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September 2009
Greetings,
Congratulations to Fakhreddin Azimi whose book The Quest for Democracy in Iran: A Century of Struggle Against Authoritarian Rule is a finalist for the Connecticut Book Award for Nonfiction, and to Deborah Dancy and Marilyn Nelson, who are each finalists: Deborah as Children's Illustrator and Marilyn as Children's Author for their book, The Freedom Business. For more details visit The Connecticut Center for the Book.
The fall semester began with streams of students winding up and down the aisles of General Books as they made their way to the checkout. The lines moved quickly and without complaint, especially with so many books to browse on the way. Nice to have the crowds back!
NEWS: We have over 220,000 e-books on our website. Soon, we will also be offering e-books in the EPUB open source platform that many publishers are adopting as the standard. These can be read on multiple devices including the Sony Reader. Please tell us what you think of e-books. Do you think they are the future? Are you intrigued? Dismayed? Send me a note. I want to hear your thoughts on the matter.
Autumn cheer!
Readings & Talks
Exciting readings this autumn. UConn Co-op's Book BlogUpdated often. Check it out.
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Book Rush
Second day of classes.
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Doug Anderson
Keep Your Head Down
Tuesday, September15,
4:00 pm, UConn Co-op
Doug Anderson's stirring memoir Keep Your Head Down tells the story of his tumultuous southern boyhood, his tour as a medic in the Vietnam War and the following years of transience and heavy drinking. From youth, Anderson was creative, playing drums, reading, writing, and taking photos. It's that creative impulse, perhaps, that helped him find his way. Keep Your Head Down is a tough book, unstinting in its honesty, but the pages also overflow with gentleness, a deep love for humanity, and, in the end, a zest for life. Anderson is an award-winning poet. This is his first book of prose. Co-sponsored with Creative Writing.Tune to WHUS at 1:30 pm on Thursday to hear John Murphy interview Doug Anderson. |
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Tim Page, Parallel Play
Wednesday, September 16,
6:30 pm,
UConn Co-op Pulitzer Prize winning music critic Tim Page will talk about his memoir, Parallel Play: Growing Up with Undiagnosed Asperger's. Page, who grew up in Storrs, has written or edited numerous books including Dawn Powell: A Biography. He has served as music critic for the New York Times, Newsday and the Washington Post. And he has produced concerts and records. In Parallel Play, Page shares his isolation growing up. Please call ahead to ensure a seat. 860-486-5027.
READ TIM PAGE'S BLOG on his upcoming visit to Storrs.
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David Leff in the Wake of Thoreau
Thursday, September 17, 4:00 PM,
UConn Co-op
 David Leff, retired deputy commissioner at the Connecticut DEP, and current columnist for the Hartford Courant, spent the summer of 2004 retracing Henry David Thoreau's excursions on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. In Deep Travel, he offers his keen, highly informed observations and meditations on these historic waters and provides us with a way to enrich our own journeys. Leff is also the author of The Last Undiscovered Place and The Price of Water. Wayne Franklin wrote the foreward to the book. Co-sponsored with the Connecticut Museum of Natural History. State Archaeologist Nick Bellantoni will introduce David Leff. |
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