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    Generous mistakes : incidents of error in Henry James /

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    Michael Anesko explores Henry James's efforts to correct 'mistakes' that he later perceived in his books as first printed. He focuses on two of Henry James's most important texts, 'The Portrait of a Lady' (1881) and 'The Ambassadors' (1903), and the ways in which both betray, in very peculiar ways, the fallibility of James himself.Specialized.This edition previously issued in print: 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.Michael Anesko explores Henry James's efforts to correct 'mistakes' that he later perceived in his books as first printed. He focuses on two of Henry James's most important texts, 'The Portrait of a Lady' (1881) and 'The Ambassadors' (1903), and the ways in which both betray, in very peculiar ways, the fallibility of James himself.Specialized.Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 17, 2017)

    The Torments of Spring: Jake Barnes’s Phantom Limb in \u3cem\u3eThe Sun Also Rises\u3c/em\u3e

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    Examines the neurological and psychological aftereffects of Jake’s wound, concentrating on the phenomenon of phantom limb sensation on his conflicted sexuality. Anesko argues that Jake’s phantom member can experience stimulation, thus leaving him in a bisexual limbo, unable to satisfy Brett but more accepting of a relaxed masculinity that opens a range of new kinds of masculine intimacy

    Michael Rodriguez interviews fiction writer Michael Kimball

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    Author Michael Kimball talks about moving away from Michigan to become a successful writer, his education, the fiction reading series he has started in Baltimore, the life-story-on-postcard project, and his book "Dear everybody." Kimball is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series

    Michael Rodriguez interviews author Paul Clemens

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    Author Paul Clemens talks about his book "Made in Detroit," the genre of memoir, and writing about race. Clemens is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library

    Michael Rodriguez interviews author Tom Springer

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    Author Tom Springer is interviewed about his writing career and his newest book "Looking for hickories". Springer talks about his career following after earning an Environmental Journalism degree from Michigan State University. He calls his genre "creative non-fiction" and explains how he weaves his memories into his books about life in rural and wild Michigan. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Springer is interviewed by Librarian Michael Rodriguez

    Michael Rodriguez interviews author Gary Gildner

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    Author Gary Gildner explains why he left his tenured teaching position to move to Idaho to became a full-time writer of poetry. Gildner talks about donating his personal papers to Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections, his writing style and how he approaches writing. Gildner is interviewed by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series. Held at the MSU Main Library

    Gold standard of UK degrees is lost in translation

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    Inflated marks, overworked staff and politically compromised courses are the price of exploiting offshore UK registered students, says Michael Day

    Michael Rodriguez interviews historian and author Keith Widder

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    Historian and author Keith Widder talks about his move to Michigan from Wisconsin, his career as Curator of History for the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, his research interests, his book "Michigan Agricultural College", and his current projects. Widder is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library

    Dr. Michael Janis, Morehouse College, August 2011, August 2011

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    This video is a conversation with Dr. Michael Janis. Dr. Janis talks about his book, "Africa After Modernism: Transitions in Literature, Media and Philosophy". Yolanda Gilmore-Bivins, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer

    Square Dancing with the Stars to Enhance Dynamic Hirschman Linkages?

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    In this Presidential Address, the author takes the reader on a reconnaissance of his life and time as a regional scientist. He points out scenery he found scintillating along the way, hoping that some may pick up the banner and chew on a few of the ideas for a while. He suggests a revisit to Albert O. Hirschman’s notion of key sectors and more empirical analysis related to Marcus Berliant’s and Masahisa Fujita’s notion of knowledge creation and transfer.Presidential Address, San Antonio, Texas, March 29, 2014 (53rd Meetings of the Southern Regional Science Association
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