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Applying a unique, highly creative hands-on approach, Writing for Interior Design
builds on design students visual communication skills to develop their ability to
express themselves verbally. It leads students from basic writing skills to fluency in
a wide range of genres that professionals need for communication with colleagues,
employers, suppliers, clients, and the market. It also provides guidance for entrepreneurial
designers in start-up practices with limited budgets. ... Read more

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The first-person narrative of a savant slave, Patricia Eakins's The Marvelous Adventures of Pierre Baptiste is one of the most imaginative novels in many years.From the opening pages, the reader is swept up by the linguistic fireworks of Eakins's autodidactic protagonist as he recounts "the tribulations of bondage in the sugar isles," his escape and how he was marooned, and his subsequent trials and adventures. Making expert use of historical convention and with an ear for rhetorical authenticity, Eakins has given us a compelling novel that bridges not only human cultures but the chasm between human and animal.

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A savory, exotic and most satisfying feast.
After reading The Hungry Girls, I was hungry for more of Patricia Eakins' works. The Marvelous Adventures of Pierre Baptiste was a savory, exotic and most satisfying feast. It is a great pleasure to meet a mind of suchimaginative brilliance, one which is able to cull from history, literature,science, myth, philosophy, religion and fantasy and create a tale ofexcitement, adventure, adversity, humor and humanity in which every line isa poetic gem. It brought to mind Rabelais, Borges, Heironymus Bosch butstands alone in its own originality. I loved this book and have recommendedit to everyone I know who loves great literature. Brava, Patricia Eakins. ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Patricia Eakins, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 1622 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

• Place and date of birth and death (if deceased)
• Family members
• Education
• Professional associations and honors
• Employment
• Writings, including books and periodicals
• A description of the author's work
• References to further readings about the author

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The theme for this issue of Fiction International is Central American Writing. The writings and art in this issue come from Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba and the United States. We have included the United States because it represents a grim constant - political and military intervention - in the variable histories of these Latino-Indian countries. ... Read more

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Winner of the Charles F. Montgomery Prize of the Decorative Arts Society:A groundbreaking reference on a colonial American craft. ... Read more