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|  E-mail entryThe entry "Sneak peek at Sunday's reviews" has no entry tags. The Dallas Public Library, The Writer's Garret and many others are celebrating "The Big Read" in Dallas. This is a National Endowment of the Arts program "designed to restore reading to the center of American culture." This month, it will focus on Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya. A kickoff event takes place 6 p.m. Saturday at the Latino Cultural Center, 2600 Live Oak St. with a lecture by Dr. Spencer R. Herrera from New Mexico State University. Closing the kick-off will be a theatrical solo performance in Spanish of the character Ultima adapted and performed by actress and director Patricia Urbina. All kinds of events are on the schedule I was sent; I've pasted them below for your convenience. Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "The Big Read in Dallas on Saturday" is tagged: big read , bless me ultima , Rudolfo Anaya Word comes through the grapevine of the 2008 Hardboiled Heroes and Cozy Cats Mystery Writing Conference taking place next Friday and Saturday at the Holiday Inn Select North Dallas, 2645 LBJ Freeway. Authors Jan Burke, Jeffrey Marks, Victoria Laurie, Anne Wingate and Deborah LeBlanc are scheduled to attend, according to the conference Web site. The conference is hosted by the Southwest Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. Registration fee is $125 for members, $135 for non-members. Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Mystery writers gathering in Dallas" is tagged: Mystery Writers of America If you write nonfiction, you have one week to get your material in to the contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writing Conference. At stake: $12,000 in prizes and the envy of your literate friends. Yours truly will be helping judge this year -- I'm hoping for lots of great material to make my job difficult once again. If you're considering attending the July 18-20 conference (fees listed here, note that you'll be hanging with the likes of: Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Clock is ticking for Mayborn writers" is tagged: Mayborn Literary Conference , narrative journalism , writing contest J.K. Rowling gave a very moving commencement speech at Harvard that stressed the transformative power of the imagination. Read about it here. She urged graduates to empathize with the powerless. The Harry Potter author credited her trials and low points after graduation with giving her the strength and the imagination to become the person she is today. Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "J.K. Rowling at Harvard" is tagged: commencement , Harry Potter , Harvard , J.K. Rowling
Among the reviews coming Sunday is one of Jonathan Miles' Dear American Airlines, which deserves some sort of prize for "title most likely to sell out at D/FW during each thunderstorm this summer." To whet your appetite, here's a short interview from Shelf Awareness (it's about halfway down the page). Faulkner fans will appreciate his take on As I Lay Dying. Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Interview with Jonathan Miles of "Dear American Airlines"" is tagged: Dear American Airlines , Jonathan Miles
Check out Nancy Churnin's story about the author, as well as his answers to questions from a couple of young fans (Kemper and Casey Watson, the kiddos in the picture). Comments (1) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Brian Selznick at the Dallas Museum of Art on Sunday" is tagged: Brian Selznick , The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
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