Daryl Farmer, author of Bicycling beyond the Divide, has been featured on the ForeWord Magazine Web site. Check out his interview here. Continue reading Farmer on ForeWord.com

Rituals and Rites New this month from the University of Nebraska Press is Empowerment of North American Indian Girls by Carol A. Markstrom. A developmental psychologist, Markstrom analyzes indigenous anthropological literature and chronicle the coming-of-age rituals for four Native American communities: the Apache, Navajo, Lakota, and Ojibwa.  For this week’s Tuesday Trivia, we will survey the world from the comfort of our own computers. Donning our anthropological overcoats, we will test our knowledge of female coming-of-age rituals and traditions from various cultures around the globe. See if you can match the country or religion with its tradition. 1. Judaism2. Africa/Asia/Middle … Continue reading Tuesday Trivia: March 11, 2008

Nez Perce Country by Alvin M. Josephy “Particularly poignant are the accounts of how tribal leaders were divided during treaty negotiations. . . . By contextualizing Chief Joseph properly, Josephy illuminates other Nez Perce leaders whose efforts have been largely ignored. . . . The introduction by Jeremy FiveCrows vibrantly brings the Nez Perce story to the present.”—John Burch, Library Journal Read previous praise for Nez Perce Country at http://nebraskapress.typepad.com/university_of_nebraska_pr/2007/11/praise-for-nez.html. Continue reading More Praise for Nez Perce Country

Hard Air: Adventures from the Edge of Flying by W. Scott Olsen “His narrative is reminiscent in tone of Beryl Markham’s early African aviation adventures chronicled in West with the Night. . . . Olsen . . . does a good job of capturing, in a journalistic interview style, the experiences of the men and women who routinely fly these adventurous missions. The stories are good enough to inspire future pilots.”—Sara Tompson, Library Journal “It’s hard to imagine a more gripping book for aviation buffs than Olsen’s depiction of some of the hairier aspects of service networks usually taken for … Continue reading Praise for Hard Air

Between Panic and Desire by Dinty W. Moore “The writing is frequently very funny; insightful, too, especially Moore’s belief that humans are generally delusional when it comes to their expectations vs. what is realistically possible. . . . The narrative has its poignant moments, particularly in Moore’s recollections of his father. And despite his fractured take on the world, his message is essentially hopeful. Moore, it seems, is moving on.”—Robert Kelly, Library Journal “In intertwined, wildly inventive essays . . . Moore conjures up his, and our, past from a grab-bag of elements. . . . He doesn’t work through … Continue reading Dinty Mania: More Praise for Between Panic and Desire

Our Compliments to the Chef As our own tribute to Jane Grigson, today’s Linking in Lincoln features Web sites and sources for a plethora of information on this culinary icon. Get linking and then get cooking! Visit the Jane Grigson Trust Web site at http://www.janegrigsontrust.org.uk/ where you’ll find a brief biography for Ms. Grigson, details on the Jane Grigson library, and other information on the trust. The Penguin Books, U.K. Web site also has an informative, abbreviated bio on the late Grigson. Check it out at http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000013084,00.html. Read a classic article by Jane Grigson from The Observer, where she was … Continue reading Linking in Lincoln: March 6, 2008

“The Same Ten Questions” Both Mike Barenti and Daryl Farmer penned travel adventure narratives published this month by the University of Nebraska Press. The former wrote of his two-month kayaking journey from Idaho’s Salmon River to the Pacific Ocean in Kayaking Alone and the latter of his twice-made cross-country bicycling tour (trips spaced twenty years and seventy pounds apart) in Bicycling beyond the Divide. We set out on our own quest to discover the impetuses behind these parallel yet disparate expeditions and the lessons learned by each of these men as they reflected on their travels in writing. We posed … Continue reading Interview with Mike Barenti & Daryl Farmer