Tag: books
group name: mnlife
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October 07, 2009 10:41 AM EDT --
The other day we opened the fireplace grate and had the first fire of the season. A few feet away the big dogs stretched out in the warmth, and we crashed on the couch as I read aloud a few chapters from . . .
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June 02, 2009 12:13 PM EDT --
There's something delicious and vaguely decadent about reading in the warmer months, as if we're actually letting time spin away. This month's reads:
The family book lately is "Forever . . .
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May 28, 2009 10:39 AM EDT --
MPR Midmorning discusses how we live in a digital space :
The wave of digitization is coming as compact discs are tossed out in exchange for iPods, and the Kindle promises to make books obsolete. Midmorning . . .
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January 07, 2007 02:00 PM EST --
I ride the bus to and from work every day down University Avenue from St. Paul to Minneapolis. I pass by the same buildings, shops, even people. I notice when stores have closed down, or marvel at how . . .
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December 01, 2009 09:00 AM EST --
With the holidays fast approaching, the malls snarled with traffic, and you at your wits end to find the perfect Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa present ~ stay in the comfort of your own home. With just . . .
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December 12, 2006 07:57 PM EST --
My favorite bookstore is having a birthday. It's a reason to celebrate because it proves that even in the face of amazon.com and the big chain bookstores the little independent can survive, and . . .
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May 24, 2007 09:23 AM EDT --
In the latest "What are you reading?" discussion I noticed a few people mentioned reading aloud, myself included. It made me wonder how many people read aloud and how they do it.
Despite . . .
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May 05, 2009 09:55 AM EDT --
Although the garden, the yard, and the bike paths beckon, I'm trying to keep some time devoted to a few good books.
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This month the family reading is Neil Gaiman's "The Graveyard . . .
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July 30, 2007 09:00 AM EDT --
Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning takes on a topic Gather members might find compelling in Good blog, bad blog:
One digital media critic claims that user-generated content from bloggers and citizen . . .
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June 18, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
I noticed that Nancy Pearl would be a guest on MPR's Midmorning today [June 18, 2007]:
From the Hardy boys to Harry Potter
Summer reading lists and the latest Harry Potter may absorb younger readers, . . .
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January 02, 2008 03:42 PM EST --
Like Mother Hubbard I went to my reading cupboard and found that it was quite bare. This got me to thinking. We think globally and act locally right? We buy locally, why not read locally? In 2008 . . .
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December 17, 2006 07:13 PM EST --
The Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis are a study in contrasts and similarities. St. Paul is more insulated, a place to raise your family, and a city that tends to adhere to the past through the . . .
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September 04, 2007 01:48 PM EDT --
On The Road. Or as some write: On the cliché-paved road. In his article Levi Asher wonders, "Is it not possible to write about Jack Kerouac's 50-year-old masterpiece without childishly . . .
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July 06, 2007 05:01 PM EDT --
Hello, everybody-
Grammar Grater is a new, weekly podcast from Minnesota Public Radio. It's about English words, grammar and usage for the Information Age. Because we live in a time of e-mail, blogs, . . .
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May 20, 2008 11:35 AM EDT --
This is a chat transcript.
Steve Keillor joined us for an online Q&A to answer your questions about Minnesota's history! His book, Shaping Minnesota's Identity: 150 Years of State . . .
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July 24, 2007 10:19 AM EDT --
From MPR's Midmorning July 24, 2007, The meaning of courage:
Midmorning examines a concept that puzzled ancient Greek philosophers: defining the meaning of courage.
A perpetually interesting topic, . . .
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December 03, 2007 10:56 AM EST --
So far I've found a couple on my own:
Bob Collins wonders What's China got? (see capture)
Midmorning talks about the Best books of the year (11:06 ET / 10:06 CT on the . . .
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June 01, 2009 10:14 AM EDT --
My editor is almost done with my novel Punk Minneapolis that will come out next year. It's about the wild and crazy adventures of some desperately cool scenesters in the cultural underground . . .
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May 03, 2007 07:22 AM EDT --
The jury seems conflicted on this. I put my heart and soul into my novel, carried my characters in the pockets of my brain for years. As my manuscript sits in a file, I miss them. I wrote the novel online-- . . .
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April 03, 2008 03:53 PM EDT --
Our subject today is a pair of rather confusing words: uninterested and disinterested .
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Current English , the word uninterested means simply, "not . . .
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