BIC book reviews of Molly Gloss’ Falling From Horses, Stephen Puleo’s The Caning and Anand Giridharadas’ The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas
BIC Book Reviews: June 2015
Posted in Common Reads Programs, Community Reads Programs, Issue #12, Molly Gloss
Tagged All Campus Reads, Anand Giridharadas, Community Reads Programs, First Year Experience, Molly Gloss, Stephen Puleo
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A Look At: ALLen Reads
Jane Bennett, coordinator for ALLenReads, answered a few questions for Books In Common about her community and the books that bring them together.
Posted in Christina Baker Kline, Issue #12, Orphan Train, Uncategorised
Tagged All Campus Reads, Christina Baker Kline, Community Reads Programs, Orphan Train
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Longmire Author Craig Johnson On Being “Ordinary”
Craig Johnson, author of the incredibly popular Walt Longmire series, discussed in a recent Q&A why he prefers an “ordinary” protagonist and why Sheriff Walt Longmire fits the bill. “I really wanted Walt to be more like us,” Johnson explained. “When I refer to Walt, I tend to refer to him as ‘over.’ He’s overage, he’s overweight, he’s overly […]
Posted in Craig Johnson, Dry Bones, Longmire
Tagged Craig Johnson, Dry Bones, Longmire
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Christina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train is University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s Common Read
Author and speaker Christina Baker Kline will visit University of Pittsburgh at Bradford this fall to engage students and community members reading her bestselling novel Orphan Train, feature of the One Book Bradford common reader program. Orphan Train will be discussed in freshman seminar and creative writing classes this semester. Orphan Train has been on […]
Posted in Christina Baker Kline, Common Reads Programs, Orphan Train
Tagged Christina Baker Kline, Community Reads, Orphan Train, University of Pittsburgh-Bradford
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Get to Know: James E. Mills and The Adventure Gap
The world of extreme outdoor sports and adventuring has long been enjoyed by thrill seekers around the globe, and most of them, historically, have been white. James Edward Mills‘ first book, The Adventure Gap: Changing the Face of the Outdoors, explores the lack of minority populations in the realm of outdoor adventure and chronicles the importance of the first-ever all […]
Posted in James Edward Mills, The Adventure Gap
Tagged In Deep, James Edward Mills, The Adventure Gap, The Joy Trip Project
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Ruta Sepetys’ Between Shades of Gray Transforms into Dramatic Film
Author and speaker Ruta Sepetys‘ award-winning novel Between Shades of Gray has been adapted for the screen as a dramatic film, known as Ashes in the Snow, starring Bel Powley (Diary of a Teenage Girl). Powley’s character is Lina, a young girl who has been forced out of her home with her mother and brother and forced into Siberia during WWII; […]
Posted in Between Shades of Gray, Out of the Easy, Ruta Sepetys
Tagged Ashes in the Snow, Bel Powley, Between Shades of Gray, Out of the Easy, Ruta Sepetys
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A Glimpse Into the Life of Younger Author Pamela Redmond Satran
Pamela Redmond Satran is an author, columnist, baby name website co-creator, mother of three, and perpetual wearer of many hats. Her career as a writer and businesswoman is full of humorous novels and satirical pieces on aging and relationships incorporating not a few bits of her own life story. Such works have appeared in her column, “The ‘A’ […]
Whitewashing of the Literary World and How it Can Change
An article published by the Washington Post last month about the “whitewashing” of the literary industry was shared on social media recently by Reyna Grande, speaker and author of The Distance Between Us, a memoir of her life as a Mexican immigrant. The article, written by freelance writer and native Australian Sunili Govinnage, detailed Govinnage’s decision to read only minority authors for an […]
Posted in Authors, Reyna Grande, The Distance Between Us, Uncategorised
Tagged Minority Authors, Reyna Grande, The Distance Between Us
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Sister Helen Prejean Remains Avid in Fighting the Death Penalty
Sister Helen Prejean, a nun of St. Joseph, author, and activist, continues to be part of the national discussion on capital punishment as she gets involved in the Boston Marathon bombing trial currently going on in Boston, MA. Sister Helen is the author of Dead Man Walking, the story of her experience as spiritual advisor to a man […]
Posted in Authors, Dead Man Walking, Sister Helen Prejean, The Death of Innocents
Tagged Dead Man Walking, Sister Helen Prejean, Social Justice, The Death of Innocents
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Forrest Pritchard Shares Sustainable Farming Ideas at Dickinson College
Every year, Dickinson College hosts a Local Food Dinner where students and community residents attend a lecture while enjoying a specially prepared meal. This year, at the 12th annual dinner, Virginia farmer and author Forrest Pritchard was the entertaining and topical keynote speaker. Pritchard, author of Gaining Ground, detailed the idea of sustainable farming, a concept that […]
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Tagged Forrest Pritchard, Gaining Ground
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