A rude cabin which once belonged to the prolific Western novelist Zane Grey has been purchased by the Bureau of Land Management. The retreat on Oregon's Rogue River will remain open to the public. (Details are here.) It turns out that many of the late author's old digs have been preserved for posterity, including his … Continue reading Out in the Woods
Author: Anders
Barbara Ehrenreich Is Coming to Town
Barbara Ehrenreich's new book, This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation, comes out June 24. It's another scathing look at contemporary society. Ehrenreich is an incisive critic and this book is a must-read for anyone with a social conscience.And what's better than a new book by Barbara Ehrenreich? How about the chance … Continue reading Barbara Ehrenreich Is Coming to Town
Tempest in a Teacup
Simon Winchester, the author of Krakatoa : The Day the World Exploded August 27, 1883 and The Professor and the Madman : A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, is out with a new book, The Man Who Loved China. In it he tells the story of "an avid … Continue reading Tempest in a Teacup
Musings from Magers and Quinn 