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?
Tastes Like Wisconsin
If you've ever gotten hungry on I-94 while driving through Osseo, I hope you've pulled off for a meal at the Norske Nook. The food is good, but the award-winning pie is the real draw.I think of this because it's getting on towards lunchtime, but also because we just got a used copy of Farm … Continue reading Tastes Like Wisconsin
The More Things Change…
There's been another epidemic of memoirs that have turned out to be fictitious of late. The Boston Globe has a nice summary here.Now, slate.com has brought back an old article, originally written during the James Frey fracas, which attempts to answer the question of the moment: "Why are book editors so bad at spotting fake … Continue reading The More Things Change…
Musings from Magers and Quinn 