Tag: literary

POWER POSITIONS IN PROSE: Niloufar-Lily Soltani’s ZULAIKHA

Nov 20, 2023

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Ace Baker

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I met Lily Soltani at the Robson Indigo bookstore this past weekend, where she was doing a book signing. In fact, I was the first to get a signed copy… I cracked open the cover, began to read, and quickly discovered what the publisher, Inanna, must have noticed when they selected this book for publication;…
Writer’s Digest Contest Update: I moved up to sixth place now…don’t know why!

Aug 1, 2013

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Ace Baker

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Ok, I got an e-mail from Writer’s Digest today saying that my literary short story is now 6th, not 7th place (although the prizes remain exactly the same…sigh…). No explanation of WHY, but I’m moving up in the world…