National Book Critics Circle Award

Are you a fan of drama and heartache? If so, then Love Medicine might be the book you’re looking for! Love Medicine is a fictional American novel by Louise Erdrich that was originally published in 1984 and was later rereleased in an expanded edition in 1993. It received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best Fiction in 1984 and is “Erdrich’s first and most critically acclaimed novel” (University of Nebraska-Lincoln). Erdrich herself is “the daughter of a Chippewa Indian mother and a…

She went on to publish the critically acclaimed autobiography, Runaway Child, which chronicled the emotional events she experienced during her childhood. In 2003, she won the National Book Critics Circle award and the New York Times cited Runaway Child was, “a heartfelt piece that was both touching and inspirational.” After gaining much recognition for her work, Eleanor founded the “Stand Up to Abuse” campaign along with her sister, Maisie…

incorporates real life connections into her poems. “Olds is known for writing intensely personal, emotionally scathing poetry” (Sharon Olds). She is known for winning respected awards such as the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize (Sharon Olds). Readers have the opportunity to learn about her and her award winning works. The characters in her poems represented ideas and experiences from her life time. Sharon Old’s unique personal experience is reflected through her…

flash a childhood memory, of the way we felt, or of where we were, when we heard or smelled it sometime in the past" (Hall 19-20). The poem plays the importance on confusion and forgetfulness, and the poem has a circular structure. The word circle, line 31, is telling the speaker there will not be answer to the opening question, "Wait Mister. Which way is home?" Her mother died March 10th 1959, due to cancer, and her father June 3rd due to cerebral hemorrhage. In March 1960, her…

Bharathi Mukherjee is an erudite, Indian born American writer whose literary career started as early as 1970. Calcutta born, She migrated to the US to do her M.F.A in Creative Writing, in 1963. She is presently a professor at the University of California, Berkely. She is married to Clark Blaise , an American writer. She is an ardent admirer of the writings of Malamud and V.S.Naipaul. Shashi Deshpande, Jumpha Lahiri, Anita Desai and Shoba De are some of her contemporary writers. Bharathi…

Michael Jackson may be the first answer jump up from their mind. However, if it’s in China this person could be the Chinese version of king of the pop, that is Jay Chou. In the circle of entertainment, they never lack of beauty and genius, but Jay Chou may be the fewer who only depends on talented to hold on this circle for many years. Back to 2000 nobody will believe this boy who have speak with a lisp can represent an era. What is his inspiration? Who had support him for all his achievements?…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…

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