David Shields
David Shields
David Shieldsis an American author of fiction and nonfiction...
thinking rooms plot
The absence of plot leaves the reader room to think about other things.
thinking literature serious
I take literature as a really serious human activity. It's not just a playful thing. It can be hilarious and wonderful and performative, but I think it's really serious.
book reading order
If I'm reading a book and it seems truly interesting, I tend to start reading back to front in order not to be too deeply under the sway of progress.
novel mediums prose
My medium is prose, not the novel.
memories fiction
Anything processed by memory is fiction.
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We're not expecting a large volume of Chinese visitors to (suddenly) run to Jamaica. So we're looking at the marketing in a structured, managed way. We know we need to look at the return on the investment. There are lots of challenges but there has been tremendous support from other agencies of government, from the foreign affairs and national security ministries. We have to be patient.
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We are really tired of people asking us about our rankings and we have to say we're not ranked because we do not have a full-time day program. We're not doing this just for the rankings, but unfortunately, this is the way the game is played.
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If our sample is representative of the larger youth sport population, this finding would suggest that there are nearly 2 million kids being physically abused by their coaches each year.
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The conservancy supports land trusts being held to the highest standards. Land conservation is a maturing field and there are many land trusts being created every year, and it behooves us to operate in a professional manner.
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Along with the Jamaican embassy in Beijing and the Ministry of National Security, we are ensuring the appropriate visa issuing protocols are in place. We are also talking with our airline partners to ensure a smooth trip. These two factors are critical on the Chinese end.