Tickets are almost gone for Roy Richard Grinker's appearance at Minnesota Public Radio this afternoon, but don't worry. He's also going to be in our store tonight at the much more sociable hour of 7:30. You have a much better chance of asking questions here than at the MPR event. We encourage you to come. … Continue reading No Tickets Required
Bill Bryson Is Not Amused
There's a new Trash Czar in Britain. Well, maybe not Czar, but Bully Pulpiteer, at least. According to the Guardian, it's none other than the gentle humorist Bill Bryson. As head of the country's Campaign to Protect Rural England, Bryson (a resident of Norfolk in the eastern UK) is calling for tougher enforcement of anti-littering … Continue reading Bill Bryson Is Not Amused
They Paved Paradise–An Update
Witold Rybczynski, author of Last Harvest : How a Cornfield Became New Daleville: Real Estate Development in America from George Washington to the Builders of the Twenty-first Century, and Why We Live In Houses Anyway and subject of a post here last month, was on NPR earlier this week.
