Rock, Ghost, Willow, DeerBy Allison Adelle Hedge Coke Wednesday, January 10, 2007AHC Presenting Carlow MFA Program Guest FacultyMFA Program in Creative Writing3333 Fifth AvenuePittsburg, PA 15213Keynote, Reading, and Workshop Nocturnal America By John Keeble Friday, January 12, 20078:00 PMNew Short Fiction SeriesThe Beverly Hills Public Library444 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA Continue reading Author Events
fter a short hiatus, the keepers of the University of Nebraska Press Blog have returned. This year, we promise you more exciting posts on all things books from freelance writers and book authors. We’ll also have more interviews with independent bookstores, podcasts of book events, and much more. In the meantime, there are so many good books in our spring and summer catalog, and you can peruse the UNP website for these delectable titles. Or, check out what’s new this month. 2007 will be grand! Continue reading Happy New Year!
Read More Contemporary Poetry Yeah, Milton is great, but what do you think about Josh Bell? What about Ted Kooser? Any women poets like Kathleen Flenniken or Cortney Davis? The Blizzard VoicesBy Ted KooserWith a new introduction by the author FamousBy Kathleen FlennikenWinner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry Adonis GarageBy Rynn Williams No Planets StrikeBy Josh Bell Leopold’s ManeuversBy Cortney DavisWinner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry Thirty Years War: Love PoemsBy Patricia FerrellIntroduction by Richard Howard2003 Winner of the Paris Review Prize in Poetry Techne’s ClearinghouseBy John Foy Mother QuietBy Martha Rhodes Continue reading New Years Resolution #3 or Yes Virginia, there are living poets!
Eat Better, or Culturally, or Learn a New Recipe, or Just Think about Food Differently Eat Culturally: The Food and Cooking of Eastern EuropeBy Lesley ChamberlainWith a new introduction by the author Learning a little about the food while learning recipes Masters of American Cookery: M. F. K. Fisher, James Beard, Craig Claiborne, Julia ChildBy Betty FussellWith a preface by the author Learn a New Recipe: Good ThingsBy Jane GrigsonFrom the At Table seriesA celebration of fresh daily fare lovingly prepared Think Differently and Literary about food while learning new French recipes: Dining with Marcel Proust: A Practical Guide to … Continue reading New Years Resolution #2
Appreciate More Music True to the Roots: Americana Music RevealedBy Monte Dutton Interviews and portraits of the folks who make Our Kind of Music (OKOM), or Alternative Country, including artists such as Jack Ingram, Brad Paisley, or bands such as Reckless Kelly. When You Sing It Now, Just Like New: First Nations Poetics, Voices, and RepresentationsBy Robin Ridington and Jillian Ridington Essays about stories. Essays about hearing these stories. Robing Ridington and Jillian Ridington share their experiences with the Athapaskan-speaking Dane-zaa people, who live in Canada’s Peace River area. Check out the audio page for When You Sing it Now, … Continue reading New Years Resolution #1
onsider the orchids of the fields. They neither weave nor
sew. Nor do I suspect they sit in the field wondering if the next flower over
is prettier. But humans do.
Yes, I know in the Bible it is lilies, but in Scott
Westerfeld’s book, Uglies, it is
orchids, beautiful and once rare, white orchids that have been genetically
modified to become hardy that take over and crowd out other plants, leaching
the soil and finally leaving the earth barren. This is just a symbol, but it is
a powerful one.
by Joshua Beran onsidering all that happens to the lead character, there is very little "action" in Elsie’s Business. In place of action, Washburn gives us relationships, internal dialogue, andatmosphere. Though the book streches over several years, most of it is set in the ruthless South Dakota winter. Prairie winters are deadly, unchanging, andunwelcoming. Long winters can close minds, leaving those that live through them locked up with the same people they have always known. There is stasis; nothing moves, nobody moves. Even the dead stay above ground, waiting for the land to thaw. The book can also be seen … Continue reading Exploring Ambiguity in Elsie’s Business
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fter a rant on reading books, I’m now going to discuss a
movie. Oh well. I’ll get to more books next week because I recently got my
hands on the old Vincent Price classic The
House on Haunted Hill. When something is considered a classic it is usually
for one of a couple of reasons. It did it first. Pamela may not be the best novel out there, but where it stands in
history looms so large, it is worth the read. It did it, not only first, but
best. Frankenstein. No one ever did
that as well as she did. Or it took the ideas others had and did it best. This
is where The House on Haunted Hill
stands.
It is not the first story or movie about a bunch of people
trapped in a supposedly haunted mansion with someone who may be psycho. But it
is one of the best.
