Poet's Showcase: Emily Bobo Weaves Self Reflection
Emily Bobo of Lawrence, poetry fellow at Wichita State University, contributes a piece about aging and body image. The notice invites area poets to submit via email with a subject Poet's Showcase or by mail to Mindie Paget in Lawrence. Teen submissions go to the 18. Under page at teens ljworld.com.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Bobo
Lawrence
Wichita State University
Jworld.com
Mindie Paget
Best Sellers Catalog Briefing
A rundown of top five titles with authors publishers and prices. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown leads to a Louvre murder and secret society. Lost City by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos follows a life extending enzyme amid disappearances and killings. R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton features Kinsey Millhone babysitting a paroled daughter. Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen has a woman and ex cop planning revenge on a husband. The Rule of Four by Caldwell and Thomason has Princeton students chasing a Renaissance puzzle amid murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Brown
Doubleday
Louvre
Leonardo
Clive Cussler
Paul Kemprecos
Putnam
Atlantic Ocean
Sue Grafton
Marian Wood
Kinsey Millhone
Carl Hiaasen
Knopf
Ian Caldwell
Dustin Thomason
Dial
Princeton
Notable 2004 Book List Highlights Bestselling Titles
A catalog of recent books highlights memoirs by Bill Clinton and David Sedaris, humor and punctuation guides, CIA critique, and travel diet plans. Notable works include Shadow Divers about a WWII U-boat wreck discovery near New Jersey and The South Beach Diet by Arthur Agarston with cook book spin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Clinton
Knopf
Lynne Truss
Gotham
Anonymous
Brassey's
CIA
United States
David Sedaris
Little, Brown
Robert Kurson
Random House
New Jersey
South Beach
Arthur Agarston
Rodale
Miami
Rick Warren
Zondervan
Sylvia Browne
Lindsay Harrison
Dutton
David Bach
Broadway
Lobsters and Lobstermen in Corson Book Tale
Trevor Corson’s The Secret Life of Lobsters explores lobster courtship and lifelong Maine fishing village dynamics. The book pairs lobstermen with scientists to reveal future industry challenges amid conservation rules and the allure of underwater passion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Trevor Carson
Boston
Little Cranberry Island
Gulf of Maine
Carson
Corson
Aristotle
Maine
Bruce Fernald
Fernald
New England
Patrice Farrey
Assa
Trevor Corson
Portland
Trio of picture books charms young readers
Lois Hendersong reviews three new children’s books. Don Quixote and the Windmills by Eric A. Kimmel retells Cervantes with Fisher’s illustrations, Hot Potato: Meal time Rhymes selected by Neil Philip features brisk mini poems, and You Read to Me I’ll Read to You by Mary Ann Hoberman invites two readers to perform mutually redemptive fairy tales with warm endings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Miguel de Cervantes
Eric A. Kimmel
Leonard Everett Fisher
Kimmel
Don Quixote
Clarion Books
Neil Philip
Claire Henley
A.A. Milne
Lewis Carroll
Michael Rosen
John Ciardi
Mary Ann Hoberman
Michael Emberley
Little, Brown and Company
Cinderella
Reading List From Local Students and Readers
Josh Percival a Scott City student reads Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling. Devin Baalman a Grinnell student reads The Lord of the Rings Return of the King by J R R Tolkien. Melinda Nichols a Bishop Seabury student reads Pledged The Secret Life of Sororities by Alexandra Robbins. Kelly Barth a freelance writer reads The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson and Beyond Belief The Secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels. Cindy Huckvale a Winfield volunteer reads The All True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton by Jane Smiley about a pioneer family traveling to Lawrence at its founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh Percival
Scott City
Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling
Melinda Nichols
Bishop Seabury
Lawrence
Sororities
Alexandra Robbins
Kelly Barth
Rachel Carson
Beyond Belief
Secret Gospel
of Thomas
Elaine Pagels
Cindy Huckvale
Winfield
Lidie Newton
Jane Smiley
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