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I have been somewhat remiss in not previously giving more attention to the upcoming fourth annual South Dakota Festival of Books, scheduled for Sioux Falls Sept. 22-24.
Heading the list of presenters is Marilynne Robinson, author of the wonderful Gilead. The book won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and is the 2006 selection for […]
A couple of my regular stops in the blogosphere that also review books had some comments this past week I could plainly identify with.
Grumpy Old Bookman led off a post of short reviews acknowledging a problem similar to one of mine: “It has finally dawned on me that if I am ever to mention […]
Prior to the publication of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum published a weekly newspaper in Aberdeen. More than 100 years later, his descendants are coming to South Dakota to apologize for editorials he wrote just before and after the Wounded Knee massacre calling for the extermination of the Lakota Sioux.
Baum published […]
I’ve blogged before about the TBR (“to be read”) pile that seems to sporadically take over the bedside bookshelf. Part of the problem is I am a binge buyer, an event set off not only by some sort of pent-up quest for books but out-of-state travel. My “hobby” when I’m out of state is to […]
Although it’s still two months away, recent news stories reflect the importance of Banned Books Week, scheduled the last week of September. The handbook for the event includes both a list of banned and challenged books and the stories behind some of this year’s efforts.
Here’s some of the books appearing in the latter:
Maya […]
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