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Saturday, November 24, 2012

My Book INK SPOTS is now out.

Posted on 8:38 PM by christofer D





This is not so much a blog post as
it is an announcement that my new book Ink Spots is now available at Amazon on
Kindle and paperback.  Ink Spots is
a collection of my blog posts from over the years.  Many of you may have read them, but I’m hoping that some of
you may want them conveniently on your Kindle or Nook.  Or you might want an actual physical
book to pop on the shelf to refer to
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Friday, October 26, 2012

What 33 years of teaching taught Charles Johnson about writing students

Posted on 6:12 PM by christofer D



Charles Johnson National Book Award winner and author of Middle Passage




 For the first time in the history of The Invisible Ink Blog I have asked someone to "guest post" -- if that's what it's called?  My guest is friend and distinguished author Dr. Charles Johnson.  He was awarded the 1990 National Book Award for his novel Middle Passage, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

A history lesson and an answer to a question about Star Wars

Posted on 5:41 PM by christofer D


I have met, in my travels, younger people who are interested
in film, but they have seen almost none of the classics. Sometimes they have
never heard of them. Not only is this sad, but it could stop them from becoming
the best filmmakers they could be.





A sadder thing is that it is not just students but working
professionals who know little of film’s past. I once spoke with a former film
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

King Kong – They All Laughed

Posted on 5:38 AM by christofer D


 
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