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"Cockeyed Happy" Author Darla Worden Discusses Ernest Hemingway's Wyoming with Hemingway Society Podcast and as Speaker at International Conference

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Monday, August 22, 2022

DENVER, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Nearly a century ago, in 1928, Ernest Hemingway arrived in Sheridan, Wyoming, in search of a quiet place to finish writing "A Farewell to Arms." That visit serves as the opener to Darla Worden's biography "Cockeyed Happy: Ernest Hemingway's Wyoming Summers with Pauline" (Chicago Review Press) and as a topic for the Hemingway Society's recent "One True Podcast" interview of Darla by noted Hemingway scholar Mark Cirino.

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  • Worden recently was interviewed by noted Hemingway scholar Mark Cirino on the society's "One True Podcast" and was a popular speaker at two events at the 2022 Biannual International Hemingway Society Conference, held in Sheridan, Wyoming, this year.
  • That visit serves as the opener to Darla Worden's biography " Cockeyed Happy: Ernest Hemingway's Wyoming Summers with Pauline " (Chicago Review Press) and as a topic for the Hemingway Society's recent " One True Podcast " interview of Darla by noted Hemingway scholar Mark Cirino.
  • The podcast was part of a ramp-up by the Hemingway Society for its 19th Biennial Conference , which opened in July at Sheridan College in author Worden's hometown of Sheridan, Wyoming.
  • Worden gave a reading from "Cockeyed Happy" and a Q&A session for members of the Hemingway Society, which also runs the Ernest Hemingway Foundation, a leader in advancing Hemingway studies.

Filmmaker, LAW Watford Acquires Film & TV Rights to MLK Biography "The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age"

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Filmmaker Lawrence "LAW" Watford 's Divine Write Pictures has optioned the film, television and digital rights to the book The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age by Patrick Parr .

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  • NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Filmmaker Lawrence "LAW" Watford 's Divine Write Pictures has optioned the film, television and digital rights to the book The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age by Patrick Parr .
  • The biography, which was published by Chicago Review Press in 2018, explores the life of young Martin Luther King Jr. during his formative years as a student at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania.
  • But the emerging writer/director wants to make it clear that his intentions for the project go far beyond the sensationalism of this one romance.
  • LAW , who hails from Brooklyn, New York, has gained attention for telling stories that center on complex social narratives.

Literacy Platform Simbi Adopts the Annual Copyright License for Curriculum & Instruction From CCC

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

CCC , a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announces Simbi , the Canada-based reading platform for kids, has adopted the Annual Copyright License for Curriculum & Instruction to streamline their permissions process in using copyrighted content.

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  • CCC , a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announces Simbi , the Canada-based reading platform for kids, has adopted the Annual Copyright License for Curriculum & Instruction to streamline their permissions process in using copyrighted content.
  • Participants will learn how the Annual Copyright License for Curriculum & Instruction helps remove copyright barriers for U.S. schools, education technology companies, custom publishers, and curriculum developers who need to incorporate excerpts of contemporary copyrighted content from leading book, magazine, and news publishers into curriculum materials.
  • CCCs Annual Copyright License for Curriculum & Instruction lets us reuse content from dozens of publishers through a single solution, saving considerable time and resources.
  • We look forward to Emma sharing her insights on September 14th about how Simbi is using the license.