In this BIC Author Interview, Lori Ostlund speaks about After the Parade and engendering kindness and compassion, battling bullying, and embracing diversity — important discussions for virtually every campus and community.
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Author Interview: Lori Ostlund on After the Parade
Posted in After the Parade, Lori Ostlund
Also tagged After the Parade, anti-bullying, Books in Common, Community Reads, compassion, kindness, LGTBQ, Lori Ostlund, newsletter
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Author Interview with T.C. Boyle
I can look back and see that right from the beginning my principal concerns have been biological and environmental (my first book, a collection of stories, is called Descent of Man, after all). On the surface, The Tortilla Curtain, may be about illegal immigration from Mexico, but the subtext explores our species’ impact on the environment. And, of course, in 2000, I published A Friend of the Earth, which deals with global warming and the ethics of ecotage.
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Also tagged Books in Common, newsletter, T.C. Boyle, The Terranauts
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Author Interview: Karen Abbott
What are some of the “teachable” moments in your book that make it work well for a Community Reads program? One of my main goals in writing LIAR, TEMPTRESS, SOLDIER, SPY was to highlight forgotten heroines of the Civil War, on both sides of the conflict. History is usually written by, for, and about men, […]
Posted in All Campus Reads Programs, all-campus reads, author events, author interview, author speaker, Books, Issue #14, Karen Abbott, Liar Temptress Soldier Spy
Also tagged Civil War, female spies, Karen Abbott, Liar Temptress Soldier Spy
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Author Interview: Matt Richtel
What do you like about the Common Reads structure as a literary event format, and how do you think Deadly Wandering resonates with community members? What I love about the format is that community reads inspires one of the most powerful influences in our lives: informed conversation and debate. At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, […]
Posted in A Deadly Wandering, All Campus Reads Programs, all-campus reads, author interview, Common Reads Programs, Community Reads Programs, Issue #14, Matt Richtel
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