The next meeting of the Twin Cities' most unusual and interesting book club is Tuesday, April 14. Books & Bars meets at Bryant-Lake Bowl, 810 W Lake Street, in Minneapolis. Doors open at 6:00pm; the discussion begins at 7:00pm.April's book is Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. It's a fascinating blend of Greek tragedy … Continue reading A Book and a Beer Chaser
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Elmore Leonard's new novel Road Dogs comes out May 12, but you can get a sneak preview on Entertainment Weekly right now.The first eight chapters are online for you, but be warned: they're spread out across an amazing 34 pages on EW's website. That way, they get to count you almost three dozen times when … Continue reading Click, Click, Click
By Any Other Name
I'd never really stopped to wonder about Elizabeth Barrett Browning's title Sonnets from the Portuguese, and it turns out that's a shame, because the story behind it is quite good. Luckily for me, Gary Dexter pays attention to such things--and luckier still, he writes about them on his blog How Books Got Their Titles.But back … Continue reading By Any Other Name
Musings from Magers and Quinn 