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Dr. Emma LaRocque's Night Table Recommendations
by McNally Robinson - Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:07am

As a professor I am very busy and rarely, if ever, have time to read for pleasure. But I do usually enjoy the books I read as part of my research and teaching.

Presently, I am browsing through a number of books including: Other Destinies by Louis Owens; I Thought Pocahontas was a Movie edited by Carol Schicks and James McNinch; The Colonizer's Model of the World by J.M. Blaut; 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann; One Native Life by Richard Wagamese and any poetry by Pablo Neruda or Louise Halfe.

For pure fun or relaxation I read Winnie the Pooh (I have many collections). Or the Library Lion or laugh over cat pics and sayings in cat calendars.

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Lee Lamothe Night Table Recommendations
by McNally Robinson - Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:08am

When I'm writing well I don't read much and so for the past year I have a stack of books waiting to be started or finished. And because I write late into the night and get up very early, I don't have a night-table; in fact I don't often use a bed. I unroll a sleeping bag on the floor of my office with the cats so my wife can sleep through the night. A lot of books get read not at home, but in various places as I travel.

I like to read far above my weight. It shows me what writing can be when its done right.

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Jeff Brown shares his creative process
by McNally Robinson - Thursday, Mar 04, 2010 at 9:52am

Author Jeff Brown recently joined us for a talk on his book Soulshaping: A Journey of Self-Creation, a memoir that follows his transition from archetypal 'male warrior' to a more open human being, in touch with his human face and accepting of his mission and place on this world.

Here is a video on Jeff's creative process and the journey he underwent while writing this book.

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2010 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
by McNally Robinson - Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010 at 9:39am

Judges have selected five books published in 2009 as finalists for the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, America's largest peer-juried prize for fiction.

The nominees are:

  • Sherman Alexie for War Dances (Grove Press)


  • Barbara Kingsolver for The Lacuna (Harper)


  • Lorraine M. López for Homicide Survivors Picnic and Other Stories (BkMk Press)


  • Lorrie Moore for A Gate at the Stairs (Knopf)


  • Colson Whitehead for Sag Harbor (Doubleday).
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    Wayne Tefs' Night Table Recommendations
    by McNally Robinson - Saturday, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:21am

    The Secret Scripture, by Sebastian Barry.

    A powerful novel by an Irish writer. Set in the Donegal area of Ireland in a hamlet close to Sligo, it paints a marvelous picture of small-town life in the 50s and 60s while asking interesting fictional and philosophical questions, such as, "How do we know what really happened when we hear two or more accounts of the same events?" and "Can fictional narrators be trusted?" An intriguing study that goes beyond life into literature.

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