ere’s the second and the last of the (downtown) Omaha Lit Fest interviews. This one is with Bob Vivian for about his book The Mover of Bones. Listen to Bob Vivian talk about violence, writing, and Nebraska. Note: This interview was conducted outside within the wind. Continue reading Talking with Bob Vivian about The Mover of Bones
am smack in the middle of reading The Orange Tree by, Mildred Walker, and I am
blown away by how easy it is to relate to the simple nuances of life that she writes about, and how comforting it is to know that someone else recognizes these tendencies and traits in folks. It is all of these "simple" things that are what inevitably build up to be either the assurance or down-fall of any relationship. How clearly she writes about Tirese and Paulo and their separate-but-equal soul mates sort of relationship. How they totally depend on each other everyday, but how they make it clear that they have different minds and thoughts.
Elsie’s Business by Frances Washburn “Washburn weaves together a murder tale, a story of small-town prejudice, and a bit of Native American mysticism in a haunting debut.”—Booklist Continue reading Praise for Elsie’s Business
At Speed: Traveling the Long Road between Two Points by W. Scott Olsen “It’s not where he goes, but what he sees and how he glowingly describes the scenes that make this book a pleasure to read.”—Booklist Continue reading Praise for At Speed
Tales from the Journey of the Dead: Ten Thousand Years on an American Desert by Alan Boye “Firsthand accounts are aptly balanced by personal histories and thorough research. . . . With wonderfully accessible and consistently engaging writing, Boye adds a long-overlooked and essential piece to the puzzle of American history.”—Booklist Continue reading Praise for Tales from the Journey of the Dead
Nocturnal America by John Keeble “Like the setting, this book is rich and rewarding.”—Publishers Weekly “Keeble’s Pacific Northwest [is] a rich and desolate landscape that yields a limitless trove of both peril and passion. . . . Keeble is adept at speaking from either the male or female point of view. . . . Daily existence is a wild and precarious dance in Keeble’s world, where lives gingerly balance between hope and grief.”—Booklist “Nocturnal America, winner of the 2006 Prairie Schooner Prize for fiction, is a supremely satisfying set of nine loosely connected stories that interweave raw emotion, spiritual searching … Continue reading Praise for Nocturnal America
L’shanah tovahJewish Year 5767 : Sunset September 22, 2006 to Nightfall September 24, 2006 Or "For a good year!" Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and one of the most important days of the Jewish calendar. To honor the holiday, people of the Jewish faith rest and cast off their sins. Enjoy these contemporary titles by UNP authors: Jewish Writing in the Contemporary World Series: Contemporary Jewish Writing in Canada: An AnthologyEdited by Michael Greenstein"Greenstein has delivered a fine gift of some of the country’s best writers." —University of Toronto Quarterly The Fortune Teller’s Kiss By Brenda Serotte"Serotte … Continue reading Jewish Titles from UNP
his month’s podcast features an exclusive interview with Pamela Joern, author of The Floor of the Sky . Check back next week for an interview with Robert Vivian, whose The Mover of Bones illustrates a "Nebraska that would send Poe running for his life."–Kirkus Reviews. Continue reading September’s Podcast: Interview with Pamela Joern
ell, if you’re deserving of the title of science fiction fan, you’ve heard of the Hugo Awards. Since I don’t hope to earn one any time soon, I figured I would enjoy the
writings of Hugo Gernsback for whom the award is named before attempting, yet again, to create my own masterpiece.
The introducer to this Bison edition kicks it off with a short, sweet bio and synopsis for which I am deeply grateful. The one-time-idol of Isaac Asimov (mind you not the other way around) and contributor to Gernsback’s Amazing Stories, author Jack Williamson spared me hours of research by listing some of Mr. Gernsback’s more successful predictions.
ince my last post I’ve relocated about 400 miles east. I’m back in the Chicago area, complete with husband and a new kitten we have named Maynard Ferguson (he died just before we got her).
Moving has done a few things for me. It is always good for making you get rid of things. I have a new sense of adventure as we face not being students anymore. And all of my books and games from Lincoln are packed up and inaccessible right now. What I have is all from my room in my parents’ house and a few games that wound up at the top and are easily accessible. This means I am living in the past. All my tastes in one period, frozen in time.
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