There’s a lovely essay by Joseph Epstein titled “In and Around Books,” which playfully parses the dedications, acknowledgments, and blurbs that have evolved into an expected part of publishing. To which I would add: ads!
A couple years ago, the New York Times launched its Paper Cuts blog with a fabulous collection of book ads from [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
Don Delillo Reading
Monday, September 28, 5:00 PM
University of Wyoming Union Ballroom, Laramie
Acclaimed author Don DeLillo will read from his most recent novel, Falling Man. He will sign books following the free presentation. Falling Man depicts the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Critics call the novel “the clearest vision yet of what it felt like [...]
Monday, September 21, 2009
Around Wyoming Fall Film Series
Film: Shane
Monday, September 21st, 6 PM
Niobrara County Library, Lusk
Campbell County Public Library Used Book Sale
September 22-27, Early Bird Special September 22, 4:00-8:45
1$ paperbacks, 2$ hardbacks
“Bag Days” September 26- 27, All books 5$ per bag
Gillette and Wright
Benjamin Franklin : Film Series- Part One
Tuesday, September 22, 6:30 PM- Willow Room
Laramie County Library, Cheyenne
Discovering [...]
The was frost on my window this morning, and for many of us, the school year has begun. So summer is waning… but, on the plus side, our fall programs are starting to ramp up! It’s a particularly big week for Reading Wyoming!
UW MFA Reading Series: Rebecca Curtis
Monday, August 24, 7:00-8:30 PM
Second Story Books, Laramie
Free [...]
Poet Craig Arnold, a professor at the University of Wyoming who has been involved with numerous Wyoming Humanities Council projects, has been missing on the Japanese volcanic island of Kuchinoerabu-jima since Sunday, April 26. Craig has visited volcanoes in multiple countries as part of his research for a book he’s currently writing on world volcanoes. [...]
Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer Joy Williams, the University of Wyoming’s Eminent Writer-in-Residence in the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing, will read and sign her books Monday, April 6, from 5-6:30 p.m. at the UW Art Museum.
This event concludes Williams’ residency at UW. During the past year she has taught a graduate writing workshop, [...]