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
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He Is Always With Us
There's a roundup of this season's crop of books about Bob Dylan in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Let's run them down: Toby Thompson's reissued Positively Main Street, a biography of Dylan as a young man; Thompson will be in our store discussing his book on Sunday, May 25, at 5:00pm (details here) A Freewheelin' Time, … Continue reading He Is Always With Us
Word of Mouth
The Star Tribune recently ran a nice review of Ellen Hawley's new novel Open Line, published by Minneapolis' own Coffee House Press. It's a satire of conspiracy-minded media, and a darn good read. Said the STrib, "The book is great comedy, but it also is challenging and sobering, leaving us to wonder just how far … Continue reading Word of Mouth
Musings from Magers and Quinn 