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Roy L Burkhead
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Meet me at my publication, The Old Man and the Manuscript

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The Fraying Social Contract
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The Fraying Social Contract
Half a century ago John Kenneth Galbraith suggested reform, how did we do?
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December 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Your Writing Starts Here: December 2025 Prompts
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Your Writing Starts Here: December 2025 Prompts
This month is busy. These prompts will help you keep writing.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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THE E-POSTLE Reaches Pivot Point in Music City's Tech Scene
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THE E-POSTLE Reaches Pivot Point in Music City's Tech Scene
Chapter 8 arrives at crucial turning point amongst Nashville’s Silicon South
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December 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (Gift Article)
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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A Love Letter to You, My Wondrous Writer
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A Love Letter to You, My Wondrous Writer
Don't tell anyone, but you're my favorite
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November 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Affordability Is The Only Must-Have
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Affordability Is The Only Must-Have
Letting go of the manufactured American Dream
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November 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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A Famed Street Photographer Chronicled What Christmas Looks Like Across America Over the Course of Decades
Lee Friedlander’s new book, “Christmas,” collects his work from all over the country on the topic of our sentimental and materialistic connection to the holiday
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November 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Announcing a Book Launch.
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Announcing a Book Launch.
Rachel is an excellent poet.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Welcome to a wild Saturday night at Fort Burkhead. 😛 Freckles is out of control! 😀🦴🐾🦴🐾💤💤💤💤💤💤
November 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Saturday Night Message: Week of November 23 to 29
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Saturday Night Message: Week of November 23 to 29
Days Since Novel Launch: 29
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November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Latest Chapter of THE E-POSTLE Now Live, Showcases Ye Olde Swiss Cottage Pub
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Latest Chapter of THE E-POSTLE Now Live, Showcases Ye Olde Swiss Cottage Pub
Please Consider Signing Petition to Save Location of Chapter 7
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November 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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SAVE Ye Olde Swiss Cottage – Reopen This Historic London Pub
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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November 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Thanksgiving 2006
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Thanksgiving 2006
...or the best or worst Thanksgiving of my life, depending upon how you slice the turkey
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November 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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KC bookstore's 50 years are built on events, relationships
An indie bookstore in Fairway, Kansas is celebrating half a century of success.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Inklings Bookstore is opened and ready for all — Lee Clarion
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The newest addition in downtown Cleveland beckons all book lovers, coffee drinkers, tea enthusiasts, and those who appreciate a calm place to think or commune. Inklings Bookstore, o...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Children’s bookstore Turtle Books comes out of its shell in Brookline Village - Brookline.News
The new store opened this weekend to excited crowds of kids and parents, and praise and speeches from community leaders.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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What Food Was Served at the First Thanksgiving in 1621?
Turkey may have been part of the holiday meal, along with venison, shellfish and corn, but pies and potatoes were decidedly not on the menu
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November 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Bookstores on a Mission
Nationwide, issues-oriented booksellers rise to the challenge of community organizing.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Bird’s Bookstore offers a design-heavy enclave for passionate readers
The Preston Royal spot’s warm wood environs include a coffee shop and artisanal gifts.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Her Town Lacked a Bookstore. So She Opened One—on Wheels
Her Town Lacked a Bookstore. So She Opened One—on Wheels
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November 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Notes on AI: The Master’s Tool, by D. P. Snyder
“If we reassign our role as language creators to AI, we will lose what makes us human.”
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November 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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The Upper Room Store & Resource Library - Season's Greetings
Rediscover the beloved Christmas story this year, through the words of those who were there. In the Advent devotional Season’s Greetings, hear the dramatic stories, told through personal letters, of a...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Poetry Foundation Announces $1.3 Million in Fall Grants
The foundation has awarded 52 nonprofit poetry-based organizations, publications, presses, and literary arts service organizations a total of $1,345,000 in general operating support grants in the fall...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM