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Why did John Protevi study three recent events -- Hurricane Katrina, the Columbine High School shooting, and the Terry Schiavo case -- to demonstrate his concept of political affect? Find out in this Q&A with the author: http://www.uminnpressblog.com/2009/11/au thor-q-on-gilles-deleuze.html
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John Protevi, a professor of French studies at Louisiana State University, is author of Political Affect: Connecting the Social and the Somatic, which is the 7th installment in the University of Minnesota Press's Posthumanities series. ...

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So you think you know your football trivia? Take THE VIKINGS READER CHALLENGE and enter to win a $25 gift card: http://www.uminnpressblog.com/2009/11/vi kings-reader-challenge.html
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So you think you know your Minnesota Vikings trivia? Then we have a challenge for you.Armand Peterson, editor of The Vikings Reader, has compiled this quiz for those who dare to put their Vikings knowledge ...

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Video preview of Adam Gussow's MISTER SATAN'S APPRENTICE, a must-read for blues & harmonica fans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRXD4l-4U P0

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Video: Dartmouth
prof. Donald Pease explains how Obama can regain ground lost to
birthers, Tea Party organizers & death panelists
http://www.uminnpressblog.com/2009/11/on -rise-of-birthers-and-tea-party.html

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Fans of A SINGLE MAN and Christopher Isherwood: Our readers' forum is now live! Join the discussion at http://www.uminnpressblog.com/2009/11/si ngle-man-readers-forum.html
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Dear readers,Welcome to the discussion forum for Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man. With this forum, the University of Minnesota Press invites you to leave a comment and chat with other readers about ...

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Q&A with author Thomas Lamarre (The Anime Machine, Nov. '09): How does anime speak to the world? http://www.uminnpressblog.com/2009/11/q- with-thomas-lamarre-how-does-anime.html
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This week's Q&A is with Thomas Lamarre, professor of East Asian studies, art history, and communications studies at McGill University and author of The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation (November 2009).

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UMP's brand-new A Single Man site is NOW LIVE! Get a reading group
guide, print and audio book excerpts, the film trailer & more at
http://www.asingleman-book.com/
(Coming Soon: A Single Man readers' forum)

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Exciting news! UMP will launch a movie tie-in edition of Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man (now a film starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, opening soon) http://www.uminnpressblog.com/2009/11/an nouncing-single-man-movie-tie-in.html
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The University of Minnesota Press is pleased and excited to announce that, in collaboration with the Weinstein Company, it will be launching a movie tie-in edition of Christopher Isherwood's best-known novel, A Single Man. ...

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Excerpt from "Left for Dead: A Second Life after Vietnam" by Jon Hovde (WCCO's Veteran of the Month): http://www.uminnpressblog.com/2009/11/se cond-life-after-vietnam.html
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Once was enough.After you make it through a tour of duty in Vietnam, the last thing you want to do is watch movies about it. Not that I haven't seen a few. Platoon wasn't bad — in terms of what it was like to battle mosquitoes if not the enemy. ...

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NPR interviews Neville Hoad (author of "African Intimacies") about homosexuality and African culture: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story .php?storyId=120116489
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The persecution of gay people in Africa dates back to colonial times. But few has changed over the years, with many African countries criminalizing homosexuality, with the exception of South Africa, where ...

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Never Trust a Thin Cook and Other Lessons from Italy's Culinary Capital: The food-obsessed chronicle of an American's three post-college years in Italy. Published by University of Minnesota Press.
More info: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/D/dregni _never.html
Photos by Eric Dregni and Marina Leonardi.
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Never Trust a Thin Cook -- the video: http://www.uminnpressblog.com/2009/11/li ving-modena-loca.html
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Click for more information about Never Trust a Thin Cook and Other Lessons from Italy's Culinary Capital, by Eric Dregni. You can also catch Dregni's interview with The Onion, the book's Heavy Table review, ...

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Reinvigorating Democracy: What "The People" Really Need: http://www.uminnpressblog.com/2009/11/re invigorating-democracy-what-people.html
Post by Dana D. Nelson.
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Today's post is by Dana D. Nelson, professor of English and American studies at Vanderbilt University and author of Bad for Democracy: How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People (Minnesota 2008; paperback edition forthcoming in February 2010.

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In the mood for a haunting read? http://www.uminnpressblog.com/2009/10/ha unting-memory.html
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Staying in this weekend? We recommend the following choice titles on haunting and memory in the spirit of the season. Have a safe and happy Halloween. The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer by Louis Kaplan. ...

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Laurence A. Rickels (The Devil Notebooks, The Vampire Lectures) talks on UMP's blog about the ascent of the vampire in pop culture; the popularity of Twilight; and "psycho violence" in horror cinema: http://www.uminnpressblog.com/2009/10/as cent-of-vampire.html
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Today's post is by Laurence A. Rickels, professor of German and comparative literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His books include The Devil Notebooks, The Vampire Lectures and the forthcoming I Think I Am: Philip K. ...

























