http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/books books news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2013 2013-06-19T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/061413_poetry_center/new-verse-incoming-director-wants-grow-poetry-centers-reach/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/061413_poetry_center/new-verse-incoming-director-wants-grow-poetry-centers-reach/ 23:55:00Z Michelle Cook The University of Arizona Poetry Center will see a change of meter this fall with the appointment of its first new executive director in over a decade. Tyler Meier, who is leaving his post as editor of the Kenyon Review, said he wants to expand the center’s reach, engaging audiences both online and in the community. 2013-06-14T23:55:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_sotomayor_book/sonia-sotomayor-courts-riches-from-book-deal/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061113_sotomayor_book/sonia-sotomayor-courts-riches-from-book-deal/ 19:50:00Z Reity O'Brien When they aren’t busy handing down landmark decisions, professing the law or attending the opera, U.S. Supreme Court Justices can make millions in book deals. The high court’s authors raked in nearly $2 million in publishing advances, appearances and royalties during 2012, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor taking home the lion’s share. 2013-06-11T19:50:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061013_library_app/pima-library-goes-mobile-with-new-app/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061013_library_app/pima-library-goes-mobile-with-new-app/ 16:03:00Z Molly Baker Managing your summer reading list just got easier with the Pima County Public Library mobile app. Books can be renewed or placed on hold, eBooks can be downloaded, and library locations and hours can be found all on a smart phone or tablet. 2013-06-10T16:03:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060313_german_words/germany-drops-its-longest-word/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060313_german_words/germany-drops-its-longest-word/ 18:26:00Z Katrine Dermody The German language isn’t for the faint of heart, with words that can seem infinitely long. In what may be considered a major win for the diction-impaired, Germans have officially removed their longest word from the national lexicon. 2013-06-03T18:26:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060113_columbus_library/columbus-library-re-opening-sunday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060113_columbus_library/columbus-library-re-opening-sunday/ 18:34:00Z Scott Coleman After $1.9 million in renovations, the Eckstrom-Columbus Library will reopen with additional study rooms, a new meeting room and space for 51 public computers, along with an expanded children’s section. 2013-06-01T18:34:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041013_buckmaster/buckmaster-pima-supervisors-divided-over-medicaid-expansion/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041013_buckmaster/buckmaster-pima-supervisors-divided-over-medicaid-expansion/ 22:49:00Z Buckmaster Show An interview with Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias. Also, Tucson writer Catherine Harris talks about her new book, “Finding Frances ... Love Letters from a Flight Lieutenant.” Plus, TUSD Governing Boardmember Mark Stegeman. 2013-04-10T22:49:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040813_neruda/chile-plans-exhume-famed-poet-pablo-neruda/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040813_neruda/chile-plans-exhume-famed-poet-pablo-neruda/ 16:57:00Z Faine Greenwood Authorities hope to determine if the literary figure died of prostate cancer, or was killed by the Pinochet regime. 2013-04-08T16:57:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030513_buckmaster/buckmaster-why-traditional-democratic-governance-has-become-almost-impossible/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030513_buckmaster/buckmaster-why-traditional-democratic-governance-has-become-almost-impossible/ 22:25:00Z Buckmaster Show Terry Bracy, Buckmaster Washington, D.C. contributor, leads off the show with an update from the capital. Then, financial planner Shelly Fishman has the Tuesday Money Maker report. Also, Mark V. Sykes, head of the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute, and Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly Arts Editor. 2013-03-05T22:25:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030413_buckmaster/buckmaster-best-selling-author-ja-jance/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030413_buckmaster/buckmaster-best-selling-author-ja-jance/ 01:53:00Z Buckmaster Show The Monday Face-Off featured commentators John Munger and Vince Rabago. Then, New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance talks about her new book “Deadly Stakes,” and Barbara Stahura, author of “After Brain Injury: Telling Your Story.” 2013-03-05T01:53:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021513_library_fire/no-books-burned-flowing-wells-library-fire/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021513_library_fire/no-books-burned-flowing-wells-library-fire/ 16:04:00Z Daren Ansher The Flowing Wells Branch Library will be closed until Tuesday, following a Wednesday night fire that burned in storage areas. No books were burned in the fire, which caused $4,000-6,000 in damage, said library spokeswoman Kenya Johnson. 2013-02-15T16:04:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021413_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-considers-crackdown-yard-sales/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021413_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-considers-crackdown-yard-sales/ 22:31:00Z Buckmaster Show An interview with Tucson City Councilman Paul Cummingham, plus comet discoverer Dr. David Levy, local writer Ron Swager talks about his book “Day of the Elephants,” along with Roland Deah, whose story is depicted in the book. 2013-02-14T22:31:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012413_buckmaster/buckmaster-elias-says-pima-county-investing-soccer/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012413_buckmaster/buckmaster-elias-says-pima-county-investing-soccer/ 04:06:00Z Buckmaster Show An interview with Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias, plus, a conversation with Pima County’s new health director, Dr. Francisco Garcia, and Tucson writer Judith Knight talks about her new cookbook, “The Knights at the Round Table.” 2013-01-25T04:06:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121712_buckmaster/buckmaster2012-southwest-books-year/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121712_buckmaster/buckmaster2012-southwest-books-year/ 22:58:00Z Buckmaster Show t’s the Monday Political Face-Off with commentators Bruce Ash and Paul Eckerstrom. Also, Bruce Dinges of the Arizona Historical Society and writer Bill Broyles of the University of Arizona’s Southwest Center discuss the 2012 Southwest Books of the Year. 2012-12-17T22:58:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112112_buckmaster/buckmaster-territorial-cup-showdown/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112112_buckmaster/buckmaster-territorial-cup-showdown/ 21:09:00Z Buckmaster Show Anthony Gimino, TucsonCitizen.com sports reporter, previews the coming UA-ASU game, plus: Pima County Library Director Melinda Cervantes; author Patty Valance on her her new children’s book, “Born to Wear Blue” with Mike McKendrick of the Greater Tucson Fire Foundation; and Dr. Robert Hendricks on education. 2012-11-21T21:09:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/111912_petraeus_think_again/why-were-pundits-all-all-in/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/111912_petraeus_think_again/why-were-pundits-all-all-in/ 08:43:00Z Eric Alterman If you click on the Amazon.com page for the unfortunately titled Paula Broadwell/Vernon Loeb tome “All In: The Education of General David Petraeus,” you’ll see an interesting disjunction. Overall, the book receives an average of fewer stars from its readers than the four that adorned the general’s uniform. 2012-11-19T08:43:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/103012_buckmaster/buckmaster-coming-tsunami-latino-voters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/103012_buckmaster/buckmaster-coming-tsunami-latino-voters/ 21:47:00Z Buckmaster Show Interviews with Joseph Garcia, director of ASU’s Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center, financial planner Shelly Fishman, and historian Ken Scoville previewed the upcoming Tucson Modernism Week. 2012-10-30T21:47:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102512_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-poet-laureate-aims-more-literacy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102512_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-poet-laureate-aims-more-literacy/ 21:26:00Z Buckmaster Show Interviews with Joan Lionetti, Executive Director of Tucson Clean and Beautiful; Tucson’s new poet laureate Rebecca Seiferle; LD 10 state House candidate Stefanie Mach (D); and Tom Collier, Buckmaster contributor on consumer affairs. 2012-10-25T21:26:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101712_weekend_events/out-town-events-entertain-all/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101712_weekend_events/out-town-events-entertain-all/ 01:53:00Z Rebecca Miller This weekends events feature festivals and performance that encourage the family to hop in the car and get out of town for a day to experience something new that’s not far outside of Tucson. 2012-10-19T01:53:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101212_amy_goodman/goodman-talk-benefit-kxci-access-tucson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101212_amy_goodman/goodman-talk-benefit-kxci-access-tucson/ 19:52:00Z Dave Irwin Journalist Amy Goodman is on a 100-city tour in support of her book, “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprising, Occupations, Resistance and Hope,” with co-author Denis Moynihan. The Tucson stop will support public access TV and community radio. 2012-10-12T19:52:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092412_buckmaster/buckmaster-do-political-endorsements-matter/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092412_buckmaster/buckmaster-do-political-endorsements-matter/ 20:54:00Z Buckmaster Show Commentators Bruce Ash and Paul Eckerstrom, plus LD 11 Republican state House candidate Adam Kwasman, and writer Deanne Stillman, author of “Desert Reckoning.” 2012-09-24T20:54:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090412_buckmaster/buckmaster-food-bank-launches-hunger-action-month/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090412_buckmaster/buckmaster-food-bank-launches-hunger-action-month/ 20:57:00Z Buckmaster Show Interviews with Bill Carnegie of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, financial planner Shelly Fishman, and Tom Collier, consumer affairs contributor. 2012-09-04T20:57:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090412_library_closure/eckstrom-columbus-library-closing-renovation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090412_library_closure/eckstrom-columbus-library-closing-renovation/ 16:30:00Z Maria Coxon-Smith The Eckstrom-Columbus Library is closing for renovation on Sept. 10, and reopening temporarily in a former school building on Sept. 24. 2012-09-04T16:30:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082012_buckmaster/buckmaster-substance-abuse-top-pima-county-issue/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082012_buckmaster/buckmaster-substance-abuse-top-pima-county-issue/ 20:51:00Z Buckmaster Show Commentators Bruce Ash and Paul Eckerstrom, plus substance abuse counselor Carole Bennett talking about one of Pima County’s top medical issues, and archaeologist Gayle Hartmann on the book “Last Water on the Devil’s Highway.” 2012-08-20T20:51:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080712_steinbeck_death_penalty/steinbeck-lennie-shouldnt-bolster-execution-argument/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080712_steinbeck_death_penalty/steinbeck-lennie-shouldnt-bolster-execution-argument/ 15:35:00Z Brandi Grissom Thomas Steinbeck said his father John Steinbeck would be “deeply angry and ashamed” to know that Texas used the fictional character Lennie Small from his famous book Of Mice and Men to help set the standard to judge whether a man is eligible for execution. 2012-08-07T15:35:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080612_buckmaster/buckmaster-who-does-early-voting-favor/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080612_buckmaster/buckmaster-who-does-early-voting-favor/ 01:21:00Z Buckmaster Show Commentators Paul Eckerstrom and Bruce Ash, plus Chester Manning, one of five Republican candidates for Pima County sheriff, and author Judy Jance discussed her latest mystery. 2012-08-07T01:21:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060612_bradbury/celebrated-sci-fi-pioneer-ray-bradbury-dies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060612_bradbury/celebrated-sci-fi-pioneer-ray-bradbury-dies/ 15:49:00Z Dylan Smith Ray Bradbury, the author of “Fahrenheit 451,” “The Martian Chronicles” and “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” among many other works, died Wednesday morning at 91. Born in Waukegan, Ill., Bradbury lived in Tucson for two short periods as a boy. 2012-06-06T15:49:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/053112_jobs_sorkin/sorkin-dishes-steve-jobs-movie/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/053112_jobs_sorkin/sorkin-dishes-steve-jobs-movie/ 18:21:00Z Thomas Mucha Famed screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is in the early stages of whittling down Walter Isaacson’s best-selling tome “Steve Jobs” for a movie. 2012-05-31T18:21:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052912_huerta_medal/dolores-huerta-awarded-medal-freedom/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052912_huerta_medal/dolores-huerta-awarded-medal-freedom/ 01:21:00Z Jennifer Mattson President Barack Obama presented the United States’ highest civilian honor to civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, musician Bob Dylan, novelist Toni Morrison and 10 other people at a White House ceremony on Tuesday. 2012-05-30T01:21:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052412_bargain_workshop/pima-writers-workshop-opens-thurs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052412_bargain_workshop/pima-writers-workshop-opens-thurs/ 17:12:00Z Dave Irwin The program serves up a number of out-of-town experts and authors for a relatively small price tag: $130 for the entire weekend.  2012-05-24T17:12:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_buckmaster/buckmaster-end-of-session-wrap-up-with-rep-farley/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_buckmaster/buckmaster-end-of-session-wrap-up-with-rep-farley/ 20:47:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster- Conversations with state Rep. Steve Farley, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, Green Party CD 8 candidate Charlie Manolakis and Tucson Weekly arts calendar editor Linda Ray. 2012-05-15T20:47:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050812_sendak_obit/childrens-author-maurice-sendak-dies-83/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050812_sendak_obit/childrens-author-maurice-sendak-dies-83/ 14:34:00Z Jessica Phelan Maurice Sendak, the author and illustrator of “Where the Wild Things Are,” has died aged 83 2012-05-08T14:34:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050112_ebooks_scripts/warner-bros-offers-classic-film-scripts-as-e-books/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050112_ebooks_scripts/warner-bros-offers-classic-film-scripts-as-e-books/ 22:20:00Z Talia Ralph Warner Bros’ released scripts as e-books for the first time Monday, including films such as “Ben Hur” and “Casablanca.” 2012-05-01T22:20:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032812_food_for_fines/pima-county-library-waive-fines-food/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032812_food_for_fines/pima-county-library-waive-fines-food/ 18:43:00Z Janet Rose Jackman The Pima County Pubic Library will reduce outstanding overdue fines for a can of food for the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. Plus, a new library director was named. 2012-03-28T18:43:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032012_buckmaster/buckmaster-mayors-180-day-plan-track/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032012_buckmaster/buckmaster-mayors-180-day-plan-track/ 19:56:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, climatologist Zack Guido, and the arts round-up with Margaret Regan. 2012-03-20T19:56:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031412_kolker_immigrants_book/journalist-chronicles-traditions-first-generation-immigrants/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031412_kolker_immigrants_book/journalist-chronicles-traditions-first-generation-immigrants/ 22:39:00Z Julian Aguilar Reporter Claudi Kolker drew on her experiences as a world traveler to focus on what traditions first-generation immigrants bring to this country in her new book “The Immigrant Advantage.” 2012-03-14T22:39:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031312_buckmaster/buckmaster-beat-cancer-boot-camp-saturday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031312_buckmaster/buckmaster-beat-cancer-boot-camp-saturday/ 19:58:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Randy Serraglio of the Center for Biological Diversity, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, Roxanna Green — mother of Christina-Taylor Green, Dana Bartholomew of the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial, and Beat Cancer Boot Camp founder Anita “Sarge” Kellman. 2012-03-13T19:58:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030812_buckmaster/buckmaster-pima-county-vs-state-lawmakers-bonding-fight/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030812_buckmaster/buckmaster-pima-county-vs-state-lawmakers-bonding-fight/ 20:55:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with a conversation with State Rep. Terri Proud, then folklorist James “Big Jim” Griffith, and Tucson Vice-Mayor Councilwoman Karin Uhlich. 2012-03-08T20:55:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030612_buckmaster/buckmaster-border-warning-zone-not-good-idea-dupnik-says/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030612_buckmaster/buckmaster-border-warning-zone-not-good-idea-dupnik-says/ 21:10:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - A newsmaker interview with Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, the Tuesday Money Maker Report with Shelly Fishman, Arizonan publisher Todd Clodfelter, and Margaret Regan with the arts report. 2012-03-06T21:10:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030512_great_gatsby/gatsby-great-despite-strange-denouement/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030512_great_gatsby/gatsby-great-despite-strange-denouement/ 06:13:00Z Dave Irwin This stage version of “The Great Gatsby” faithfully follows the well-known novel, but ends with an odd take on the book’s denouement, literally turning cartoonish. The strange finish to an otherwise amazing and mostly magical bit of theatre should not be cause to miss this show. 2012-03-06T06:13:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030512_buckmaster/buckmaster-literacy-groups-count-book-fair/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030512_buckmaster/buckmaster-literacy-groups-count-book-fair/ 21:14:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - It’s the Monday Political Face-Off featuring commentators John Munger and Vince Rabago. Then, a conversation with the Up with People founder J. Blanton Belk. Also, it’s Tucson Festival of Books Week. We talk with Betty Stauffer of Literacy Connects. 2012-03-05T21:14:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022412_mex_castro_memoir/new-castro-memoir-recalls-rebels-life-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022412_mex_castro_memoir/new-castro-memoir-recalls-rebels-life-mexico/ 22:21:00Z Nick Miroff The events of Fidel Castro’s 18 months in Mexico during the mid-1950s receive expansive treatment in the new two-volume, 1,000-page memoir “Guerrillero del Tiempo.” 2012-02-24T22:21:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022012_mark_kelly_book/giffords-husband-publish-childrens-book/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022012_mark_kelly_book/giffords-husband-publish-childrens-book/ 23:54:00Z Dylan Smith Retired astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, is writing a children’s book about a mouse who goes to space. “Mousetronaut: A Partially True Story” is set for publication in October. 2012-02-20T23:54:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021412_buckmaster/buckmaster-winds-change-coming-az-economy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021412_buckmaster/buckmaster-winds-change-coming-az-economy/ 20:14:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with a look at the Arizona economy with Arizona State University economist Dennis Hoffman. Then, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman has the Tuesday Money Maker Report. Next, aging expert Gale Morgan has her monthly report. Plus, historian Tom Sheridan discusses the revised edition of his book “Arizona: A History.” 2012-02-14T20:14:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021312_asns_centennial_book/centennial-book-details-states-history/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021312_asns_centennial_book/centennial-book-details-states-history/ 17:42:00Z Alexandra Ghiz An Arizona native spent half a decade compiling 100 years of Arizona’s history into the official book of the Arizona centennial, “Arizona: 100 Years Grand.” 2012-02-13T17:42:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021212_asns_centennial1/state-gears-up-centennial/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021212_asns_centennial1/state-gears-up-centennial/ 19:33:00Z Hope Jamieson Arizonans are celebrating 100 years of statehood on Tuesday with exhibits and events that honor the pioneering spirit of the “Valentine State.” 2012-02-12T19:33:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020712_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-arts-celebrate-arizona-centennial/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020712_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-arts-celebrate-arizona-centennial/ 22:17:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with a conversation with Arizona Representative Vic Williams, candidate for Pima County Supervisor. Then, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman has the Tuesday Money Maker Report. Next, New York Times best-selling author J.A. Jance stops by to talk about her latest book. Plus, Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly Arts Editor, with her bi-monthly arts report. 2012-02-07T22:17:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_scorpionsinmymailbox/scorpions-my-mailbox/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_scorpionsinmymailbox/scorpions-my-mailbox/ 00:15:00Z Roberto De Vido Donate to Jan PAC! Get a “free” book! 2012-02-03T00:15:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_brewer_books/brewer-pacs-biggest-expense-buying-her-book/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_brewer_books/brewer-pacs-biggest-expense-buying-her-book/ 17:06:00Z Dylan Smith The biggest expense reported by Jan PAC, Gov. Brewer’s political action committee, is the purchase of copies of the governor’s book, financial reports show. 2012-02-02T17:06:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020112_buckmaster/buckmaster-search-new-ua-president-narrowing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020112_buckmaster/buckmaster-search-new-ua-president-narrowing/ 21:54:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We’ve got a newsmaker interview with former U.S. Sen. Dennis DeConcini of the Arizona Board of Regents. Also, Tucson-based writer Tom Miller on his recent trip to Cuba. Next, historian Ken Scoville previews Old Ft. Lowell Days. Then, we close out the show with a newsmaker interview with State Sen. Linda Lopez. 2012-02-01T21:54:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012712_scorpions/scorpions-breakfast/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012712_scorpions/scorpions-breakfast/ 07:36:00Z Roberto De Vido Jan Brewer may think she knows scorpions, but who could know more about scorpions than a guy who grew up in Indonesia? 2012-01-27T07:36:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012512_brewer_obama/brewer-obama-have-tense-exchange/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012512_brewer_obama/brewer-obama-have-tense-exchange/ 01:54:00Z Janet Rose Jackman President Obama was met with a bit of an Old West showdown Wednesday when he arrived in Phoenix and was greeted by Gov. Jan Brewer with what appeared to be a terse exchange of words. 2012-01-26T01:54:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012312_stegeman_letter/stegeman-clarifying-tusds-mas-book-ban/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012312_stegeman_letter/stegeman-clarifying-tusds-mas-book-ban/ 18:27:00Z Mark Stegeman When the TUSD board voted (4-1) to end the Mexican-American Studies (MAS) curriculum, ending use of the books had to be part of that package. Staff says that the seven titles removed from classrooms and placed into storage are still available in school libraries. 2012-01-23T18:27:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/123111_auld_lang_syne/happy-new-year-raise-glass-auld-lang-syne/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/123111_auld_lang_syne/happy-new-year-raise-glass-auld-lang-syne/ 19:01:00Z Dylan Smith Robert Burns’ poem “Auld Lang Syne” has become a near-universal celebration of the New Year. Here are a few renditions of the famous Scots song. 2011-12-31T19:01:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121211_buckmaster/buckmaster-13-picks-southwest-books-year/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121211_buckmaster/buckmaster-13-picks-southwest-books-year/ 20:50:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - It’s the Monday Political Face-off featuring commentators John Munger and Vince Rabago. Plus, the announcement of the winners of 35th edition of the Southwest Books of the Year. 2011-12-12T20:50:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120811_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-lawmaker-wants-curb-frivolous-lawsuits/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120811_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-lawmaker-wants-curb-frivolous-lawsuits/ 21:00:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - the show kicks off with a newsmaker interview with Arizona State Representative Ted Vogt. Plus, Janet Marcotte talks about her new photo tribute book to Gabrielle Giffords. 2011-12-08T21:00:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120611_mx_pena_nieto/mexican-candidate-has-palin-moment/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120611_mx_pena_nieto/mexican-candidate-has-palin-moment/ 17:48:00Z Sarah Childress Enrique Peña Nieto, a former governor of Mexico state and the current frontrunner in Mexico’s July 1 presidential poll, floundered for “about four minutes,” per the AP, when asked to name three books that had influenced him. 2011-12-06T17:48:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/113011_together_book/together-we-thrive-book-features-jan-8-memorial-photos/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/113011_together_book/together-we-thrive-book-features-jan-8-memorial-photos/ 01:32:00Z Dylan Smith “Indeed all of our hearts were broken on Jan. 8,” said Janet Marcotte, explaining the genesis of her book of photos of the informal memorials that sprang up after the shooting. “But our hearts were opened in ways we couldn’t have imagined before.” (with video) 2011-12-01T01:32:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111611_buckmaster/buckmaster-generous-colorado-water-supply-good-news-az-consumers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111611_buckmaster/buckmaster-generous-colorado-water-supply-good-news-az-consumers/ 20:29:00Z Buckmaster Show We’ve got a newsmaker interview with David Modeer of the Central Arizona Project. Plus, Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet on her new book, “Ghost Lights.” 2011-11-16T20:29:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111011_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-voters-keep-status-quo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111011_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-voters-keep-status-quo/ 20:27:00Z Buckmaster Show We’ve got a newsmaker interview with Tucson City Councilwoman Karin Uhlich, Tucson’s vice mayor. 2011-11-10T20:27:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110811_buckmaster/buckmaster-majority-az-inmates-are-repeat-or-violent-offenders/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110811_buckmaster/buckmaster-majority-az-inmates-are-repeat-or-violent-offenders/ 21:17:00Z Buckmaster Show We’ve got a newsmaker interview with Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall. Plus, the Sierra Club’s Borderlands program, and writer Janne Irvine. 2011-11-08T21:17:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110811_reading/poor-students-close-reading-gap-with-azs-higher-income-kids/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110811_reading/poor-students-close-reading-gap-with-azs-higher-income-kids/ 17:04:00Z Max Levy No state west of Lake Erie narrowed the achievement gap in reading between its higher- and lower-income students since 2009 more than Arizona. But whichever income category or grade the students were in, Arizona’s reading scores still ranked among the 10 worst in the country. 2011-11-08T17:04:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102711_grillo_mexico_infiltrator3/el-narco-big-bust/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102711_grillo_mexico_infiltrator3/el-narco-big-bust/ 13:57:00Z Ioan Grillo Several years into this work, Daniel built up his huge case in Panama. He flew down to Central America’s skyscraper paradise, packed with businessmen and criminals from all over the planet; glitzy discos, sparkling casinos and high-class prostitutes, all in a sweltering tropical climate. 2011-10-27T13:57:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102611_grillo_mexico_infiltrator2/el-narco-dying-nothing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102611_grillo_mexico_infiltrator2/el-narco-dying-nothing/ 17:21:00Z Ioan Grillo Alongside other veterans, Daniel would buzz around the state in a helicopter carrying an M16 automatic rifle and raiding marijuana plantations. Most were run by Mexicans and located inside national parks and forests and included some huge farms with up to twelve thousand plants. During one bust, some thugs from Michoacan fired at them with Kalashnikovs. 2011-10-26T17:21:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102511_buckmaster/buckmaster-flat-tax-will-hurt-most-az-taxpayers-aboud-says/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102511_buckmaster/buckmaster-flat-tax-will-hurt-most-az-taxpayers-aboud-says/ 19:36:00Z Buckmaster Show We start things off with State Senator Paula Aboud and her upcoming flat-tax forums. Plus, former Corp. Commission chair Kris Mayes, and the co-authors of a book on Navajo artist Quincey Tahoma. 2011-10-25T19:36:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/102311_cain_scheme/unraveling-cains-money-laundering-scheme/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/102311_cain_scheme/unraveling-cains-money-laundering-scheme/ 21:30:00Z Jimmy Zuma Herman Cain’s strategy to buy books from himself sure looks like money laundering. It’s time for an investigation. 2011-10-23T21:30:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/102211_machiavelliredux/machiavelli-redux/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/102211_machiavelliredux/machiavelli-redux/ 02:19:00Z Roberto De Vido Nearly 500 years ago, Italian diplomat and philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a treatise most notable for its candid assessment of the political behavior of princes and “great men.” 2011-10-23T02:19:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101911_giffords_audiobook/giffords-read-part-memoir-audiobook/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101911_giffords_audiobook/giffords-read-part-memoir-audiobook/ 23:13:00Z Dylan Smith U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, yet to speak in public after being shot in the head Jan. 8, will read the last chapter of her joint memoir with her husband, set for release next month. 2011-10-19T23:13:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101811_booker_prize_barnes/julian-barnes-wins-booker-prize/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101811_booker_prize_barnes/julian-barnes-wins-booker-prize/ 22:51:00Z Global Post Julian Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011 on Tuesday night for his novel, “The Sense of an Ending.” 2011-10-18T22:51:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092611_twain_eves_diary/ban-lifted-mark-twains-eves-diary/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092611_twain_eves_diary/ban-lifted-mark-twains-eves-diary/ 16:36:00Z Global Post It’s Banned Books Week, and to celebrate, a Massachusetts public library has added to its selection a Mark Twain book that has been off limits for more than a century. 2011-09-26T16:36:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091211_giffords_interview/giffords-tv-interview-undecided-spokesman-says/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091211_giffords_interview/giffords-tv-interview-undecided-spokesman-says/#When: 12:10:000 Dylan Smith Updated: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has not decided to give her first TV interview since being shot in January any time soon, the congresswoman’s spokesman said Monday, quashing reports that Giffords would grant ABC’s Diane Sawyer an interview. 2011-09-12T12:10:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090711_911_events_sked/tucson-events-mark-10th-anniversary-9-11/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090711_911_events_sked/tucson-events-mark-10th-anniversary-9-11/#When: 22:02:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: Tucson-area events marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11 include discussions, film screenings, theater productions, art exhibits, prayer services and tributes. 2011-09-10T22:02:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/090711_gabby_book/gabby-book-due-out-nov-15/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/090711_gabby_book/gabby-book-due-out-nov-15/ 15:04:00Z Dylan Smith The memoir of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, will be released Nov. 15. 2011-09-07T15:04:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090611_ziggy_marley/ziggy-marley-in-store-promo-comic-somalia-aid/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090611_ziggy_marley/ziggy-marley-in-store-promo-comic-somalia-aid/ 14:49:00Z Ted Prezelski Something that comic book fans come to expect out of their local comic shop is the “in-store”: an appearance by a comic book artist, maybe doing a sketch or two for eager admirers. Exciting for fans, but not all that unusual. What is unusual is for an internationally known reggae musician to do an in-store. 2011-09-06T14:49:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071211_hitler_blow_up_dolls/hitler-gave-blow-up-sex-dolls-nazi-soldiers-author-claims/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071211_hitler_blow_up_dolls/hitler-gave-blow-up-sex-dolls-nazi-soldiers-author-claims/ 21:10:00Z Global Post Did Adolf Hitler supply Aryan blow-up sex dolls to discourage his troops from sleeping with disease-ridden French prostitutes? 2011-07-12T21:10:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/070611_shakespeare_pot/drug-testing-shakespeare-did-he-or-didnt-he/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/070611_shakespeare_pot/drug-testing-shakespeare-did-he-or-didnt-he/ 18:37:00Z Global Post A South African anthropologist asks for permission to open the literary legend’s grave to perform analyses that could explain whether or not the bard got his inspiration from smoking pot, among other questions. 2011-07-06T18:37:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062111_giffords_book_deal/giffords-kelly-have-book-deal-kelly-retiring/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062111_giffords_book_deal/giffords-kelly-have-book-deal-kelly-retiring/#When: 08:15:000 Dylan Smith Updated: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, will tell their story in a book. Kelly announced Tuesday that he will retire from the Navy and NASA in October. 2011-06-21T08:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/061511_che_guevara_diary/unpublished-che-guevara-diary-released-cuba/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/061511_che_guevara_diary/unpublished-che-guevara-diary-released-cuba/ 21:37:00Z Global Post A previously unpublished diary that Ernesto “Che” Guevara kept during the guerrilla campaign that brought Fidel Castro to power in 1959 has been released in Cuba, according to the Guardian. 2011-06-15T21:37:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050611_simpson_citizen_book/citizen-newsroom-offbeat-unbelievable-over-top/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050611_simpson_citizen_book/citizen-newsroom-offbeat-unbelievable-over-top/ 22:06:00Z Corky Simpson War stories and weirdos of the newsroom are the stuff of legend. From former Tucson Citizen columnist Corky Simpson, a review of a “rollicking account” of the late, great newspaper by former reporters Paul Allen and Peter Pegnam. 2011-05-06T22:06:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120610_new_bible/could-new-bible-quell-hatreds/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120610_new_bible/could-new-bible-quell-hatreds/ 16:15:00Z Mort Rosenblum “The Restored New Testament” seeks to restore the original message after centuries of distortion that feeds hatred among religions with a shared heritage. 2010-12-06T16:15:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092310_cominginhot/fightin-words-kore-press-presents-coming-hot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092310_cominginhot/fightin-words-kore-press-presents-coming-hot/ 18:14:00Z Dave Irwin Nothing is more powerful than the truth.  That premise is proven in “Coming In Hot” an emotionally charged one-woman show based on an anthology of women’s writings about their military experiences. 2010-09-23T18:14:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072010_italybadgrammar/italians-and-bad-language/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072010_italybadgrammar/italians-and-bad-language/ 17:09:00Z 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. 2010-07-20T17:09:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/071310_bowden/interview-charles-bowden-violence-plaguing-juarez/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/071310_bowden/interview-charles-bowden-violence-plaguing-juarez/ 16:01:00Z 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) 2010-07-12T16:01:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051310_weekend/weekend-preview-boycott-this-edition/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051310_weekend/weekend-preview-boycott-this-edition/ 02:51:00Z 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. 2010-05-14T02:51:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051110_frazetta/illustrator-frank-frazetta-dies-82/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051110_frazetta/illustrator-frank-frazetta-dies-82/ 18:14:00Z 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. 2010-05-11T18:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051010_voicesinc/voices-inc-celebrates-record-breaking-year-wednesday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051010_voicesinc/voices-inc-celebrates-record-breaking-year-wednesday/ 17:59:00Z 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. 2010-05-10T17:59:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042910_weekend/weekend-preview-sixpack-go/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042910_weekend/weekend-preview-sixpack-go/ 13:30:00Z 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!” 2010-04-29T13:30:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042810_poetrycenter/poetry-center-gets-49k-audio-video-archive/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042810_poetrycenter/poetry-center-gets-49k-audio-video-archive/ 20:36:00Z 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.  2010-04-28T20:36:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042010_17words/no-redemption/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042010_17words/no-redemption/ 17:10:00Z 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.” 2010-04-20T17:10:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041210_pulitzer/pulitzer-winners-include-ex-citizen-photog-online-news-site-propublica/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041210_pulitzer/pulitzer-winners-include-ex-citizen-photog-online-news-site-propublica/ 02:16:00Z 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. 2010-04-13T02:16:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041210_artscrisis/tucson-arts-groups-advised-increase-private-funding/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041210_artscrisis/tucson-arts-groups-advised-increase-private-funding/ 16:40:00Z 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. 2010-04-12T16:40:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/0400910_17words/braille-bestsellers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/0400910_17words/braille-bestsellers/ 21:28:00Z 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? 2010-04-10T21:28:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040810_tedhughes/poet-ted-hughes-memorialized-westminster/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040810_tedhughes/poet-ted-hughes-memorialized-westminster/ 16:38:00Z 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. 2010-04-08T16:38:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040610_thelastbook/literacy-age-ipad/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040610_thelastbook/literacy-age-ipad/ 23:33:00Z Roberto De Vido Is the iPad the end of print? Or the savior of formerly printed “content”? 2010-04-05T23:33:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040210_pofest/28th-tucson-poetry-festival-this-weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040210_pofest/28th-tucson-poetry-festival-this-weekend/ 15:10:00Z 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. 2010-04-02T15:10:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040110_weekend/weekend-preview-easter-weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040110_weekend/weekend-preview-easter-weekend/ 18:54:00Z 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. 2010-04-01T18:54:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032610_17words/blossoming-into-adolescence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032610_17words/blossoming-into-adolescence/ 16:34:00Z 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.” 2010-03-26T16:34:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032510_weekend/extra-extra-get-your-weekend-plans-here/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032510_weekend/extra-extra-get-your-weekend-plans-here/ 17:40:00Z Maggie Golston You probably know about Powhaus’ “Trash” and Ted Leo, but here are seven more weekend events you won’t want to miss. 2010-03-25T17:40:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032310_alexie/author-sherman-alexie-wins-prestigious-pen-faulkner-award/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032310_alexie/author-sherman-alexie-wins-prestigious-pen-faulkner-award/ 19:14:00Z 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.” 2010-03-23T19:14:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031710_fuhrman/new-york-poet-joanna-fuhrman-reads-saturday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031710_fuhrman/new-york-poet-joanna-fuhrman-reads-saturday/ 05:21:00Z Maggie Golston This Saturday, the POG collective brings one of the most compelling younger minds in American poetry, Joanna Fuhrman,  to The Drawing Studio. 2010-03-18T05:21:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031210_tbfsentinel/tucsonsentinelcom-tucson-festival-books/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031210_tbfsentinel/tucsonsentinelcom-tucson-festival-books/ 15:53:00Z Maggie Golston Readers attending the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend can meet Sentinel staff — and each other — at our booth. 2010-03-12T15:53:21+00:00