There’s always going to be a huge audience for radio, as long as there are people in their vehicle who are bored!

7. FM: You’ve done so many different things in your career so far, but what have been some of your favorite roles?

FC: Well, writing is hard, but in some ways it’s my home base, and it’s what I always return to. I’ve written four books, and I’m working on starting some new book projects so, to me, writing—including short-form writing like magazine writing and blogging—is what I always return to.

8. FM: Speaking of career goals, what did you want to be when you were younger?

FC: Well, what I wanted to be when I was little I’m still working on… I wanted to write science fiction and fantasy. I’m working on the outline for a young adult science fiction trilogy that’s set 300 years in the future…. Science fiction is really where people play out alternate discussions about issues like equality. I think it really talks a lot about human nature.

9. FM: In a blog post last year on The Huffington Post, you use this great phrase, saying you were disillusioned with the “government cheese” in the 80s. Where do you see this type of government cheese today, particularly in light of the 2012 election campaigns?

FC: Well, the phrase “government cheese” comes from the Reagan era when literally blocks of cheese were given to poor people. It was like, let’s do government cheese instead of a bigger solution to poverty…. In this election, you’ve heard a lot of rhetoric like, “Well, I’m not even going to bother taking care of the poor.” It’s like, you don’t get any government cheese and you don’t get a solution either! Even the president’s State of the Union address had a lot of small solutions, as opposed to big things.

10. FM: Speaking of big solutions, last week was Harvard Thinks Big, an event where eight professors were given 10 minutes to talk about what they see as today’s most pressing issues. Given this opportunity, what would you speak about?

FC: I would say that the impact of the combination of economic instability and the lack of family and social ties mean that a lot of people are very alone when they go through periods of trouble…. I think that rebuilding the economic safety net but also finding ways to rebuild the social safety net is really important, and they don’t have to be mutually exclusive.

11. FM: During your time here at Harvard you were part of an improv troupe. For you, what role does humor play in political reporting?

FC: Well, with political commentary…you have to be well-informed and serious, but you have to be able to crack a joke. I was just on the radio yesterday with two other people and one of them said that CPAC, a conservative convention, was like a Star Trek convention, and then the Republican on the panel got very upset, and I tried to sort of broker a peace, but it was really funny…. I think doing improv really helped me with being a political analyst because it gave me an ability to think on my feet and be quick.

12. FM: You once said in an interview that you have been called out by the black community for not being “black enough.” What do you think that means?

FC: Well, I think my whole feeling is that we shouldn’t judge people on being black enough, but sometimes people do. I myself during college was kind of a goth…. I had a kind of faux-hawk, and I wore all black, and I also did improv…. During college people would be like, what’s this girl doing with this crazy hair, listening to The Cure? And it was simple: That’s what I wanted to do.

13. FM: You did a piece for NPR a while ago about how eating disorders are mistakenly thought of as a white person’s disease. Are there any other areas where you’ve found unexpected racism?

FC: Well, when I was at Harvard I developed bulimia and at the time they just thought, “Oh, it’s the skinny white girls who have an issue.” I think when it comes to race…I had a real alternative-culture streak to me, and a lot of times racial preconceptions come into play about who can subscribe to what kinds of culture. A lot of my work deals with how race plays into inequality.

14. FM: Your work has taken you to almost all 50 states and around the globe a few times. What have been some of the most eye-opening experiences of your travels?

FC: Well, I have to say that India totally blew my mind. If you’re driving down the road in India, you can go from the 4th century to the 25th century in half an hour. So one moment you’re by an old temple and people are picking rice by hand, and the next minute you’re in some tech hub from the future.

15. FM: Finally, what one piece of advice would you give to our generation?

FC: Wow, well, I think that one of the things I’ve learned the hard way is that you cannot sacrifice your own health and mental health for work. Sometimes you have to stay awake for three days, I mean you have to do it sometimes, but it’s a balance…. Stay curious, stay active, and stay healthy!

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Non Fiction Book Report

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Book reports provide data about the structure and content material of a specific book. It entails offering a summary about a book and giving objective thoughts about the book contents. Book reports also offer details about the structure of the book. This refers to the setting, plot, characters, ideas, themes and style utilized in the book. The aim of book reports writing is to offer sufficient and objective information that will enable the reader to make a decision whether the book is worth reading or not. Book reports can be written for any book whether or not fiction or non fiction.

While writing book reports begin by introducing the book to the reader. Supply full bibliographic data about the book name of the author, date of publication, title of the publication, place of publication and publisher. It will also add value to your book reports, if you consist of brief background details about the book or the author. This would include particulars such as author’s prior writings, circumstances that prompted the author to write this book or any other credentials of the author. Then you ought to classify the sort of book getting addressed by your book reports. Books are divided into two broad categories fiction and non fiction.

Fiction books are books that represent suggestions and phenomena that are creations of the author. On the other hand non fiction books represent facts that exist in reality. You really should also classify the book in term of the topic location. This means indicating whether or not it is a philosophy book, biology, literature or anthropology amongst others. Regardless of the field, writing book reports will follow similar structure. The next step is to analyze and to supply the thesis statement of the book. Tell the readers what the book is all about and what it intends to attain. Proceed to describe the structure of the book inside your book reports.

State the main points discussed therein and how they relate to the thesis statement. Describe the plot, setting, characters and themes represented in the book. Your book reports should also summarize the content material of the book. Make positive that following a single has read your book report, he or she will be able to get an thought of what the book is all about. The final step is to give vital evaluation and comments about the book. State your personal views on regardless of whether the author of the book has achieved his purpose, what you consider the book has contributed to the relevant field and regardless of whether the author has expressed his ideas in clear and simple to recognize manner.

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The Tattooed Girl by Westonites is up for an Edgar award

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The work of two Weston authors, Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer, has been nominated for a prestigious writing award.

Their book, The Tattoed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets Behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of Our Time, is nominated for an Edgar award by the Mystery Writers of America.

The award is named for Edgar Allan Poe and honors the best in mystery fiction and non-fiction.

Tattooed Girl contains fascinating stories behind the late Stieg Larsson’s works: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.

Most of the book was written and edited by Mr. Burstein and Mr. de Keijzer in Weston, with important contributions from Julie O’Connor, whose photographs are featured in the book.

John-Henri Holmberg, a Swedish author and close friend of Mr. Larsson, was the book’s third editor and provided a unique insider’s look into the secrets of the author’s imaginative universe.

Competing with Tattooed Girl in the category of best biographical/critical book, are Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making; On Conan Doyle: Or, the Whole Art of Storytelling; Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film; and Scripting Hitchcock: Psycho, The Birds and Marnie.

The winners of the Edgar awards will be announced on April 26.

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