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Books and Literature
Commentary: Books and the Internet
Jul 23, 2002 — Interest in the Internet as a way to publich and read books is growing steadily. It's an issue that is regularly addressed in newspapers, trade journals and on the Internet itself. The primary question is "will computers replace books?" Commentator Paul Willcott says yes and no. Go to full article
The American Freedom Trail: An Adirondack Correction?
Jul 17, 2002 — Brian Mann talks with Dr. Milton Sernett, author of North Star Country, Upstate New York and the Crusade for African American Freedom. It's a closer look at the Underground Railroad in New York. Sernett is vice chair of the New York State Freedom Trail commission. Go to full article
Readers & Writers Summer Reading Call-in
Jul 11, 2002 — Readers and Writers on the Air's Ellen Rocco is joined by guest host Jill Breit from Traditional Arts in Upstate New York to talk with callers about their favorite summer reading for 2002. Go to full article
The American Dream in Russia's Wild Frontier
Jul 10, 2002 — Martha Foley talks with Alexander Blakely, author of Siberia Bound. Blakely is a Minnesota-native who's written a book about using his entrepreneurial skills in... Go to full article
Book Review: Images of America
Jun 18, 2002 — In 1993, a visitor to New England from London looked for books which told the history of America's small towns. He found that for the most part they didn't exist. In... Go to full article
Big Kiss: One Actor's Desperate Attempt to Claw His Way to the Middle, by Henry Alford
May 02, 2002 — You're gonna love this guy and his hilarious romp through the bizarre world of the struggling NYC actor--complete with horrible headshots, gleefully sadistic acting teachers,... Go to full article
Readers & Writers: Lake Wobegone Summer 1956, Garrison Keillor
Apr 11, 2002 — This is the latest installment in the saga from the fictional Minnesota hamlet; the narrator is Gary, a libidinous, iconoclastic 14-year-old. As you might expect from... Go to full article
Reading Challenge in Indian Lake
Apr 09, 2002 — Teachers at Indian Lake Central School use a month-long reading challenge to spark an interest in literature outside the classroom. Todd Moe talks with English teacher Nora... Go to full article
Book Review: Adirondack Tales
Apr 01, 2002 — In 1970, Adirondack Life magazine printed a book called Adirondack Tales: A Girl Grows Up in the Adirondacks in the 1880s. In it writer and painter Edna West... Go to full article
A New Edition of an Old Favorite
Mar 26, 2002 — Martha Foley talks with St. Lawrence University English professor Dr. Albert Glover about his new edition of Irving Bacheller's Eben Holden. Go to full article
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