Too busy to read? Jason Huff has a solution. His AutoSummarize project uses Microsoft Word's feature of the same name to boil classics of literature down to ten simple sentences.For example, Clippy thinks that The Illiad can best be summed up as "Gods! Gods! Gods! Hector! Gods! Gods! Hector! Gods! Gods! God!"Huff has compiled his … Continue reading The Short Versions
Annie Baxter kicks off the new season of the What Light Poetry Contest
MPR's Annie Baxter kicks off the new season of the What Light Poetry Contest with her winning poem "The Buildup." Her poem was selected by Chicago poet Sandi Wisenberg, author of The Sweetheart Is In, and Holocaust Girls: History, Memory, & Other Obsessions.What Light is a part of mnartist.org's mnLIT progam and is presented online … Continue reading Annie Baxter kicks off the new season of the What Light Poetry Contest
Hot Tickets: Sara Gruen and William Gibson
Magers & Quinn is please to bring you two of the fall's best authors. Sara Gruen (author of Water for Elephants) comes to the Woman's Club of Minneapolis on September 9.William Gibson signs copies of his latest novel Zero History September 16 at M&Q; he'll also be reading and talking with fans at the Minneapolis … Continue reading Hot Tickets: Sara Gruen and William Gibson
Musings from Magers and Quinn 