Category Archives: OSCAR WILDE

READ A BOOK SAVE A LIFE

To date in 2015, 136 dogs like these below have been rescued from kill shelters. I’m grateful for anyone who has helped in any way to make this possible, from donating to going to get the dogs, to reading and … Continue reading

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DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR 123 DOGS

  Thank you to all who have purchased one of my books and taken the time to write a review. All profits from my books go to help dogs like these. Current count for 2015 is 123 dogs rescued from … Continue reading

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There’s no place like home – wag wag

 More dogs rescued with the profits from sales of my books. Thank you to all who have purchased a book, written a review, or spread the word. RECENT REVIEWS TO LIVE OUT LOUD 5.0 out of 5 starsInspirational – recommended … Continue reading

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Home Sweet Home – wag wag wag

All profits from my books go to help dogs like these get out of kill shelters. HIS NAME WAS BEN: REVIEWS AND PURCHASE LINK FROM AMAZON U.K. 5.0 out of 5 starsThis book is in a league of its own… … Continue reading

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Princess & Blue Adopted together

Thank you to everyone who purchased one of my books and took the time to write a review. All profits from all my books are going to help get dogs like Blue and Princess out of kill shelters. RECENT REVIEWS: … Continue reading

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An Essay On Understanding Oscar Wilde, A Metaphor: A Different Perspective On Homosexuality In History by Paulette Mahurin

http://ishistorytheagreeduponlie.blogspot.com/2013/06/an-essay-on-understanding-oscar-wilde.html#comment-form While spotlights shine on same sex marriages and homophobia internationally and change is occurring at a reasonable pace, it took over a hundred years for the archaic Victorian law used to prosecute author Oscar Wilde to come under reform. … Continue reading

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Who Tolerates This Kind Of Hatred Or Worse, Believes & Condones It?

To read full Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing#Conviction_for_indecency Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS (pron.: /ˈtjʊərɪŋ/ TEWR-ing; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954), was a British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist. He was highly influential in the development of computer science, giving a … Continue reading

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Windy City Press Review of The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap

I’m thrilled with this from Chicago’s larges Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and transgender press. This is quite an honor to have this attention from them. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/BOOKS-Smorgasbord-of-Words/41916.html Fiction Paulette Mahurin uses the trials of Oscar Wilde in 1895 as a backdrop for … Continue reading

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Oscar Wilde’s imprisonment inspired the writing of The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap

Book Lovers Blog Hop January 15, 2012 http://bookloverbloghopdailyspotlight.blogspot.com/2013/01/DailySpotlight.PauletteMahurin.html?showComment=1358268034029#c4660109220683419784 The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap By Paulette Mahurin In 1895, shortly after Britain changed its laws to make homosexual activity a criminal offense, Oscar Wilde was tried and convicted for “indecency.” He was … Continue reading

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Oscar Wilde Quote: On LOVE & HATE

Oscar Wilde’s Words were inspiration for The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap. Quote by Oscar Wilde “Love is fed by the imagination, by which we become wiser than we know, better than we feel, nobler than we are: by which we … Continue reading

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Oscar Wilde’s unjust imprisonment sets the stage for The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap. Wilde’s imprisonment, plays throughout the six month period in which the story takes place. While in prison, he wrote to his lover, De Profundis, which inspired me throughout the writing.

An excerpt from De Profundis: “When first I was put into prison some people advised me to try and forget who I was. It was ruinous advice. It is only by realizing what I am that I have found comfort … Continue reading

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