Good news. No one showed up to protest a reading by Sherry Jones, author of The Jewel of Medina. The book--which tells the story of A'isha, the youngest of the prophet Muhammad's wives--was originally scheduled to be published in the US by Random House, but the publisher dropped the title from its list after a … Continue reading Man Fails to Bite Dog
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Looking Up in Lowertown
Dwell magazine has a slideshow of a nifty set of shelves in St Paul. I admit it, I'm jealous.--David E
"Reading Chaucer won’t put dinner on the table."
Is reading really such a good idea? Mikita Brottman, who has a PhD in English Literature from Oxford and is the author of Solitary Vice: Against Reading, thinks not. Sitting quietly with a book eats up valuable time, she says, time that could be better spent building relationships. Brottman spoke to the "Sound of Young … Continue reading "Reading Chaucer won’t put dinner on the table."
Musings from Magers and Quinn 