…was taking a class in apocalyptic fiction, taught by Professor Pickney Benedict (author of many wonderful collections of short stories. Look him up.) Now, this class was being held in…
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Delivering Books Behind Bars
…were in prison, I think that I could get lost in one of these for days. Moreover, I get a kick out of selecting contemporary authors I enjoy personally, such…
Prophets vs. Kings
…myself, and perhaps a money-changing table thrown in for good measure. But please, people, not again. We should have all learned our lesson by now about giving God’s authority to…
Eat the View: Revisiting the Victory Garden Ideal
…sign refers to the average distance food travels from field to fork and the gallons of oil used to feed one person for one year. Michael Pollan, an author, writer…
One Man’s Pile of Leaves is Another Man’s Pile of …
…impartial authority). Wayne’s problem may be substantive due process (shitty, stupid law). Perhaps you agree with the City of Urbana, that this is intolerable squalor. Wayne says nobody minded the…
Local Thoughts on the Inauguration
…We hope that Barack Obama, against all odds, will land our crippled airplane safely on the water. —Jean Thompson, Author and National Book Award finalist – – – – –…
No Column This Week
…this alternatingly frigid and boiling flatscape can be a little, well, cuckoo. Last Thursday on WILL AM580’s “Afternoon Magazine,” Celeste Quinn interviewed the authors of Barack Obama: The New Face…
Remembering Great Cover Ups of Years Past
…pants and sunglasses to pull off Kim Gordon? It was hot.) Ironically, Angie Heaton “won” the “Worst Wig” award for Joan Jett. Sorry, Angie. [Ed note: the author of this…
Romancing the Written Word
The setting — a bare conference room in the Urbana Free Library — isn’t romantic, but the topic of the meeting is: the art and business of authoring romance novels….
Review: One Hundred Years of Solitude
In the classic era of the author, career paths for young writers did not stray far from a list of five or six possibilities. Their formative years were usually spent…