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Assam, Meghalaya hike excise duty on liquor

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Private lab in Kolkata sealed for illegal COVID-19 tests

Government urges people to go only to approved centres.




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AJL case: ED attaches assets worth over ₹16 crore

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JMC issues passes to 684 vegetable vendors




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Coronavirus impact: Now 33.5 mn seek unemployment benefits in US

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Bank of England sees worst slump in 300 years as coronavirus bites

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Suspend guest worker visas, including H-1B for 60 days: Senators to Trump

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Kim Jong-un sends 'verbal message' to Xi Jinping on coronavirus success

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US, China trade representatives agree to strengthen ties: China ministry

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Coronavirus pandemic ravages US payrolls, April job losses top 20 million

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Canada loses record 2 mn jobs in April, unemployment rate surges to 13%

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Indian envoy Sandhu, US Senator Feinstein discuss ways to tackle Covid-19

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Hong Kong eases lockdown as no local Covid-19 transmission seen in 19 days

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Covid-19: India tally close to 60K mark; Russia reports 10,000 new cases

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Covid-19 impact: Mexico, Brazil see 99% plunge in auto production in April

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Tesla ordered to keep US vehicle factory in Fremont closed amid lockdown

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Covid-19: Bill in US Congress to give Green Cards to 40,000 nurses, doctors

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The Game of Life and How to Play It: The Self-help Classic


 

The classic self-help guide, full of timeless wisdom

Florence Scovel Shinn’s The Game of Life and How to Play It first appeared in bookstores in 1925 and is now considered a classic in the self-help genre. The author’s insights into achieving meaning, happiness and success are just as relevant and effective today as they were nearly a century ago, hence its reissue as part of the exciting Capstone Classics line.



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University of Georgia Press announces new literary nonfiction series


The University of Georgia Press is pleased to announce Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction. Edited by John Griswold, the series aims to publish two to four new titles annually.

Named for intersections, and for the heart of the matter, this series will publish literary nonfiction by diverse writers working in a variety of modes, including personal and lyric essay, memoir, cultural meditation, and literary journalism. Books are intended for general readers, including writers, teachers of writing, and students, and will be both intelligent and accessible. Engagement with the world, dedication to craft, precision, and playfulness with form and language are valued. As the series develops, it will include non-American writers and experiences.

Griswold is an assistant professor in the MFA program at McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana. He is the author of A Democracy of Ghosts; Herrin: The Brief History of an Infamous American City; and Pirates You Don’t Know, and Other Adventures in the Examined Life: Collected Essays (Georgia, 2014). He has written extensively (as Oronte Churm) at Inside Higher Ed and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.

“I’m gratified to be part of this new publishing opportunity,” Griswold says. “The series will build on UGA Press’s success and reputation publishing the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Creative Nonfiction contest winners since 1986, as well as nonfiction anthologies and craft books. Georgia combines the intellectual reputation of a major university press with savvy promotion in the digital age, and we intend to reach smart readers who like to be entertained, in the widest sense.”

The inaugural book in the series will be published in October 2015. My Unsentimental Education, a memoir by Debra Monroe (On the Outskirts of Normal), offers a smart and lyrical take on the isolation that occurs when crossing class barriers in pursuit of the life of the mind.

Press director Lisa Bayer adds, “Creative nonfiction as a genre is experiencing an unprecedented period of growth and interest—a bit of a golden age. Georgia’s strong literary legacy, combined with the richness of the field, positions us perfectly to make a visible mark.”

The series advisory board includes Dan Gunn, Pam Houston, Phillip Lopate, Dinty W. Moore, Lia Purpura, Patricia Smith, and Ned Stuckey-French.

For more information:
- contact John Griswold at crux.series@gmail.com
- visit the Crux series page at the University of Georgia Press 
- download a jpeg of the logo
- online submissions manager and submission guidelines available here




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