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Zona Gale
Zona Gale 1874-1938, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Portage, Wis., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1895. After five years (1899-1904) of newspaper work in Milwaukee and New York City, she returned to her home town, determined to win success as a fiction writer. Of her bleak, realistic novel... Read more
Leto
Leto , in Greek mythology, daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe and mother of Artemis and Apollo. When she conceived twins by Zeus, Hera sent the serpent Python after her and forbade all to give her rest or help. Finally Leto stopped on the island Delos and gave birth to Artemis and Apollo. The t... Read more
Thomas Alexander Browne
Thomas Alexander Browne Thomas Alexander Browne (1826-1915), who wrote under the pen name of Rolf Boldrewood, was born in England but moved to Australia with his family at the age of five. He was known for his adventure novels set in the Australian bush. Browne's father, Sylvester Brown (the... Read more
birth
birth or labor, delivery of the fetus by the viviparous mammal. Birth is also known as parturition. Human birth normally occurs about 280 days after onset of the last menstrual period before conception. The Stages of Labor Onset of labor, the first stage, is heralded by contractions o... Read more
Robert the Devil
Robert the Devil hero of a medieval legend. He was sold to the devil by his mother before his birth but upon discovering the fact did penance and was able to purify himself of his many sins. The tale may have been derived from the life of Robert I, duke of Normandy. The story exists in several Fren... Read more
bobcat
bobcat (wild cat or red lynx) Vicious, short-tailed cat found throughout swamp, forest and grassland regions of the USA, s Canada, and Central America. Its reddish-brown coat has black spots with white underparts. The bobcat feeds on rodents and gives birth to 2–4 young following a gestation... Read more
pregnancy
pregnancy period of time between fertilization of the ovum (conception) and birth , during which mammals carry their developing young in the uterus (see embryo ). The duration of pregnancy in humans is about 280 days, equal to 9 calendar months. After the fertilized ovum is implanted in the ut... Read more
birth control
birth control practice of contraception for the purpose of limiting reproduction. Methods of Birth Control Male birth control methods include withdrawal of the male before ejaculation (the oldest contraceptive technique) and use of the condom, a rubber sheath covering the penis. The condo... Read more
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller , 1819-90, Swiss novelist, poet, and short-story writer. His vital, realistic, and purposeful fiction gives him a high place among 19th-century authors. Chief among his works is the "educational" novel, Der grüne Heinrich (1854-55; tr. Green Henry, 1960), which he later... Read more
Elizabeth Jolley
Elizabeth Jolley (Monica Elizabeth Jolley), 1923-2007, Australian novelist, b. Birmingham, England. A nurse during World War II, she immigrated to Western Australia in 1959. Although she had written since childhood, her first book, Five Acre Virgin and Other Stories, did not appear until 1976; se... Read more

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Reymont, Wladyslaw Stanislaw
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...however, was not his birth name. During this...brother, however, did know of Reymont...program" but he "did not succeed in tearing...support him but also give him the peace and...to not only write fiction, but also nonfiction...develop a theme for his fiction—giving...
Maxine Hong Kingston
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...her nonfiction and fiction. With her vivid portrayals...she later sought to give voice not only to...actor. After the birth of their son, Joseph...Growing up as she did feeling the pull of...her aunt, who gave birth to an illegitimate...from oblivion and give her back her life...

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Cesarean birth and VBAC.(Labor Support And Childbirth Education)
Newspaper article from: Special Delivery; 6/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...called, Cesarean Birth & VBAC: Facts and Fiction: Improving Care...availability of vaginal birth after Cesarean...labor assistants/birth doulas and midwives...a VBAC, but I did not. I sat through...be helpful is to give comparable statistics...
EARLY ROTH; Two volumes collect the prolific writer's first fiction.(BOOKS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 9/18/2005; 700+ words ; ...Award in 1960, as did "Sabbath's Theater...prestigious Gold Medal for Fiction in 2001. He is often...where Mr. Roth did graduate work in...Roth's early fiction revolves around the...posed by abortion, birth control and premarital...discipline, and obedience give way - ah, here...
Writing Southern fiction.
Magazine article from: The Literary Review; 6/22/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...the United States did not have the social...centuries of masterful fiction, were not entirely...Americans could and did move virtually at...length works of fiction in terms of the cultural...again literally, give them birth. Thus, the South...
THIS `REAL NOWHERE MAN' IS NOT LIKE YOU AND ME.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 10/21/2001; 700+ words ; ...had a name. And a birth certificate. And...passport without a birth certificate. And he cannot get a birth certificate without...he was pressed to give the first name that...not create a legal fiction by giving him a birth...certificate. However, he did eventually win a...
'I am stateless. It is as though I don't exist': ; Amnesia victim lives in limbo due to lack of documentation
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 10/21/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...had a name. And a birth certificate. And...passport without a birth certificate. And he cannot get a birth certificate without...he was pressed to give the first name that...not create a legal fiction by giving him a birth...certificate. However, he did eventually win a...
MR. NOBODY
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/21/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...had a name. And a birth certificate. And...passport without a birth certificate. And he cannot get a birth certificate without...he was pressed to give the first name that...not create a legal fiction by giving him a birth...certificate. However, he did eventually win a...
The Pirate's Daughter.(Book review)
Magazine article from: ForeWord; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Hardcover $24.95 Fiction ISBN: 9781932961409...harmony, and new birth. The prologue introduces...swashbuckling movie star did run aground during a...There the facts end and fiction proceeds. Ida gives birth to their daughter...
Hunger fictions.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 2/5/2003; 685 words ; ...is stranger than fiction. WORLD hunger is real but 10 fictions about it keep us...Heres the list: Fiction 1: Theres not enough...transition when birth rates drop in response...of most people. Fiction 4. Its a trade...they are used to give a blemishfree cosmetic...Reality: The GR ...
The New Yorker's fiction, by the numbers
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 6/4/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...selection of short fiction for The New Yorker...she created it and did a very rigorous quantitative...editor of New Yorker fiction, Deborah Treisman...at hand.''She gives you a new way of...Yorker who worked as a fiction editor during part...numbers, tracking the birth and denouement ...
Black woman pioneers science fiction writing
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Tribune, The; 1/16/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...American famale science fiction writer, Butler...perspective, Butler also gives them a sense of...under the title, "Birth of a Writer...knew more than I did. What if she were...I write science fiction and fantasy for...more Black science fiction writers. She responded...more Black ...