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Shirley Ann Grau“In 1965, Grau was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Keepers of the House. Afterward, Grau taught creative writing at the University of New Orleans for one year and then returned to writing full time, remaining in New Orleans.”
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/art...
Next to last paragraph
https://spp.umd.edu/news/conversation...In this interview, under the section “What projects are you currently working on?” in the second paragraph she states:
“I am also teaching an intelligence policy course for undergraduates in the Fall of 2024. I am excited about the exposure to UMD undergraduates and to be back in the classroom. I have learned that some of the best research questions come from engaging with students, and I am excited to build a collaborative learning environment in the classroom.”
20.3 ChemistryTell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
eLIzaBETH Strout
LI=Lithium BE=Beryllium TH=Thorium S=Sulfur
+20 Task
+15 Combo
10.6-SILVER-“And she had the strangest things on her feet, boots with long big silver zippers right up the front of them." pg. 10
20.1-msg 22 in task thread
20.10-Zalphabetical
+5 Multiple
+5 Series
Task total=45
Season total=350
Elizabeth StroutThree teaching positions listed on Wikipedia:
“While teaching part-time at Borough of Manhattan Community College…“
“Strout was a National Endowment for the Humanities lecturer at Colgate University during the fall semester of 2007, where she taught creative writing at both the introductory and advanced levels.”
“…on the faculty of the master of fine arts (MFA) program at Queens University of Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabe...
20.3 ChemistryWalk Me to the Distance by Percival Everett
P ER civ AL eve RE tt
P-Phosphrus ER-Erbium AL-Aluminum RE-Rhenium
+20 Task
+15 Combo
10.5-7 letters in EVERETT
10.6-TIN- “It was like rain banging against the tin roof of the barn, the way matters were rushing down on David’s head." at 77%
20.1-Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California as noted on GR author page
+ 5 Multiple
Task total=40
Season total=305
20.3 ChemistryWhy We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
mAT TH eW wAL ker
AT=Astatine TH=Thorium W=Tungsten AL=Aluminium
+20 Task
+30 Combo:
10.5-7 first pub. 2017
10.6-OXYGEN-"...some cancer cells will lure inflammatory factors into the tumor mass to help initiate the growth of blood vessels that feed it with more nutrients and oxygen." at 52%
10.7-Helicopters- SLEEP
20.1-British scientist and professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, per GR author page
20.5-MPG Science
20.9-ee in Sleep, tt in Matthew
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Young-born 1974 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Task total=65
Season total=265
20.3 ChemistryBy horror haunted;: Stories by Celia Fremlin
CE LI a FR emli N
CE=Cerium LI=Lithium FR=Francium N=Nitrogen
+20 Task
+20 Combo:
10.5-7 letters in Fremlin
10.6-GOLD-"...I watched, enchanted, while first one tiny speck of gold and then another glimmered on the charred wood." pg. 35
10.9-short stories
20.5-ghosts and supernatural are key in over half the stories
+ 5 Multiple
Task total=45
Season total=200
Joanna wrote: "Denise wrote: "Old Babes in the Wood: Stories by Margaret Atwood"She covered the bowl of mushed-up garlic and parsley mixture with a little red plastic hat and set i..."
Thank you!
20.3 ChemistryOld Babes in the Wood: Stories by Margaret Atwood
mARGAREt ATwood
AR=Argon GA=Gallium RE=Rhenium AT=Astatine
+20 Task
+25 Combo:
10.6-IRON-"Her iron frying pans were rusting." pg. 71;
10.9-short stories;
20.1-many universities, see msg 18 in task help thread;
20.4-recipe: "She covered the bowl of mushed-up garlic and parsley mixture with a little red plastic hat and set it aside...then took some hamburger out of the fridge along with a plate of mushrooms she'd already chopped...She spooned the garlic mixture into the meat, broke an egg into it, added dried breadcrumbs and the mushrooms: meatloaf, it would become. Then she began mixing in everything with her hands--the only proper way to do it, according to her. She made biscuit dough like that too."
20.8-1939)
+ 5 Multiple
Task total=50
Season total=155
Old Babes in the Wood: Stories by Margaret Atwood"She covered the bowl of mushed-up garlic and parsley mixture with a little red plastic hat and set it aside...then took some hamburger out of the fridge along with a plate of mushrooms she'd already chopped...She spooned the garlic mixture into the meat, broke an egg into it, added dried breadcrumbs and the mushrooms: meatloaf, it would become. Then she began mixing in everything with her hands--the only proper way to do it, according to her. She made biscuit dough like that too."
Is this adequate for a recipe?
Margaret Atwoodhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...
"While continuing to write, Atwood was a lecturer in English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, from 1964 to 1965, Instructor in English at the Sir George Williams University in Montreal from 1967 to 1968, and taught at the University of Alberta from 1969 to 1970.[28]"
Many more teaching positions are listed for subsequent decades.
20.3 ChemistryTelephone by Percival Everett
P ER civ AL eve RE tt
P-Phosphrus ER-Erbium AL-Aluminum RE-Rhenium
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.5-7 letters in EVERETT; 10.6-COBALT “It was nothing but red from rose to ruby, crimson, brick, blues from phthalo to cerulean, cobalt.” pg. 129; 20.1-Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California as noted on GR author page)
+ 5 Multiple
Task total=40
Season total=105
Percival Everetthttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perci...
Percival Leonard Everett II (born December 22, 1956)[1] is an American writer[2] and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.
10.6 Elementary My Dear ReaderPops: Fatherhood in Pieces by Michael Chabon
CHROMIUM: “…magic and science, heroes and villains, brick-and-steel Brooklyn and the chromium world of tomorrow.” pg. 120
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.1-130 pgs; 10.7-PIECES)
Task total=20
Season total=65
Joanna wrote: "Denise wrote: "Will hyphenated words work? "I looked out the lead-paned window""No plurals or other forms, including no hypens for this one."
Got it!
10.1 Exception to the RuleThe Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
+10 Task (96 pgs)
+ 5 Combo (10.5-7 letters in Swanson)
Task total=15
Season total=45
Will hyphenated words work? "I looked out the lead-paned window"
There are seventeen authors who fit 20.3 Chem with books I really want to read. That’s a lot of Multiple points. So that would be my favorite. I am also enjoying all the tasks that offer unexpected combos.
