Salman Rushdie will speak at the University of North Dakota as part of its upcoming Annual Writers Conference, to be held March 25 to 29. Rushdie's talk will be at 7 p.m. on March 25 in Chester Fritz Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.Beyond the controversial novelist, UND's conference has quite … Continue reading Road Trip to Grand Forks?
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A Belated Valentine?
Richard Price's new novel Lush Life is the subject of Michiko Kakutani's latest "Book of the Times" article in the New York Times, and she loves it. She loves his dialogue: "No one writes better dialogue than Richard Price — not Elmore Leonard, not David Mamet, not even David Chase."She loves the characters: "He depicts … Continue reading A Belated Valentine?
That’s Really Super, Superman
Michael Chabon has an article in the current issue of The New Yorker on the nature of the superhero costume. (This issue is the Style issue, after all.) Chabon's interest in all things leotard will come as no surprise to readers of his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, which recounts the adventures … Continue reading That’s Really Super, Superman
Musings from Magers and Quinn 