Reading picks from local readers at Free State and beyond
Emily Foster, Free State senior, Lawrence, cites The Giver by Lois Lowry as philosophical and intense. Maggie Wiseman, Juice Stop employee, notes Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz about a man who speaks with spirits solving murders.
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Emily Foster
Free State
Lawrence
Giver
Lois Lowry
Odd Thomas
Dean Koontz
Maggie Wiseman
Juice Stop
Sara Shepard
The Art of Cruelty Reck oning review
Maggie Nelson surveys a century of art and culture from Artaud to Bacon, Ono to Opie, tying cruelty to rupture and revolution. She blends high and low culture, citing Beckett, Cage, and Matta-Clark while challenging simple moral readings. The book combines vivid critique with loose continuity and strong provocative stance.
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Los Angeles
Maggie Nelson
Antonin Artaud
Nelson
Artaud
Chris Burden
Ryan Trecartin
Francis Bacon
Mary Gaitskill
Brian Evenson
Stephen Colbert
Bacon
Samuel Beckett
Gordon Matta-Clark
John Cage
Nao Bustamante
Yoko Ono
Marina Abramovic
Catherine Opie
Opie
Ono
Carnegie Hall
CalArts
Roland Barthes
Sex on the Moon review mocks audacious theft and a NASA intern
Ben Mezrich recounts Thad Roberts, a Utah student turned NASA intern who stole moon rocks from Johnson Space Center in 2002. The 600 pound safe and rocks valued high per gram led to eight years in prison. The book blends gleeful bravado with pathos, while Roberts’ NASA persona masks a shy, troubled background.
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Ben Mezrich
Mark Zuckerberg
Harvard
Facebook
Mezrich
Thad Roberts
NASA
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Mezrick
Roberts
University of Utah
Zuckerberg
Outer Space
Merrick
U.S
Rome and Carthage in the Mediterranean Empire
An AP article reviews Richard Miles’s scholarly study of ancient Rome and Carthage. It traces Carthage’s rise, Rome’s push to destroy it, Hannibal’s invasion, and Rome’s successful conquest, with notes on sources, artifacts, and the impact of elephants in ancient warfare.
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Carthage
Mediterranean
Middle East
Atlantic
Africa
Spain
Sicily
Sardinia
Corsica
Cato
Rome
Hannibal
Italy
France
Alps
Richard Miles
University of Sydney
Australia
Tunis
Poet's Showcase Art Class Debuts Whimsy and Craft
In a vivid display titled Art Class, students create with boxes, paints, yarn, and clay while tracing teacher models. The scene blends brushes, markers, scissors, and glitter with drawings of cats, gardens, tepees, suns, and bright doodles. Judy Grant and Lawrence are named in the showcase.
Poet's Showcase Seeks Local Poems by Area Writers
The Poet's Showcase invites area poets to submit poetry via email with the subject Poet's Showcase to danderson ljworld.com. Include hometown and contact information for publication consideration.
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Danderson
Ljworld.com
Bestselling Books Week of July 23 Reveals Top Titles
The bestsellers list shows George R.R. Martin, Daniel Silva, Danielle Steel, Catherine Coulter and others leading nationwide. Titles include A Dance with Dragons, Portrait of a Spy, Happy Birthday, Split Second, Now You See Her, Smokin Seventeen, Then Came You, State of Wonder, Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Dominion, and Against All Enemies with prices ranging from 14.95 to 37.50 across Bantam, Harper, Delacorte, Putnam, Little, Brown, and other publishers.
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George R.R. Martin
Bantam
Daniel Silva
Harper
Danielle Steel
Delacorte
Catherine Coulter
Putnam
James Patterson
Michael Ledwidge
Little, Brown
Smokin
Janet Evanovich
Jennifer Weiner
Atria
Ann Patchett
Robert Ludlum
Eric van Lustbader
Grand Central
Tom Clancy
Peter Telep
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Jaycee Dugard
Simon & Schuster
Adam Mansbach
Ricardo Cortes
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Laura Hillenbrand
Random House
Erik Larson
Crown
Mike Moreno
Free Press
Tina Fey
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