This coming Thursday, August 27, at 7:30pm, Mahmoud El-Kati discusses his book The Hiptionary: A Survey of African American Speech Patterns with a Digest of Key Words and Phrases at Magers & Quinn Booksellers.“Mahmoud El-Kati’s deep love of Black people is again manifest in his deep inquiry into the Black language--especially the global movement in … Continue reading Learn Something
Twin Cities Book Festival Authors Announced
The Twin Cities Book Festival has announced some of the authors who will be reading at this year's event, and it's a list full of big names. Among the attendees will beNicholson Baker (Vox, The Mezzanine)Robert Olen Butler (A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, They Whisper)Lorrie Moore (Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?, Birds … Continue reading Twin Cities Book Festival Authors Announced
Instant Class
Deborah Bowness makes trompe l'oeil wallpapers. Her photorealistic designs include chairs, lamps, and books, so you can get a library without all that difficult reading. If those are too high falutin' for you, she also does a nifty pattern of filing cabinets.Thanks to New York Times for the catch.--David E
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