Critical Mass, the blog of the National Book Critics Circle, is running a contest for the next week or so. They're posting excerpts of conversations with NBCC Award winners and finalists which have appeared in the Paris Review's "Writers at Work" series. If you can correctly identify, you could win a complete set of the … Continue reading Name That Author
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Drying Out
Once Upon A Crime Mystery Bookstore is stepping forward to help the flood-ravaged Cedar Rapids Public Library. The library was inundated last June, and while FEMA will fund a new building, they will not cover the books themselves. From Publishers Weekly: "[Cedar Rapids bookstore] Mystery Cat and Once Upon a Crime are soliciting collectible books, … Continue reading Drying Out
Little Show on the Prairie
Earlier this week Iowa Public Radio announced that it is canceling the long-running show Live from Prairie Lights, which it coproduced with Iowa City's Prairie Lights bookstore. (The full article is here.) The news prompted an opinion piece in the Iowa City Press-Citizen that could have come right out of The Onion. In a piece … Continue reading Little Show on the Prairie
Musings from Magers and Quinn 