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Blogging turns Japanese singer into star writer who gives voice to solitary women
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Mieko Kawakami, a former bar hostess and bookstore clerk, was just another obscure singer until she started a blog.
Her poetic, street-wise writing stood out so starkly among Internet diaries in Japan _ which, like those around the world, tend to be more informative or gossipy than narrative _ that she is now Japan's biggest literary star.
The 31-year-old won this year's Akutagawa Award _ named for "Rashomon" author Ryunosuke Akutagawa _ which is Japan's most prestigious honor for a new writer.
There are more blog posts in Japanese than any other language, ...
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The Bishop of the Old South: The Ministry and Civil War Career of Leonidas Polk.(Book review)
Magazine article from: ForeWord
; ...Ministry and Civil War Career of Leonidas Polk Work Author(s): Glenn Robins...but often plodding, biography of Leonidas Polk (1806--1864), the author...Jackson asked Polk's father where Leonidas Polk was stationed, his father...
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The Bishop of the Old South: The Ministry and Civil War Legacy of Leonidas Polk.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Church History
; ...the Old South: The Ministry and Civil War Legacy of Leonidas Polk. By Glenn Robins. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University...at the captivity historiography with his new study of Leonidas Polk, arguing that Episcopalians have also shaped the region...
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The Bishop of the Old South: The Ministry and Civil War Legacy of Leonidas Polk
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History
; ...the Old South: The Ministry and Civil War Legacy of Leonidas Polk. By Glenn Robins. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University...243. $35.00, ISBN 978-0-88146-038-4.) Leonidas Polk was the most aggressive of the soumern Episcopal bishops...
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War's outbreak leads clergy to leave pulpit, answer call to arms.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; Fort Polk in Louisiana may be the only Army post...named for a clergyman - Episcopal Bishop Leonidas Polk, who is known more for his military activities...become a poor preacher!" Actually, Leonidas Polk became both a good preacher and a...
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Southern soldiers
Magazine article from: Military Images
; ...attached himself to the staff of General Leonidas Polk, the fighting Episcopal Bishop...ordnance expert. In August of 1862, Polk named Rawle acting chief of ordnance...William Hardee and the aforementioned Leonidas Polk. Moreover, Bragg felt that...
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Huge Civil War collection goes on the auction block
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze
; ...sword owned by Confederate Gen. Leonidas Polk -- who was killed by a well-aimed...Ga., a distant descendant of Polk -- an Episcopal bishop as well as...mother's side; her maiden name was Polk. Other items include rare Union...
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CALDERA ASKS ARMY TO HARNESS 'REVOLUTION IN TECHNOLOGY'
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data
; 00-00-0000 FORT POLK, La. (Army News Service, Oct. 20...Caldera. Caldera addressed members of the Leonidas Polk Chapter of the Association of the United...during his first official visit to Fort Polk Sept. 30. Caldera said recent drawdowns...
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Operations other than war
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; ...Schofield five years ago from Fort Polk, Lt. Gen. George Fisher, then...Force Warrior. face=+2; Fort Polk factsface=-2; face=+Bold...face=-Bold; The Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, first Episcopal bishop of Louisiana...
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Employers witness workers on duty
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; FORT POLK, La. They came to see what their guys...their regular jobs. face=+2; Fort Polk factsface=-2; face=+Bold; Establishedface...after: face=-Bold; The Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, the first Episcopal bishop of Louisiana...
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Aggressive, tenacious tactics of `Fightin' Joe'.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...Lt. Gens. William Hardee and Leonidas Polk. Bragg had his army scattered over...four days, General." To this, Polk shrugged in disbelief and Hardee...his commander along with Hardee and Polk sitting on their horses in a conference...
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