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Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

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Miniature Books Redefining a Little Library is a recent article in the NYT about a miniature book collector. I love miniatures and, obviously, I love books so I find this irresistible. Wouldn’t you love to browse through his dollhouse library? Speaking of miniatures, did you know that UNL is home to The Kruger Collection of Miniature Furnishings and Decorative Arts? I wonder where they get the little stands that hold the dimes.  #fridayreads My #fridayreads this week is Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. I’ve loved her books ever since my boss at the bookstore put Behind the Scenes at the … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

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The Marketeers Club: National Scrabble Day

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Did you know that Saturday, April 13, was National Scrabble Day? GalleyCat alerted me to this great day by asking, “Will You Celebrate National Scrabble Day?” Immediately I wished I had my parents’ Scrabble board from circa 1984, pictured below. Author David Bukszpan gave GalleyCat a list of book-related words you can play in Scrabble. It includes suggestions like JAY GATS BY and LADY MIDDLE TON.  The last time I played Scrabble I was sitting in a tent in Canada during a thunderstorm. My sister and I had barely claimed our camping spot when the skies let loose on a … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: National Scrabble Day

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Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

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Thank a Writer This is a great project. Maggie Mason of Mighty Girl started a site called Go Mighty so that people could post and share their lists of life goals. Goals cover just about anything you can think of—from redecorating a room to learning the trapeze to writing a thank you note to your favorite author(s). . . . Closing the book, I felt overcome. I set it on my chest and felt the weight of it while I breathed. I chase that feeling when I read. The one that makes me want to find the author, pour them … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

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The Marketeers Club: Have Books, Will Travel

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Over the years, I've exhibited our books at many an academic conference and book fair. I experienced firsthand the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial heyday, during which we sold multiple copies of our 13-volume hardcover set of the Lewis and Clark journals or the paperback 7-volume set of the core volumes in a single day at any given archaeology or anthropology meeting. I've experienced the less productive times, too, like waiting in Canada for our books to clear customs so that I could set up our book exhibit in a church next to the conference hotel. This past week, I had … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Have Books, Will Travel

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Review roundup

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The Register-Guard featured Ralph Salisbury in an article titled “So far, he’s a writer.” Sandy Amazeen with Monsters and Critics reviewed Traveling the Power Line by Julianne Couch.   Shrink by Lawrence R. Samuel was in the New York Journal of Books. Publishers Weekly reviewed Ladette Randolph’s Haven’s Wake. Richard Gilbert reviewed The Days Are Gods by Liz Stephens on his blog, Narrative. Gilbert called it "a book with a lot of heart" and "a model for those seeking to turn their own experiences into memoir." Roger Welsch was interviewed by Rob DeWalt for Pasatiempo. The Millions chose Terese Svboda’s Tin … Continue reading Review roundup

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New study suggests cliff swallows evolved to dodge traffic

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In an article published this month in Current Biology, Mary Bomberger Brown and Charles R. Brown found that their 30-year study of cliff swallows in southwestern Nebraska revealed a significant relationship between human activity and the evolution of the birds’ bodies. Cliff swallows living and building nests near highway overpasses and bridges have a better chance of avoiding cars and trucks than in the past because of a shorter wingspan that now helps them dodge those approaching vehicles. Read more at Today@UNL. Charles R. Brown is the author of Swallow Summer in which he writes about his treks to the Cedar … Continue reading New study suggests cliff swallows evolved to dodge traffic

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Doc Martyn’s Soul: April 1

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Beeny_April 1_tucson iditarodToday is, as we all know, April 1, and so we must sift
through our inboxes, news feeds, and information sources and decide what is
real and what is not. Each year there are some April Fools’ jokes that are
extremely clever. These jokes draw you in and even though you are well aware
what day it is, you nonetheless find yourself wondering if it just might be
true and how fantastic that might be.

This year, April Fools’ Day came early for some. If you are
a follower of world soccer, you may have heard about the French journalist who
fabricated a story about a dream soccer league that was to be set up by Qatar
in which the very best club teams from all over the world would compete for
untold riches. The story was meant to be a commentary on the ridiculous amount
of money floating around the global game and the lengths to which people (and
countries, in this case) will go to get a piece of that cash. The journalist’s
story was picked up by a renowned
English journalist working for one of the biggest newspapers in England. After
the fake nature of the original story came to light, he indicated that he had
corroborated the story with his sources before publishing it in the newspaper.
The two journalists have since been in a standoff as to whether the story is
true or not. Either way, it has all the hallmarks of a classic and well-thought
out April Fools’ joke . . . just a little early.

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