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Wisconsin Book Festival Amitava Kumar (WBF '08) on the music playlist that should accompany his new novel, Nobody Does the Right Thing.
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Amitava Kumar's Nobody Does the Right Thing is a skillfully told novel that immerses the reader in today's India while also exploring the power of narrative through the me...
Wisconsin Book Festival Library books thwart purse snatcher!
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Recently, my sister was living in Los Angeles and visiting her neighborhood library every day to use its computers and job hunting resources. One day, as she was walking from her parked car to the library, a purse-snatcher grabbed her bag. Luckily, she was holding a drink in her hand, which made the...
Wisconsin Book Festival Great Isthmus article about Verse Wisconsin this week - be sure to check out their event at the 2010 WBF!!
Even before the advent of writing, people used poetic forms to pass down stories through oral traditions. Now, Verse Wisconsin uses Facebook and the Internet to reach out to a community of poets and readers. Edited by Madison poets Sarah Busse and Wendy Vardaman, Verse Wisconsin published its inaugu...
The Dostoevskaya station, meant to honor the author of Crime and Punishment, has some Russian psychologists concerned that murals of violent scenes will play with riders' minds.
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The new cover of Time Magazine, on sale Friday, will feature Jonathan Franzen on the cover, the first time in 10 years that a living American novelist has been on the cover.
Wisconsin Book Festival A review from our friends at the The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters - we've got Deborah Blum coming to the 2010 WBF!
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Wisconsin Book Festival Wisconsin writers responded to our call for reflection on this year's theme - enjoy!
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The 2010 Wisconsin Book Festival explores the theme of Beliefs. In the Festival’s honor, we’ve asked several authors, poets and other thinkers from across Wisconsin to reflect on the role beliefs have played in their lives.
Wisconsin Book Festival It's never too early in the day to get vodka advice from a 2010 WI Book Fest author...right?
Gary Shteyngart, author of the acclaimed new novel Super Sad True Love Story, gives us some tips on drinking like a Bolshevik, and a few favorite brands from the homeland<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC
In a blog post published this week, search mammoth Google explained the deep and thoroughly elaborate algorithm used by its literary offshoot, Google Books, to count just how many books exist in the world, right now.
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Matej Kren has constructed a gigantic building made from books that is meant to inspire reflection, impose greatness, and confuse perspective.
Wisconsin Book Festival For our FB fans only: a special silent PREVIEW of our extended Featured Presenters announcement!!
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Some Beliefs are meant to be shaken up: the alphabet, for example.... We are excited to reveal the following 2010 Featured Presenters...from Z to A:
Wisconsin Book Festival We've got a great crew assembled, and we could use a few more - come join us!
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"As a volunteer, I think the friendliness of everyone involved was a big highlight for me -- from our tech guy, to my co-volunteer, and including the staff who stopped by to see how things were going. I never felt as if I were being taken for granted, and in fact, I felt that people went out of thei...
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