http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/books books news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2010 2010-09-06T13:41:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072010_italybadgrammar/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072010_italybadgrammar/#When: 18:09:54Z Silvia Marchetti Up until the 1960s, middle and high school students in Italy studied both Latin and Greek syntax and literature. Today they can hardly write (and many cases even speak) Italian properly. nationworld, news, education, family, arts_culture, books, breaking, hub_headlines, globalpost 2010-07-20T18:09:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071310_bowden/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071310_bowden/#When: 17:01:57Z Julian Aguilar Probably more than any other author, Southern Arizonan Charles Bowden has revealed the intricacies of the violence haunting Ciudad Juárez. He’s swatted at flies swarming fresh bloodstains and reported from a house where bodies were drenched in acid before burial. One wonders if he didn’t lose a slice of his sanity with each movement of his hand. (with audio) nationworld, news, border, crime, media, local, arizona, arts_culture, books, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, mexico_latin 2010-07-12T17:01:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051310_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051310_weekend/#When: 03:51:42Z Maggie Golston There is a definite air of civic engagement in the programming offerings of clubs and arts organizations this week, as well as a commitment to the unique cultural hybrid that is Tucson. If the 24-hour news cycle portrayal of your community has made you despair of late, the perfect remedy is a visit to some of these choice weekend events. Boycott your television and embrace some local culture. flags, arts_culture, books, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, film, music, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-05-14T03:51:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051110_frazetta/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051110_frazetta/#When: 19:14:02Z Maggie Golston llustrator and comic book artist Frank Frazella, best known as the illustrator of the covers for Robert E. Howard’s series of Conan the Barbarian adventure novels, died Monday. flags, arts_culture, books, visualarts, entertainment, celebs, film, music, breaking, lead_ok 2010-05-11T19:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051010_voicesinc/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051010_voicesinc/#When: 18:59:44Z Maggie Golston Voices Inc., a local nonprofit community media project, celebrates another successful academic year with a “free fundraiser” at the Temple of Music and Art on Wednesday. flags, news, education, local, arts_culture, books, visualarts, entertainment, film, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-05-10T18:59:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042910_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042910_weekend/#When: 14:30:55Z Maggie Golston Here at the Sentinel, we would like to commemorate National Poetry Month’s end by invoking Baudelaire’s poetic imperative to “Get Drunk.” Not that this necessitates the imbibing of potent potables; Baudelaire goes on to direct readers to intoxicate themselves “On wine, virtue, poetry, whatever!” flags, local, arts_culture, books, dance, visualarts, entertainment, music, style, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-04-29T14:30:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042810_poetrycenter/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042810_poetrycenter/#When: 21:36:16Z Maggie Golston The University of Arizona Poetry Center announced today that it received a $49,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to further develop its extensive audio/video collection.  flags, arts_culture, books, visualarts, entertainment, film, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-04-28T21:36:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042010_17words/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042010_17words/#When: 18:10:22Z Dave Low In the fifteen years since it was released to little fanfare, became a beloved mainstay on cable TV, and entered the American consciousness, I’ve had a complex, changing relationship with “The Shawshank Redemption.” flags, news, crime, opinion, comics, arts_culture, books, entertainment, celebs, film, breaking, weird 2010-04-20T18:10:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041210_pulitzer/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041210_pulitzer/#When: 03:16:38Z Maggie Golston The 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism categories and arts and letters were announced today.The most surprising recipient was Sheri Fink, a writer for nonprofit online news site and Sentinel wire service ProPublica.org, who won the Pulitzer for investigative reporting for her series of articles about a hospital in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. nationworld, news, media, arts_culture, books, classical, theatre, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, propublica 2010-04-13T03:16:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041210_artscrisis/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041210_artscrisis/#When: 17:40:08Z Maggie Golston Michael W. Kaiser, president of The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts told Tucson arts leaders Monday that groups that all arts nonprofits, and particularly ethnically diverse groups, need to increase private funding. flags, news, business, arts_culture, books, classical, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-04-12T17:40:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/0400910_17words/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/0400910_17words/#When: 22:28:21Z Dave Low Is it possible for America’s bestselling authors to become so repetitive that the pieces of their books, if broken apart, would fit back together, in any order, as cleanly as if produced on an assembly line? flags, news, media, opinion, comics, arts_culture, books, breaking, weird 2010-04-10T22:28:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040810_tedhughes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040810_tedhughes/#When: 17:38:50Z HDS Greenway France may have its painters, Italy its art and opera, and German culture its matchless composers. But for England it’s poetry, and Westminster Abbey is where the immortals are memorialized. flags, news, history, arts_culture, books, entertainment, celebs, breaking, globalpost 2010-04-08T17:38:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040610_thelastbook/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040610_thelastbook/#When: 00:33:22Z Roberto De Vido Is the iPad the end of print? Or the savior of formerly printed “content”? flags, news, business, sci_tech, opinion, comics, arts_culture, books, breaking, lead_ok 2010-04-06T00:33:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040210_pofest/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040210_pofest/#When: 16:10:22Z Maggie Golston The 28th Tucson Poetry Festival will be held this weekend at Club Congress and Casa Libre, with four featured poet/performers and poetry slam events. flags, arts_culture, books, theatre, breaking 2010-04-02T16:10:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040110_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040110_weekend/#When: 19:54:43Z Maggie Golston Plan your three-day weekend with the Sentinel. In addition to the KXCI Festival en el Barrio Viejo and the 28th Tucson Poetry Festival, there is plenty to do in Tucson this weekend. flags, local, arts_culture, books, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, film, music, style, todo, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-04-01T19:54:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032610_17words/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032610_17words/#When: 17:34:42Z Dave Low When it comes to visual art, I’m one of those people who, unless it’s really obvious, doesn’t tend to “get” when things aren’t what they’re actually “supposed to be.” flags, opinion, comics, arts_culture, books, visualarts, breaking, lead_ok, weird 2010-03-26T17:34:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032510_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032510_weekend/#When: 18:40:21Z Maggie Golston You probably know about Powhaus’ “Trash” and Ted Leo, but here are seven more weekend events you won’t want to miss. flags, arts_culture, books, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-03-25T18:40:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032310_alexie/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032310_alexie/#When: 20:14:27Z Maggie Golston Sherman Alexie’s “War Dances” has been selected as the winner of the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, beating out finalists including former Tucsonan Barbara Kingsolver’s “The Lacuna.” flags, arts_culture, books, breaking, lead_ok 2010-03-23T20:14:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031710_fuhrman/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031710_fuhrman/#When: 06:21:25Z Maggie Golston This Saturday, the POG collective brings one of the most compelling younger minds in American poetry, Joanna Fuhrman,  to The Drawing Studio. flags, arts_culture, books, breaking, lead_ok 2010-03-18T06:21:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031210_tbfsentinel/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031210_tbfsentinel/#When: 15:53:21Z Maggie Golston Readers attending the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend can meet Sentinel staff — and each other — at our booth. flags, local, arts_culture, books, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-12T15:53:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031110_mcmurtry/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031110_mcmurtry/#When: 01:36:14Z Maggie Golston Larry McMurtry, writer of Pulitzer Prize winning novel “Lonesome Dove” and “The Last Picture Show” has suffered a “cardiac event.” His appearance at this weekend’s Tucson Festival of Books has been canceled. flags, arts_culture, books, breaking 2010-03-12T01:36:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031010_bookfesfic/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031010_bookfesfic/#When: 22:09:11Z Sean Bottai The Tucson Festival of Books is one of our city’s more unique events, featuring a panoply of children’s events, author interviews, writing workshops and panels. flags, arts_culture, books, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-10T22:09:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031010_bookfestpoetry/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031010_bookfestpoetry/#When: 18:38:56Z Maggie Golston The Tucson Book Festival, in cooperation with the UA’s Poetry Center and American Indian Language Development Institute, will be hosting some of America’s best living poets this weekend. These are the Sentinel’s selections of the best of the festival’s poetry roster. flags, arts_culture, books, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-10T18:38:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030910_17words/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030910_17words/#When: 02:24:29Z Dave Low With all the hype surrounding Tim Burton’s new film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, I felt that I should get in on the game. Perhaps TucsonSentinel.com will gross more than the movie. flags, opinion, comics, arts_culture, books, entertainment, film, food, eating, breaking, weird 2010-03-10T02:24:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030810_joyce/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030810_joyce/#When: 15:19:57Z Conor O'Clery After 30 years of detective work and eye-strain, two Dubliners have produced a corrected version of “Finnegans Wake.” Their new edition of James Joyce’s most difficult work is being launched in Dublin on March 11. It is naturally the literary event of the year in Ireland. nationworld, news, environment, history, arts_culture, books, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-08T15:19:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030710_munro/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030710_munro/#When: 17:41:53Z Sean Bottai Alice Munro has been labeled as a practitioner of “Southern Ontario Gothic” for years, and she’s never been Goth-ier than in her latest collection, “Too Much Happiness,” which was published in November by Knopf. flags, arts_culture, books, breaking, review 2010-03-07T17:41:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030610_17words/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030610_17words/#When: 22:15:09Z Dave Low Though PBS’ award-winning childrens series Wishbone (1995-98) was a bit after my time, I was aware of it, and fascinated by the idea of turning famous books into contemporary kiddie fare, starring, of all actors, a talking Jack Russell Terrier. And if they could find a way to adapt Faust and The Red Badge of Courage, why not Lolita or Tropic of Cancer? flags, news, education, family, media, opinion, comics, arts_culture, books, entertainment, celebs, breaking, weird 2010-03-06T22:15:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030110_libraries/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030110_libraries/#When: 16:44:24Z Meaghan Wallace As the state Legislature cuts public education funding, some Arizona schools are taking a hit in their libraries with less-qualified staff or even relying on volunteers to keep them functional – a move experts warn could hurt kids in the long run. flags, news, politics, education, family, local, arizona, arts_culture, books, breaking 2010-03-01T16:44:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/022810_cubabook/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/022810_cubabook/#When: 17:53:50Z Nick Miroff Each February, Cuba’s International Book Fair transforms the old Spanish fortifications that overlook the Havana harbor into one of the biggest book parties in the world. The fair is Cuba’s largest cultural event, and as such, it brings out the best and worst elements of a one-party socialist system that celebrates reading but practices careful censorship. nationworld, arts_culture, books, breaking, mexico_latin 2010-02-28T17:53:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/022510_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/022510_weekend/#When: 17:03:43Z Maggie Golston Cloudy, with a shower of 90s: This weekend’s best non-Warhol arts events. While most Tucsonans will be at either the rodeo or the host of Warhol events this weekend, the Sentinel offers you these alternatives. flags, arts_culture, books, visualarts, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-02-25T17:03:43+00:00