She published eight more mystery novels in the 1940s. In 1940, she published her first mystery novel, The So Blue Marble. Hughes's first published book, Dark Certainty (1931), a volume of poetry, won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition. She did graduate work in journalism at the University of New Mexico and at Columbia University without receiving degrees from either institution. degree in 1924 worked in that field in Missouri, New Mexico, and New York. Hughes wrote fourteen crime and detective novels, primarily in the hardboiled and noir styles, and is best known for the novels In a Lonely Place (1947) and Ride the Pink Horse (1946).īorn Dorothy Belle Flanagan in Kansas City, Missouri, she studied journalism and after graduating from the University of Missouri with a B.J. Hughes (Aug– May 6, 1993) was an American crime writer, literary critic, and historian.
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That is why I have chosen to see my accident not as an unfortunate mishap or evidence of spectacular klutzery, but rather the Universe hearing my wishes and creating for me the time and space to write.įour years before that, Mike Achim used it in his article published on Fevered Mutterings in November 2010. In an article published on Wanderlust Lust in November 2014, Kristin Brumm also used it in an affectionate way in this sentence. On the contrary, Rickert sees klutzery as “something to be cultivated for itself,” arguing that it is “the very ground of style, of composition, and development.” (English) published in April 2016 on the Augmented Writing website, the writer included the word in this passage. The word is being found more and more often in daily conversations and in books and magazines, and some even go as far as to use the word in a mildly affectionate way. A person who is described as a klutz is either very clumsy or stupid and socially inept. The word klutz is from the German word klotz which means boor or a clod, and that word comes from Middle High German and literally means a block or ball. Just as one who is an archer practices archery, someone who is clumsy is involved in klutzery. While we certainly have our own answer for who deserves to be called the best of the Batman voice actors so far, keep in mind that he truly speaks with many different voices, is seen with many different faces, and acts with many different characteristics. Having lost Conroy to cancer at the age of 66, we may never see another depiction of Batman as definitively brooding and passionate as his, but he will thankfully live on in countless titles like the Arkham video games, the Justice League animated series, and more. 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