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• The Art of Dreaming

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• I Get Knocked Down…

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• The Nature of Dreaming

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  InDialogue: Jonathan Baumbach and Lawrence Raab

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• A short dream workshop

  5044 readersFrom time immemorial, human beings have dreamed–every night we go into what one of my sons’ friends once referred to as ‘those brilliant eight hours of free entertainment.’ And from time immemorial, writers have used images or scenes from dreams, or entire dreams, to enrich and expand their creative work in waking life. I’m certainly

• Make your book—you’ll like it

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  Without Fear of Punishment… or Publication

  2263 readersDo editors worry when children’s book authors post political trash talk on the internet?I’ve seen some pretty offensive comments on Facebook and other forums; as a result I’ve passed on purchasing several titles over the last couple of years. I don’t believe in banning books, but I just can’t bring myself to personally contribute

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  This Week in the Blogs, February 13 – 19, 2011

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