Wednesday | School Library Journal
Consider the Source: Star Power
I've written books for young readers for more than two decades, and I once ran an imprint that published edgy titles, like Gary Nash's Forbidden Love , which is about America's secret history of race relations, ... via School Library Journal
Monday May 5 | GalleyCat
The Book Trailer as History Channel Informercial
In just under three minutes, Steven Pressfield sets the stage for his latest novel, Killing Rommel . via GalleyCat
Saturday May 3 | Centre Daily Times
“It was very hard for me to judge”
Joshua Bram now knows about his murdered ancestors. Their story lives on. Julianna Miller, a senior at State College Area High School, and Rebecca Domico, a sophomore, perform at the ceremony. via Centre Daily Times
Thursday May 1 | AltWeeklies
Getting to Know Our Captors: Errol Morris Connects the Pictures to Their Takers
Documentarian Errol Morris effectively takes the viewer inside the atmosphere of psychological and physical abuse doled out by American military personnel at Abu Ghraib by connecting the hundreds of damning ... via AltWeeklies
Tuesday Apr 29 | Jacksonville.com
You don't have to go to the library to visit the library
“Quite often we work with student researchers in the library building, and we then supplement that work with reference databases”
Mandarin residents are increasingly doing business with the public library at home, at school or from their offices. via Jacksonville.com
Sunday Apr 27 | The Jersey Journal
John Cho, left, and Kal Penn as Harold and Kumar run afoul of the authorities, including a dogged government agent played by Rob Corddry, in "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay." Harold and Kumar ... via The Jersey Journal
Friday Apr 25 | Christian Science Monitor
The way to get your kids to read
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude.... Also, of endless books.”
"Mom, there's a lot more to life than reading," my 14-year-old son said as he rushed in from school one afternoon and texted another reading-averse boy down the block. via Christian Science Monitor
Wednesday Apr 23 | Roberson's Interminable Ramble
The Venture Bros Season Three Preview
The unfocused, intermittent, and borderline incoherent thoughts of Chris Roberson, a science fiction writer. via Roberson's Interminable Ramble
Monday Apr 21 | Jewish Exponent
“It becomes theatrically important, after you die, what your last few days are like.”
It's just too easy to say that this society has blended genres so completely that there's no difference between what's real and what's make-believe. But a term such as this definitely goes a long way in ... via Jewish Exponent
Saturday Apr 19 | Rotten Tomatoes
Bra Boys is nevertheless intriguing for its insider's perspective of an outsider culture steeped in tradition, male-bonding rituals, and intense localism. via Rotten Tomatoes







