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You Never Get Used To It

Posted on February 4, 2013 by chichikir

I was watching Oprah on George Stroumboulopoulos the other night when she said something about death that made me think. She said she believes that when someone dies he/she dies for a reason. There is a reason, a purpose in … Continue reading →

Posted in Ramblings | Tagged children, death, feelings, life, live, loss, love, Oprah, pain, people, purpose, thoughts, tv, world | 5 Comments

Rendezvous with Oprah

Posted on May 29, 2011 by chichikir

1986 is a year of great significance to me. It was the year when I started a new life in a new city Dubai, away from my war torn country Lebanon. It was the year when it became possible for … Continue reading →

Posted in Ramblings | Tagged 1986, act, Arabian Gulf, art, article, arts, Australia, book, books, Canada, career, children, dowry, drama, dream, dreams, Dubai, family, father, girls, high school, house, India, lecture, Mathematics, Middle East, mother, novel, Oprah, OWN, Sharjah, sing, story, teacher, teaching, teenagers, USA, writing workshop | 1 Comment

Don’t Cheat With It

Posted on May 17, 2011 by chichikir

Did you watch Oprah’s interview with James Frey yesterday? Honestly, I don’t see the point of this interview and with two parts, the second part to be continued today. Maybe it’s just me. Two whole hours of James Frey when … Continue reading →

Posted in Ramblings | Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, authenticity, author, beat generation, book, book club, books, cheating, children, e-book, education, Ernest Hemingway, family, form, generation, grammar, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, James Frey, library, lie, life, literature, lost, love, magazine, memoir, newspaper, Oprah, parents, professional, publishers, radio, reading, story, student, televion, writing | 3 Comments

Recycling Titles

Posted on January 3, 2011 by chichikir

What is a Book Title? The Reader’s Digest Universal Dictionary defines ‘Title’ as ‘an identifying name given to a book.’ Webster’s Ninth New College Dictionary defines it as ‘the distinguishing name of a written, printed or filmed production.’ While the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ramblings | Tagged Amazon, Barnes and Noble, book, chichikir, ChK, classics, creative, definition, dictionary, disappointment, discontent, distinguishing, East of Eden, editor, Ellen DeGeneres, encyclopedia, English, Ernest Hemingway, Grapes of Wrath, Hemingway, Identity, ignorance, John Steinbeck, lack of creativity, language, Milan Kundera, O Magazine, Of Mice and Men, Oprah, original, OWN, Oxford, Penguin, Portia De Rossi, publisher, reader, Reader's Digest, recycling, story, Susan Maushart, The Joke, title, trend, Unbearable Lightness, Unbearable Lightness Of Being, unforgettable, unique, Webster's, Winter of our Discontent, writer | Leave a comment

Books

Posted on January 1, 2011 by chichikir

Years ago, in a bookstore with my children looking for books, I came across ‘Identity’ by Milan Kundera and wanted to buy it. My daughter, surprised and somewhat puzzled, exclaimed, “Mom, why do you want to buy this book again? … Continue reading →

Posted in Ramblings | Tagged Amazon, Anna Karenina, Anne Bronte, Barnes and Noble, book, bookstore, Captain Ahab, characters, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, chichikir, ChK, classics, creative, David Copperfield, Dickens, disappointment, distinguishing, Emily Bronte, English literature, Ernest Hemingway, fiction, Flaubert, French literature, friend, Gayle King, Gustave Flaubert, Heathcliff, Hemingway, Herman Melville, humble beginnings, Identity, Jane Eyre, lack of creativity, Leo Tolstoy, library, Madam Bovary, masterpiece, Milan Kundera, Moby Dick, new year, O Magazine, Old Man and the Sea, Oliver Twist, Oprah, Oprah's Book Club, original, OWN, Paul Sweeney, plot, reader, resolution, Russian literature, Santiago, Scrooge, story, The Joke, title, Tolstoy, Unbearable Lightness Of Being, unforgettable, unique, Uriah Heep, W. H. Smith, writer, Wuthering Heights | 4 Comments

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