Stunt journalist Stefan Fatsis trained with the Denver Broncos football team for three months to become a big-league place kicker. He tells the story in his new book A Few Seconds of Panic : A 5-foot-8, 170-pound, 43-year-old Sportswriter Plays in the NFL. Fatsis recently took part in an online chat with readers of the … Continue reading Stefan Fatsis
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Book and A Beer Chaser
The next meeting of the Twin Cities' most unusual and interesting book club is Tuesday, July 8. Books & Bars meets at Bryant-Lake Bowl, 810 W Lake Street, in Minneapolis. Doors open at 6:00pm; the discussion begins at 7:00pm.July's book is Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel, which details narrator Humbert Humbert's obsession with the … Continue reading Book and A Beer Chaser
Funny Pages at the U
David Hadju, author of The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America will be speaking at the University of Minnesota's Elmer L Anderson Library at 7:30pm on Tuesday, July 8. Details on the U's event are here. Reservations are recommended; call 612/624-9339 or email the library.Hadju's book details the furor that … Continue reading Funny Pages at the U
Musings from Magers and Quinn 