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- Weekend Edition: 11-21 by A Progressive on the Prairie on Nov 21, 2009
Bulletin Board My friend Michael at The MinusCar Project is partnering with the Sioux Falls Green Project to bring the documentary No Impact Man to Sioux Falls. The movie, which tells the story of Colin Beavan’s decision to completely elimina...
- Beating the rush on a National Book Award winner by A Progressive on the Prairie on Nov 19, 2009
I mentioned when they were announced that I hadn’t read any of the finalists for the National Book Award. Lucky timing is going to help me out with reading one of the winners. Taking a look at some of the “best of” lists for this y...
- Wish I’d said that by A Progressive on the Prairie on Nov 18, 2009
It’s always somewhat surprising when you read something and realize not only that you wish you’d said it but that, if you had, you probably wouldn’t have said it quite as well. The latest case in point for me is a post at Tales from...
- Banned books debate goes local by A Progressive on the Prairie on Nov 11, 2009
Start the debate. The Sioux Falls School District has removed a graphic novel from student access at two middle school libraries. The book, Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age, now is available only for school staff to check out an...
- Is gender germane in picking “best of” lists? by A Progressive on the Prairie on Nov 6, 2009
There was an uproar in the interweb/blogosphere/social media worlds this week when someone noted that Publishers Weekly’s list of the Top 10 Books of 2009 did not include any female authors. Frankly, I didn’t notice until I saw a post ab...
- Buy Books for the Holidays by A Progressive on the Prairie on Nov 5, 2009
I’m one of those who always rants about how early Christmas stuff shows up each year. So it may be somewhat hypocritical for me to join a new book blogger effort called Buy Books for the Holidays. But I think there’s excellent reasons f...
- November Bibliolust by A Progressive on the Prairie on Nov 1, 2009
It seems like much of the last month has been devoted to reading not-yet-released items for review. That also impacts the bibliolust list because the ARCs, proofs and the like often show up far enough in advance that they don’t make the list.
