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Paul David Ali
I was raised on my family’s farm outside Yuma, Arizona and thought I would become a farmer when I grew up. That didn’t happen. Instead, I studied literature and writing as an undergraduate at the University of Arizona and as a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin, where I wrote book reviews for The Daily Texan. In Austin, I was a member of a loosely organized group of writers who gave public readings wherever we could find space: libraries, bookstores, and bars. Besides my novel THE FI EXPERIMENT, I have written two other novel manuscripts and several plays. My most recent play, “LINKS,” was produced at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. here.
I was raised on my family’s farm outside Yuma, Arizona and thought I would become a farmer when I grew up. That didn’t happen. Instead, I studied literature and writing as an undergraduate at the University of Arizona and as a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin, where I wrote book reviews for The Daily Texan. In Austin, I was a member of a loosely organized group of writers who gave public readings wherever we could find...
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Should you read The Count of Monte Cristo? Let's talk about this book.
The Count of Monte Cristo was written by Alexandre Dumas in collaboration with Auguste Marquel. It was first serialized before being published as a novel in 1845. That's 180 years ago. Wow! That's really old. Can there possibly be anything in this story that a contemporary audience can relate to? Let's see, it's a tale about a young man with a glorious future ahead of him. He is about to be made a captain of a ship and is...
I taught middle and high school for thirty-five years. During that time I noticed that some students had exceptional vocabulary. They were more articulate than most of their peers. They had longer attention spans and were critical thinkers. What did most of them have in common? They were readers. They had a book in their backpacks or one at home. They were always reading some book.
If you are a parent and you want your child be be successful in school, you don't need all that preschool...
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