http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/books books news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-05-21T07:23:05+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/ 21:47:00Z 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. 2012-05-15T21:47:21+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/ 15:34:00Z Jessica Phelan Maurice Sendak, the author and illustrator of “Where the Wild Things Are,” has died aged 83 2012-05-08T15:34:34+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/ 23:20:00Z Talia Ralph Warner Bros’ released scripts as e-books for the first time Monday, including films such as “Ben Hur” and “Casablanca.” 2012-05-01T23:20:50+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/ 19:43:00Z 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. 2012-03-28T19:43:08+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/ 20:56:00Z 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. 2012-03-20T20:56:55+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/ 23:39:00Z 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.” 2012-03-14T23:39:10+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/ 20:58:00Z 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. 2012-03-13T20:58:57+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/ 14:57:00Z 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. 2011-10-27T14:57:34+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/ 18:21:00Z 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. 2011-10-26T18:21:30+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/ 20:36:00Z 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. 2011-10-25T20:36:42+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/ 22:30:00Z Jimmy Zuma Herman Cain’s strategy to buy books from himself sure looks like money laundering. It’s time for an investigation. 2011-10-23T22:30:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/102211_machiavelliredux/machiavelli-redux/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/102211_machiavelliredux/machiavelli-redux/ 03:19:00Z 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.” 2011-10-23T03:19:06+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/ 00:13:00Z 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. 2011-10-20T00:13:50+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/ 23:51:00Z Global Post Julian Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011 on Tuesday night for his novel, “The Sense of an Ending.” 2011-10-18T23:51:50+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/ 17:36:00Z 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. 2011-09-26T17:36:23+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: 13:10:000 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. 2011-09-12T13:10:22+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: 23:02:000 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. 2011-09-10T23:02:01+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/ 16:04:00Z Dylan Smith The memoir of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, will be released Nov. 15. 2011-09-07T16:04:59+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/ 15:49:00Z 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. 2011-09-06T15:49:37+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/ 22:10:00Z Global Post Did Adolf Hitler supply Aryan blow-up sex dolls to discourage his troops from sleeping with disease-ridden French prostitutes? 2011-07-12T22:10:53+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/ 19:37:00Z 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. 2011-07-06T19:37:07+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: 09:15:000 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. 2011-06-21T09:15:24+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/ 22:37:00Z 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. 2011-06-15T22:37:01+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/ 23:06:00Z 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. 2011-05-06T23:06:40+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/ 19:14:00Z 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. 2010-09-23T19:14:28+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/ 18:09:00Z 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. 2010-07-20T18:09:54+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/ 17:01:00Z 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) 2010-07-12T17:01:57+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/ 03:51:00Z 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. 2010-05-14T03:51:42+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/ 19:14:00Z 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. 2010-05-11T19:14:02+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/ 18:59:00Z 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. 2010-05-10T18:59:44+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/ 14:30:00Z 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!” 2010-04-29T14:30:55+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/ 21:36:00Z 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.  2010-04-28T21:36:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042010_17words/no-redemption/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042010_17words/no-redemption/ 18:10:00Z 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.” 2010-04-20T18:10:22+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/ 03:16:00Z 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. 2010-04-13T03:16:38+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/ 17:40:00Z 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. 2010-04-12T17:40:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/0400910_17words/braille-bestsellers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/0400910_17words/braille-bestsellers/ 22:28:00Z 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? 2010-04-10T22:28:21+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/ 17:38:00Z 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. 2010-04-08T17:38:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040610_thelastbook/literacy-age-ipad/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040610_thelastbook/literacy-age-ipad/ 00:33:00Z Roberto De Vido Is the iPad the end of print? Or the savior of formerly printed “content”? 2010-04-06T00:33:22+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/ 16:10:00Z 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. 2010-04-02T16:10:22+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/ 19:54:00Z 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. 2010-04-01T19:54:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032610_17words/blossoming-into-adolescence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032610_17words/blossoming-into-adolescence/ 17:34:00Z 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.” 2010-03-26T17:34:42+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/ 18:40:00Z Maggie Golston You probably know about Powhaus’ “Trash” and Ted Leo, but here are seven more weekend events you won’t want to miss. 2010-03-25T18:40:21+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/ 20:14:00Z 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.” 2010-03-23T20:14:27+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/ 06:21:00Z Maggie Golston This Saturday, the POG collective brings one of the most compelling younger minds in American poetry, Joanna Fuhrman,  to The Drawing Studio. 2010-03-18T06:21:25+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 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031110_mcmurtry/writer-larry-mcmurtry-suffers-cardiac-event/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031110_mcmurtry/writer-larry-mcmurtry-suffers-cardiac-event/ 01:36:00Z 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. 2010-03-12T01:36:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031010_bookfesfic/famous-writers-scheduled-appear-tucson-festival-books/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031010_bookfesfic/famous-writers-scheduled-appear-tucson-festival-books/ 22:09:00Z 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. 2010-03-10T22:09:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031010_bookfestpoetry/notable-poets-read-tucson-book-festival/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031010_bookfestpoetry/notable-poets-read-tucson-book-festival/ 18:38:00Z 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. 2010-03-10T18:38:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030910_17words/go-ask-alice-when-shes-20000-leagues-under/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030910_17words/go-ask-alice-when-shes-20000-leagues-under/ 02:24:00Z 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. 2010-03-10T02:24:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030810_joyce/scholars-make-9000-corrections-james-joyce-classic/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030810_joyce/scholars-make-9000-corrections-james-joyce-classic/ 15:19:00Z 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. 2010-03-08T15:19:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030710_munro/book-review-go-ask-alice-munro/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030710_munro/book-review-go-ask-alice-munro/ 17:41:00Z 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. 2010-03-07T17:41:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030610_17words/lucky-wishbone/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030610_17words/lucky-wishbone/ 22:15:00Z 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? 2010-03-06T22:15:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030110_libraries/budget-cuts-force-schools-shelve-libraries/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030110_libraries/budget-cuts-force-schools-shelve-libraries/ 16:44:00Z 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. 2010-03-01T16:44:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022810_cubabook/cuba-home-one-worlds-biggest-book-parties/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022810_cubabook/cuba-home-one-worlds-biggest-book-parties/ 17:53:00Z 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. 2010-02-28T17:53:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022510_weekend/weekend-entertainment-forecast/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022510_weekend/weekend-entertainment-forecast/ 17:03:00Z 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. 2010-02-25T17:03:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022510_17words/nobody-expects-french-revolution/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022510_17words/nobody-expects-french-revolution/ 15:54:00Z Dave Low Why is it every time I spill a little beer, our kitchen floor becomes a refuge for the oppressed 18th century French? 2010-02-25T15:54:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022310_dungy/visiting-poet-ignites-local-literary-community/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022310_dungy/visiting-poet-ignites-local-literary-community/ 18:16:00Z Sean Bottai This Friday and Saturday,  Casa Libre will host a “Poetry Weekend” led by acclaimed poet Camille Dungy. The weekend-long event will feature two extensive morning workshops, afternoon exercises and evening poetry readings. 2010-02-23T18:16:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021610_beachy-quick/poet-dan-beachy-quick-read-ua-poetry-center/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021610_beachy-quick/poet-dan-beachy-quick-read-ua-poetry-center/ 07:29:00Z Maggie Golston Poet Dan Beachy-Quick arrives in Tucson Thursday to give a reading at the UA Poetry Center. Since the publication of his first volume, “North True South Bright,” he has emerged as a major new figure in American poetry, with good reason. 2010-02-17T07:29:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020110_17words/a-womb-ones-own/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020110_17words/a-womb-ones-own/ 19:55:00Z Dave Low Time spent in utero is no picnic for adventure seekers. 2010-02-01T19:55:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/013010_kathyg/kathy-griffin-official-book-club-selection/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/013010_kathyg/kathy-griffin-official-book-club-selection/ 03:45:00Z Bo McGuire Kathy Griffin carries a pistol in her mouth—a weapon she brandishes in her new memoir, “Official Book Club Selection.” 2010-01-31T03:45:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012871_salinger/jd-salinger-dies-sad-day-bananafish/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012871_salinger/jd-salinger-dies-sad-day-bananafish/ 18:27:00Z Maggie Golston Reclusive author and literary legend J.D. Salinger died of natural causes Wednesday at his Cornish, N.H. home. He was 91 years old. 2010-01-28T18:27:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012510_chabon/book-review-chabons-manhood-amateurs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012510_chabon/book-review-chabons-manhood-amateurs/ 18:23:00Z Neal Bonser Michael Chabon is renowned as a premier prose stylist, and in “Manhood for Amateurs” he manages to foster that reputation while maintaining a largely self-deprecating tone.        2010-01-25T18:23:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012410_17words/lifes-but-walking-shadow/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012410_17words/lifes-but-walking-shadow/ 20:22:00Z Dave Low Why feel the need to invest in an expensive mp3 player when you can pick up a talking, singing, footstep-measuring minstrel at most major retailers? And if you find one that speaks in an Elizabethan dialect, all the better! 2010-01-24T20:22:46+00:00