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Spring/Summer 2008 |
It may, in fact,
be spring in Milwaukee--we're not quite sure, after enduring the second
snowiest winter ever here. Check back in a few months. In any case, I'm
blaming for the snow for not being snappier with my updating of the What's
New area. Here's what's been uncovered in the thaw: |
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- Milwaukee, Mandolins and Me: The Friends
of the Milwaukee Public Library have invited me to join them for a
reading July 17 in the
Central Library's beautiful rotunda (that's a picture of it at
left). The rotunda alone is worth a visit, but the real star attraction
of the evening is the
Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra (the nation's oldest, not that I know
of any others), who will also be on hand. Contact the
Friends for tickets. They're not expensive, and support an amazing
Midwest resource.
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- All Saints named a
Target Bookmarked
Book Club Breakout Book: a lot of B's in there, I know. But we're
all very excited, my family especially, since they're all Target
aficionados from way back. If your Target is like ours (and doesn't it
have to be?) you'll find the books between the socks and the
PlayStations--and my book in particular on the endcap right behind the
first one. Near the top, thank God, since my last name begins with C.
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- But...you'll have to spot the NEW
cover to fiind it. That's right, even though the hardback had a
beautiful cover (I thought so, anyway), the paperback has a new cover,
and I have to admit...it's sexy.
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- It's true, I'm a card carrying (Authors
Guild, PEN) fiction writer, but I love reading, listening and living
amidst poetry. So much so
that I wanted to see if I could get a series of animated poetry films
called Poetry Everywhere
made this last year--to my great delight, and with the help of some
great partners (filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein's docUWM, and the Poetry
Foundation), that's just what happened. For more, check out this
fine coverage in the
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel or the
Chicago Tribune. And if you want to see the films--and you do--go ahead and take
a look: WGBH has them all gathered conveniently on this
page;
alternatively, you can view them at our
iTunesU
site or via this
RSS feed. You can also click on the picture at left to see the
specially-outfitted bus that visited our Milwaukee premiere.
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- Finally, Esquire invited me to
take part in their "Napkin Fiction" project, which was great
fun--and very educational. 1. Napkins aren't large. 2. I have horrible
handwriting. (Luckily, they
transcribed.)
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