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Book Report: Author revels in fine details
Oh, shucks, thought I. Sara Rath has given up on non-fiction and has taken to penning novels when I received the Spring Green author’s “The Waters of Star Lake,” by Sara Rath (Terrace Books, $26.95).
Thursday, June, 28, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Oh, shucks, thought I. Sara Rath has given up on non-fiction and has taken to penning novels when I received the Spring Green author’s “The Waters of Star Lake,” by Sara Rath (Terrace Books, $26.95).
Thursday, June, 28, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: ‘Birdseye’ look at frozen food, more
Mark Kurlansky astounded the reading world several years ago when he wrote “Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World.”
Thursday, July, 12, 2012 - River Falls Journal - News
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Mark Kurlansky astounded the reading world several years ago when he wrote “Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World.”
Thursday, July, 12, 2012 - River Falls Journal - News
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You can hear the crack of the bat
In one sense, baseball is a game of numbers, numbers involving runs batted in, earned run averages, singles, two-baggers, homers, attendance. My late friend Dave Goldsmith subscribed to Baseball Digest, several baseball newspapers and even flunked out of a college because he spent his entire freshman year memorizing baseball statistics.
Thursday, June, 21, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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In one sense, baseball is a game of numbers, numbers involving runs batted in, earned run averages, singles, two-baggers, homers, attendance. My late friend Dave Goldsmith subscribed to Baseball Digest, several baseball newspapers and even flunked out of a college because he spent his entire freshman year memorizing baseball statistics.
Thursday, June, 21, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Author: Brutal honesty liberates
Recently, a thoughtful friend dropped by and shoved a book in my gut and said, “Read this. I think you’ll enjoy it.”
Friday, November, 02, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Recently, a thoughtful friend dropped by and shoved a book in my gut and said, “Read this. I think you’ll enjoy it.”
Friday, November, 02, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: The choice is yours: Lovely poems, exploding tourism
University of Iowa Press has just re-issued a book of poetry by Philip Levine, winner both the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award, and who served for a year as United States Poet Laureate.
Thursday, May, 16, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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University of Iowa Press has just re-issued a book of poetry by Philip Levine, winner both the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award, and who served for a year as United States Poet Laureate.
Thursday, May, 16, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Reprints make up for what you missed
The University of Minnesota Press’s Fesler-Lampert Heritage Book Series is a rare and wonderful bird indeed.
Friday, November, 23, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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The University of Minnesota Press’s Fesler-Lampert Heritage Book Series is a rare and wonderful bird indeed.
Friday, November, 23, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Finally, my chance to critique a bestseller
After a quarter century of book reviewing, I guess it’s time for me to admit that until recently, I never read a novel by bestselling author John Grisham.
Thursday, January, 03, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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After a quarter century of book reviewing, I guess it’s time for me to admit that until recently, I never read a novel by bestselling author John Grisham.
Thursday, January, 03, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Duluth poet: A blunt, dazzling wordsmith
Normally I write about two books each week — one national and one regional.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Normally I write about two books each week — one national and one regional.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: This author shines as voice of a community
Novelist Toni Morrison has won the National Book Critics Circle, the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for her fiction.
Wednesday, August, 29, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Novelist Toni Morrison has won the National Book Critics Circle, the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for her fiction.
Wednesday, August, 29, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: What readers crave: Clear, lively wordplay
Today we’ll examine two new books that have to do with good writing by writers who are indeed very good.
Wednesday, October, 10, 2012 - River Falls Journal - News
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Today we’ll examine two new books that have to do with good writing by writers who are indeed very good.
Wednesday, October, 10, 2012 - River Falls Journal - News
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Book Report: Remedy/curse: Drug highs and lows
Thomas De Quincy was born on this day in 1785, and would later write an eerie book that captured the romantic imagination, “Confessions of an Opium Eater.”
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Thomas De Quincy was born on this day in 1785, and would later write an eerie book that captured the romantic imagination, “Confessions of an Opium Eater.”
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Post-election wrap-up
Now that the election is over I thought I might stir the pot a bit with mention of a new book that’s been receiving attention. It’s “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court,” by Jeffrey Toobin (Doubleday, $28.95). A writer for the New Yorker magazine, Toobin has written a red hot book about the conflicts between two young movers and shakers, Barack Obama and Supreme Court Justice John Roberts.
Thursday, November, 08, 2012 - Hudson Star-Observer - Entertainment
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Now that the election is over I thought I might stir the pot a bit with mention of a new book that’s been receiving attention. It’s “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court,” by Jeffrey Toobin (Doubleday, $28.95). A writer for the New Yorker magazine, Toobin has written a red hot book about the conflicts between two young movers and shakers, Barack Obama and Supreme Court Justice John Roberts.
Thursday, November, 08, 2012 - Hudson Star-Observer - Entertainment
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Book Report: Glowing endorsements for new poet
River Falls poet Thomas R. Smith writes that Kristin Laurel’s new book of poetry will “burn itself on your memory.”
Thursday, March, 14, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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River Falls poet Thomas R. Smith writes that Kristin Laurel’s new book of poetry will “burn itself on your memory.”
Thursday, March, 14, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Court documents reveal historical truths
I have ancestors who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the seventeenth century, so I’m always on the lookout for books, movies or plays about that fabled place.
Thursday, February, 21, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Community
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I have ancestors who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the seventeenth century, so I’m always on the lookout for books, movies or plays about that fabled place.
Thursday, February, 21, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Community
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Book Report: Railway images take me down the tracks
I often receive books that make me think of old friends and relatives no longer here to enjoy them.
Friday, January, 11, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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I often receive books that make me think of old friends and relatives no longer here to enjoy them.
Friday, January, 11, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Take your pick, there's something for everyone
Someone on your holiday gift list who likes to read books by and about characters in the upper Midwest? There’s a plethora in that category this year. If your target is politics, try “Minnesota’s Miracle,” by Tom Berg (University of Minnesota Press, $22.95, paper). Berg served in the Minnesota State Legislature in the seventies when politicos got things done.
Thursday, December, 13, 2012 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Someone on your holiday gift list who likes to read books by and about characters in the upper Midwest? There’s a plethora in that category this year. If your target is politics, try “Minnesota’s Miracle,” by Tom Berg (University of Minnesota Press, $22.95, paper). Berg served in the Minnesota State Legislature in the seventies when politicos got things done.
Thursday, December, 13, 2012 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Book Report: Guess I didn’t know her that well
I was very happy to receive “Walking the Rails,” by Ethel Erickson Radner (available at iUniverse.com; barnesandnoble.com or amazon.com, $13.95 paper; $23.95 hardcover; $3.99 e-book).
Thursday, June, 07, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Community
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I was very happy to receive “Walking the Rails,” by Ethel Erickson Radner (available at iUniverse.com; barnesandnoble.com or amazon.com, $13.95 paper; $23.95 hardcover; $3.99 e-book).
Thursday, June, 07, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Community
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Book Report: Even Rough Rider Teddy couldn’t tame NYC
Back in the 1950s adolescents looking for exciting reading about the facts of life, etc., turned to a series of books by muckraking journalists Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer.
Friday, May, 18, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Community
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Back in the 1950s adolescents looking for exciting reading about the facts of life, etc., turned to a series of books by muckraking journalists Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer.
Friday, May, 18, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Community
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Book Report: Another word on former presidents; waxing poetic on the death of a fly
Three American presidents lead off this week’s roster of books: Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. You could fill libraries with what has already been written by these guys, but leave it to the scholars — they can always find a niche that’s unfilled.
Thursday, April, 11, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Entertainment
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Three American presidents lead off this week’s roster of books: Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. You could fill libraries with what has already been written by these guys, but leave it to the scholars — they can always find a niche that’s unfilled.
Thursday, April, 11, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Entertainment
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Book Report: The dirt: Even Puritans didn’t always come clean
I have ancestors who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century, so I’m always on the lookout for books, movies or plays about that fabled place.
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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I have ancestors who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century, so I’m always on the lookout for books, movies or plays about that fabled place.
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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