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Poems for AmericaAn inspiring anthology that celebrates our nation with more than one hundred of the greatest poems ever written about the landscapes, institutions,...Read More
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San Francisco Chronicle, April 10, 2012
...Welcome to the lighter side of literature! This month, the clowns go incognito! Carmela Ciuraru joins us for her paperback release of Nom De Plume, which is a collection of "narratives of secrecy, obsession, modesty, scandal, defiance, and shame". Yup,...
Newsday, April 6, 2012
...by CARMELA CIURARU. Special to Newsday German author W.G. Sebald, who died in 2001, is best known for books such as "The Emigrants" and "Austerlitz," but a posthumous new release...
USA Today, March 15, 2012
..."You're okay now." For these damaged people, it's the best they can hope to hear. Carmela Ciuraru is the author of Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms...
MORE, October 4, 2011
...is richly detailed and undeniably familiar, as if someone narrated your own life story back to you. — Carmela Ciuraru 'Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad' by May Witwit and Bee Rowlatt May is a brash Iraqi teacher. Bee is a busy London mother of...
East Hampton Star, September 15, 2011
...Carmela Ciuraru Pieter M. van Hattem “Averse to personal publicity, we veiled our own names under those of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell,” wrote Currer Bell, alias Charlotte Bronte, going on...
New York Times, July 15, 2011
...To the Editor: In her essay on pseudonyms, Carmela Ciuraru notes Roman Kacews terrible anguish over the elaborate hoax surrounding his alter egos Romain Gary and mile Ajar (Secret Sharers, June 26). What Ciuraru does not mention is that...
Huffington Post, July 14, 2011
...The Daily Beast: From George Orwell to Patricia Highsmith, 10 great books written by pseudonymous authors. Carmela Ciuraru, author of Nom de Plume: A Secret History of Pseudonyms, picks her favorites. Read the whole story: The Daily Beast...
USA Today, January 25, 2012
...subject of scholarly debate). Simply put, pure evil — at least in literature — is much more fun. Carmela Ciuraru is the author of Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms...
The Boston Bibliophile, September 16, 2011
...the galley for my collection!I got The Book of Disquiet, by Fernando Pessoa, after reading about him in Carmela Ciuraru's wonderful Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms. It's different- more of a series of reflections than a story per se. But I...
3quarksdaily, July 22, 2011
...self-expression, but how much do words truly reveal about their authors? This question is at the heart of Carmela Ciuraru’s Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms, a fascinating investigation of why writers use pen names. The book begins with a...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com, July 14, 2011
...The Daily Beast : From George Orwell to Patricia Highsmith, 10 great books written by pseudonymous authors. Carmela Ciuraru, author of Nom de Plume: A Secret History of Pseudonyms, picks her favorites. Read the whole story: The Daily Beast FOLLOW...
The Second Pass, July 11, 2011
...Just a friendly reminder that you can join me and author Carmela Ciuraru tonight at Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn for a discussion of Carmela’s book Nom de Plume and literary pseudonyms throughout history. Perhaps you will learn which author almost...
InternetActu.net, July 4, 2011
...Salon , et elle est de circonstances. Elle s’intitule “Le déclin du pseudonyme” et on la doit à Carmela Ciuraru ( blog ), qui est critique littéraire et vient de publier une histoire du pseudonyme . L’article, tout en se concentrant sur...
Gee Ray Records, June 22, 2011
...What’s in a pen name? Ask these authors June 22nd, 2011 Default- Life - USATODAY.com Carmela Ciuraru's new book, 'Nom de Plume,' looks into the stories behind some of literature's most famous false identities. Posted in Music Tags: entertainment news ,...
