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vilanelle

From Saint Paul, Minnesota USA
Age 54
Joined Tuesday, August 13, 2002
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I have to admit that it's hard for me to part with books. I sat with my first release for half an hour before I could leave it at an outdoor table of a coffee shop, and then I watched the sky all day for fear it would rain on my book. Still, I love the idea of the whole world as a library, especially since I'm currently trying to curb my book-buying habit and use the libraries more. Both Minneapolis and St. Paul have great library systems, so this shouldn't be as hard as it seems to be.

I work as an editor for a small, independent publisher called EMC/Paradigm Publishing (www.emcp.com). We are the last of the independent textbook publishers--everyone else is owned by an international conglomerate. I love allying myself with David rather than Goliath in this particular battle, plus I think the our literature and language arts textbooks are the best available. Sometime when you have a spare moment, think about how much attention goes into picking all those selections, writing the "About the Author" for each, creating the study apparatus and tests, picking out the art, etc. It's truly a labor of love.

Otherwise, I'm a (sometimes) writer, a dabbler in various other art forms, a reluctant exerciser, and an aspiring kayaker.

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