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The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
The Kitchen Boy is a gripping work of historical fiction that entails intrigue, loyalty, betrayal and forgiveness during the last days of Tsar Nicholas and Tsarista Aleksandra Romanov. It is 1918 and in their imprisonment in the House of Special Purpose in Yekaterinburg, just on the Siberian side of the Ural Mountains the family of seven is confined with a small staff including kitchen boy, Leonka. Read More 		Since as far as I can remember, premier literature has always been acclaimed with awards and honors. In many ways, a book without an award or recognition of some kind, will never reach the ears and eyes of many people. But obtaining these accolades takes years, the perfection of craft and a dedication to the art of writing. It is with these lofty goals in mind that many English Writing majors, like myself, push their minds to the limit, constantly reshaping and editing sentences and words until we can recite them by heart. It's not only college students that have this obsession, but also anyone that understands that writing is an art form that demands passion and dedication. Read More
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Our Blog of the Week is Contrariwise.org, a growing collection of literary tattoos. I talked with Jen Grantham, the site’s creator. Read More.

Literary Spotlight
Wil Radcliffe is the author of Noggle Stones, a young adult fantasy novel named one of the Best Young Adult Titles of 2008 by Midpoint Trade Books. Radcliffe won the David Letterman Telecommunications Scholarship for a script and storyboards featuring his original character, the mad goblin scholar, Bugbear.
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