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    Mar 24, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Banned book club a real-time lesson in censorship

    Four Hundred Fifty-One Degrees is not a boy band. The group was founded by a boy, and it is led by a boy, but its ranks are primarily girls. It came together just 18 months ago and, depending on the week, it claims 15 to 20 members. That fluctuation should not be misread as a lack of commitment: The members have matching T-shirts, with “451 Degrees” emblazoned across the fronts. That said, matching T-shirts should not be misread as popularity: Until the other day, 451 Degrees was not especially well-known.
    Four Hundred Fifty-One Degrees is not a boy band. The group was founded by a boy, and it is led by a boy, but its ranks are primarily girls. It came together just 18 months ago and, depending on the week, it claims 15 to 20 members. That fluctuation...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Ray Bradbury, Iran, Fiction, Politics

    2. Mar 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award finalists announced

    One of the literary world's favorite fiction prizes, the <a href="http://www.penfaulkner.org">PEN/Faulkner award</a>, announced its 2013 finalists Wednesday. In its 33rd year, the contenders come from publishers large and small.
    One of the literary world's favorite fiction prizes, the PEN/Faulkner award, announced its 2013 finalists Wednesday. In its 33rd year, the contenders come from publishers large and small. The finalists are Amelia Gray for "Threats," published by Farrar,...

    Tags: Book, Arts and Culture, Windham (Windham, Connecticut)

    3. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Biblioracle: Book reviews don't compute

    In a previous column I discussed the practice of "sockpuppetry," where authors create fake online personas to pump up the ratings of their own books and trash those of their rivals. Recently, two additional stories have come to my attention that cast further doubt on the integrity of online customer reviews.
    In a previous column I discussed the practice of "sockpuppetry," where authors create fake online personas to pump up the ratings of their own books and trash those of their rivals. Recently, two additional stories have come to my attention that cast...

    Tags: Tampa, Authors, Book, Louisa May Alcott , Apple iPad

    4. Feb 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Prefer not to? Kevin Smokler says you should reread 'Bartleby'

    It's almost as if Kevin Smokler found himself in 30-something detention: well into adulthood, he was sentenced to go back and re-read the books he read in high school English class. He might have escaped if he hadn't <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">been passing notes in class</span> written that book proposal.&nbsp;
    It's almost as if Kevin Smokler found himself in 30-something detention: well into adulthood, he was sentenced to go back and re-read the books he read in high school English class. He might have escaped if he hadn't been passing notes in class written...

    Tags: Steve Harvey, James Baldwin, Authors, Social Media, David Foster Wallace

    5. Jan 4, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. The significance of Erdrich

    Just before N. Scott Momaday won the a 1969 Pulitzer Prize for "House Made of Dawn," Marshall Sprague reviewed the book for the New York Times and began: "This first novel, subtly wrought as a piece of Navajo silverware, is the work of a young Kiowa Indian who teaches English and writes poetry at the University of California in Santa Barbara. That creates a difficulty for a reviewer right away. American Indians do not write novels and poetry as a rule, or teach English in top-ranking universities either."
    Just before N. Scott Momaday won the a 1969 Pulitzer Prize for "House Made of Dawn," Marshall Sprague reviewed the book for the New York Times and began: "This first novel, subtly wrought as a piece of Navajo silverware, is the work of a young Kiowa...

    Tags: Nelson Algren, Authors, Entertainment Events, Literature, Justice System

    6. Nov 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Ellen Forney's 'Marbles' details struggles with depression

    <strong>Marbles</strong>
    -------------------- Marbles Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me A Graphic Memoir Ellen Forney Gotham: 248 pp., $20 paper -------------------- There's a glorious manic edge to Ellen Forney's "Marbles," a graphic memoir about the artist's battle...

    Tags: Book, Led Zeppelin (music group), Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder

    7. Oct 1, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. IKEA and Banned Books Week

    As the <a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek" target="_blank">American Library Association kick off Banned Book Week, </a>an annual event designed to draw attention to censorship issues, a bizarre case of visual censorship by IKEA is in the news.
    As the American Library Association kick off Banned Book Week, an annual event designed to draw attention to censorship issues, a bizarre case of visual censorship by IKEA is in the news. The Swedish furniture company acknowledged that catalogs...

    Tags: Civil Rights, Racism, Suzanne Collins, Social Issues, Saudi Arabia

    8. Sep 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. 'Casual Vacancy' fails to conjure Harry Potter's magic

    It's hardly shocking that the most fully realized characters in "The Casual Vacancy," J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults, are the youngest.
    It's hardly shocking that the most fully realized characters in "The Casual Vacancy," J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults, are the youngest. Fats Wall, Krystal Weedon, Gaia Bawden, Andrew Price, Sukhvinder Jawanda: Even the names are vaguely...

    Tags: Aneurysm, John Irving, Harry Potter (fictional character), Fiction, J.K. Rowling

    9. Sep 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Reader recommendations a growing business in the book world

    This summer Molly Ringwald said that she read "Fifty Shades of Grey" because "when a book becomes <em>that</em> big, I feel like it's culturally relevant."
    This summer Molly Ringwald said that she read "Fifty Shades of Grey" because "when a book becomes that big, I feel like it's culturally relevant." No book in recent memory has sold as fast as the lead title of E.L. James' erotic trilogy. It enjoyed an...

    Tags: Molly Ringwald, Authors, Graham Greene, Services and Shopping, Books

    10. Jul 5, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Bartlett Book Club

    <strong>Our club is</strong> made up of 11 friends and neighbors all residing in Bartlett. Our first meeting was held in 2004.
    Our club is made up of 11 friends and neighbors all residing in Bartlett. Our first meeting was held in 2004. We usually meet the third Friday evening of each month and we each host once a year. We have had four authors join our group by conference...

    Tags: David Cullen

    11. May 18, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Word power

    Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a fundamental role in defining a country's culture and its discourse.
    Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a...

    Tags: NATO Summit, Italo Calvino, Franz Kafka, Martin Amis, August Wilson

    12. Apr 23, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Happy World Book Night! Free books on offer all over

    Jacket Copy
    It's World Book Night, a massive international book giveaway that this year is making its U.S. debut....
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