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Posted in Free Education, Literature on Apr 8th, 2009
Thursday (April 9): Dr. Jared Diamond, a professor of geography at UCLA and a Pulitzer Prize winner, will discuss his new book, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. In “Collapse”, Diamond argues that environmental problems often cause ancient and modern societies — from the Vikings in Greenland to Rwanda — to fall apart. [...]
Posted in Literature on Feb 25th, 2009
Thousands of kids from around the world wrote and illustrated their hopes for President Obama in a free e-book called “Dear Mr. President.” The book, organized by the National Education Association, will be sent in a hard copy to the White House for Obama to see later this year. Children from age 5 to 12 [...]
Posted in Literature on Feb 12th, 2009
Today (Feb. 12): Lauren Groff, author of “Delicate Edible Birds,” and Jami Attenberg, author of “Kept Man,” will read their works at 8 p.m. tonight at Goerings Bookstore. Listen to short stories about mid-century American women and a novel about a wife in Brooklyn coming to terms with love and loss because of her husband’s [...]