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UNP author unplugged

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Earlier this week on the Dzanc Books blog, The Collagist, author Matthew Gavin Frank answered interview questions in the form of excerpts.  Frank is the author of upcoming book, Pot Farm, which details the strange, sublime, and sometimes dangerous goings-on at Weckman Farm, a place with hidden politics and social hierarchies, populated by recovering drug addicts, alternative healers, pseudo-hippie kids, and medical marijuana users looking to give back.  Click here for insight into what Frank thinks about writing and why he does it in the interview titled “There is a Glossary of Terms for the Lives We are Leading Together.” Continue reading UNP author unplugged

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Off the Shelf: Mountains of Light: Seasons of Reflection in Yosemite by R. Mark Liebenow

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Read the beginning of Mountains of Light: Seasons of Reflection in Yosemite by R. Mark Liebenow: "In the middle of the night something pushes on my toes. Half asleep, I think a nocturnal squirrel is rooting around at the bottom of my tent. There is scuffling and the animal bumps hard against the hollows of my feet. That’s no squirrel. It’s larger, perhaps a raccoon. Then I hear a low guttural snort and National Geographic images rush into my head-grizzlies mauling their helpless prey, wolves tearing elk apart with their long savage teeth. With my heart pounding, I lie as … Continue reading Off the Shelf: Mountains of Light: Seasons of Reflection in Yosemite by R. Mark Liebenow

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An environmentalist and the future of the electric car

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Earlier this week Ozzie Zehner, author of Green Illusions, voiced his opinion about the new electric Tesla SUV in the Christian Science Monitor. His belief:  Electric cars don’t make future environmental problems simply disappear. Lloyd Alter from Treehugger agrees with Zehner in his new article and survey “Should Environmentalists Cheer for Electric Cars?”   Alter talks about Zehner’s new book in his op-ed piece that was published on Feb. 13. Click here to read the story, take the survey and see the results! Continue reading An environmentalist and the future of the electric car

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Great Plains in spotlight

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Today in the Omaha World-Herald, two new UNP books were reviewed. Bound to Have Blood: Frontier Newspapers and the Plains Indian Wars by Hugh J. Reilly, and Eyewitness at Wounded Knee by Richard E. Jensen, R. Eli Paul and John E. Carter were called two historical studies that “…do an outstanding job of deepening the knowledge of Plains history.” Bound to Have Blood takes readers back to the late nineteenth century to show how newspaper reporting influenced attitudes about the conflict between the United States and Native Americans. Eyewitness at Wounded Knee brings together and assesses for the first time … Continue reading Great Plains in spotlight

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Electric car solution or problem

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Are hybrid and electric cars really better for the environment? Ozzie Zehner used to think so; he used to be enthusiastic about electric cars. But he says he was wrong. In his new book, Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism, he argues that we don’t have an energy crisis, we have a consumption crisis. He persuasively argues for a change of perspective. Zehner recently published an op-ed piece in The Christian Science Monitor about his conclusions using the recent release of the Tesla SUV as a springboard to talk about how electric cars … Continue reading Electric car solution or problem

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UNP author named state’s poet laureate

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Kathleen Flenniken, author of Famous (2006) is now the Washington state poet laureate for 2012-2014. In a news release from Humanities Washington and the Washington State Arts Commission Flenniken said, “This is a dream job — speaking in support of the arts and humanities, and of poetry in particular, getting a chance to organize poetry events around the state, visit schools, reach kids and teachers and remote communities.” Click here to read the full story from The Seattle Times. Famous is a winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry, and was widely praised. Barbara McMichael from the Olympian (Olympia, … Continue reading UNP author named state’s poet laureate

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Friday roundup

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On the blog, Pages of Julia's, “book beginning Fridays” the first pages of books are shared and discussed. Today, Julia called River in Ruin by Ray A. March a “great beginning" and praised March for bringing an important environmental issue to light.  The full review is to come. In Necessary Fiction, reviewer Ashley Cowger said Greg Hrbek’s short story collection, Destroy All Monsters is “definitely worth the read.” Cowger also said, “Hrbek’s writing is crisp and often lyrical, and these stories complement each other nicely." Read the full review here. And Driving with Dvorak: Essays on Memory and Identity by Fleda … Continue reading Friday roundup

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Runner, writer, reader

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Rachel Toor, author of Personal Record: A Love Affair with Running (2008), didn’t start out as a runner. In fact, she considered herself a bookish egghead who ran only to catch a bus. But since she ran her first race more than 20 years ago, she's finished dozens of marathons, qualified numerous times for Boston, and run many ultra-marathons and other endurance races, too. Toor is now sponsored by Athleta. For the next year, she'll blog for the clothing company about running, 2012 resolutions and above all, enjoying the ups and downs of life. Read her first blog post here … Continue reading Runner, writer, reader

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Off the Shelf: Descanso for My Father by Harrison Candelaria Fletcher

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Read the beginning of the Prologue from Descanso for My Father: Fragments of a Life by Harrison Candelaria Fletcher: "I watch my son as thunderclouds gather outside my Denver home. He stomps his wide little feet on the hardwood floor, clamoring for a tube of eucalyptus lotion he cannot reach and cannot have. He balls his dimpled fists into hammers, tugs at the reddish wisps of hair curling around his head like flames. He is twenty-three months old, the same age I was when my father died. I look at him now and try to imagine the impressions he is … Continue reading Off the Shelf: Descanso for My Father by Harrison Candelaria Fletcher

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Lithuanian ambassador to the United States Žygimantas Pavilionis met with Ellen Cassedy, the author of the new UNP book, We are Here. Cassedy said that she wrote a book hoping that it will promote dialogue and understanding, and will help to fulfill the dreams that both the Lithuanians and Jews share for Lithuania. “In Lithuania, I not only learned about my family past, but also met wonderful people who are encouraging Lithuania to engage with its history in order to build a better future. I was moved and educated by how they were reaching across cultural borders,” Cassedy said. She … Continue reading Friday photo