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Geography as the Body & Inherited Landscapes: A Shamefully Overdue Re-Cap on the 2012 Mills College Workshop

salonnierealexis wrote 4 months ago: Absolutely and positively late in re-capping but still here it is, an overview of the Mills workshop … more →

Tags: In the Flesh, Masters & Doyennes, tete-a-tete, Writer's Rituals, Reading, Culture, ethnic politics, narratives, Writer's Life

A Conversation on Dialogue

salonnierealexis wrote 4 months ago:   Favorite all time film and a great example of scintillating dialogue: The Lady Eve, Preston Sturge … more →

Tags: tete-a-tete, Dialogue, Characters, f. scott fitzgerald, Victoria Strauss, Borgès

Part of the Political Content & Engagement Writing Workshops at Mills College

salonnierealexis wrote 6 months ago: Your Salonniere is honored to be invited as a guest speaker for writer Melissa Rae Sipon-Gabon’s Pol … more →

Tags: In the Flesh, tete-a-tete, Writer's Rituals, Culture, ethnic politics, critical theory, narratives, Writer's Life, Fiction

Shadowboxing the Lyrical Punch: The Dirty Play of Revision2 comments

salonnierealexis wrote 10 months ago: From Wikipedia. Shiva is seen as the Supreme God and has five important works: creator, preserver, d … more →

Tags: tete-a-tete, Writer's Rituals, Details, Novels, Reading, Short Stories, character, narratives, Writer's Life

Must See BBC Part Deux2 comments

salonnierealexis wrote 11 months ago: By Your Salonniere Can’t get enough of British Television? At the request of a friend, here … more →

Tags: Other Bohemian Activities, Celluloid Lit, Novels, character, Culture, Protagonist, pop culture, narratives, Fiction

Carve Magazine Welcomes Salon Member Rio Liang

salonnierealexis wrote 11 months ago: Three cheers for Rio Liang, who joins Carve Magazine. We’re thrilled they’re thrilled! I … more →

Tags: Masters & Doyennes, Salon Updates, Literary, literary journals, Carve Magazine, rio liang, Blogging, guest blogs

Check out this female character development chart by Shana Mlawski and Carlos A. Hann Commander

salonnierealexis wrote 1 year ago: Thanks to Rebecca Mabanglo- Mayor for sharing this. From Overthinkingit.com: (Now we need to see a m … more →

Tags: Masters & Doyennes, character, critical theory, pop culture, narratives, Women, Fiction, Shana Mlawski, Carlos A. Hann Commander

The East Will Set Us Free: Review of "The Cult of Beauty" at the Legion of Honors, SF

salonnierealexis wrote 1 year ago: By Your Salonniere After missing The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860–1900 at the Vict … more →

Tags: Other Bohemian Activities, Writer's Rituals, Art, the Aesthetic Movement, Frederic Leighton, aubrey beardsley, Pre-Raphealites, Victorians, Paintings

ACTC 2012: "Introduce poetry first as foundation to politics"

salonnierealexis wrote 1 year ago: By Your Salonniere Talking literature, cross cultural exchange through time and space, and best teac … more →

Tags: tete-a-tete, Academics, Reading, Culture, critical theory, Fiction, Events

Excerpt: On Filipina Lives and Voices in Literature

salonnierealexis wrote 1 year ago: By Your Salonniere Here’s an excerpt from the post “Speaking on Love & Labor” … more →

Tags: tete-a-tete, Academics, Writer's Rituals, Details, Reading, Culture, ethnic politics, narratives, Workshop

Beyond the Peacocks of the Estate: Assessing "Downton" Mania, Part II

salonnierealexis wrote 1 year ago:  By Your Salonniere From Tampa Bay Times Who doesn’t love being in the Downton world, peeking … more →

Tags: Other Bohemian Activities, tete-a-tete, Celluloid Lit, character, Culture, Protagonist, pop culture, dickens, Fiction

Assessing the Aftermath of "Downton" Mania, Part I

salonnierealexis wrote 1 year ago: By Your Salonniere How do we love Downton Abbey? Let us count the ways. Before we laud the merits of … more →

Tags: Other Bohemian Activities

The Worse It Gets the Better the Story: A Character's Bio

salonnierealexis wrote 1 year ago: By Your Salonniere Cleaning out old files, this “Character Biography” worksheet surfaced … more →

Tags: Writer's Rituals, Novels, Short Stories, character, Protagonist, narratives, Workshop, Exercises, Fiction

Waking from colonial dreams and post-colonial nightmares

salonnierealexis wrote 1 year ago: Your Salonniere is excited and honored to be presenting at the 18th Annual Conference of ACTC: Assoc … more →

Tags: In the Flesh, Academics, Book Reviews, Novels, Reading, Culture, ethnic politics, critical theory, essays

"Plot is a matter of destination": Recap on Lysley Tenorio's book launch of "Monstress"

salonnierealexis wrote 1 year ago: By Your Salonniere On Thursday, February 2 at Books Inc in Castro Valley, fiction writer, Lysley Ten … more →

Tags: In the Flesh, tete-a-tete, Writer's Rituals, Literary, Novels, Short Stories, character, Culture, pop culture

Rather Than Building a Platform, Consider Contributing to Your Communities, Part I

salonnierealexis wrote 1 year ago: By Your Salonniere New year’s is generally about embracing the new. We aim to reform ourselves … more →

Tags: Other Bohemian Activities, tete-a-tete, Eyes on the Technological Horizon, Writer's Rituals, Culture, Writer's Life, Digital, Digital Citizenship, Digital communities

While winter cleaning, found an old page of inspiration from L.A. Days

salonnierealexis wrote 1 year ago: By Your Salonniere The below may be written by L.A. artist Teresa Tolliver. The quote had been typed … more →

Tags: Masters & Doyennes, Writer's Rituals, Reading, Art, Writer's Life, Exercises

GoodReads Review of J.D. Salinger's "Franny & Zooey"

salonnierealexis wrote 1 year ago: Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger My rating: 4 of 5 stars By Your Salonniere Oddly enough these caus … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Novels, Reading, character, pop culture, narratives, Fiction, Religion, Buddhism

Barbara Jane Reyes and your salonniere on literary culture and lack of critical discussion in the Filipino Lit community

salonnierealexis wrote 1 year ago: Recently on Google+, poet Barbara Jane Reyes posted the article “Slimpickings at Manila Lit Fe … more →

Tags: tete-a-tete, Academics, Writer's Rituals, Reading, Culture, ethnic politics, critical theory, Writer's Life, barbara jane reyes


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