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Open Books Chicago
open books chicago Three Cheers for Open Books! This weekend was the grand opening of their downtown Chicago store (near the Chicago stop on the Brown Line train). Open Books is a non-profit bookstore with a wealth of energy & … Continue reading
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Plight of The Poors (South Africa)
Earlier this week, I went Ashraf Cassiem’s talk (notes) at the University of Chicago about the Western Cape’s Anti-Eviction Campaign (South Africa), and the plight of the poor in the developing world… where the term “privatization” now has all the … Continue reading
The People’s Historians
Last night, I attended the Keynote to Campaign to End the Death Penalty’s Annual Convention, and got a chance to see “The People’s Historians” — Howard Zinn and Dave Zirin. I haven’t read anything yet by either Zinn or Zirin … Continue reading
Haul from HP Booksale
Haul from HP Booksale | By shazmosis Even though I’m supposedly limiting my book purchases to what I can trade for at swaptree, I couldn’t resist stopping by the Hyde Park Book Sale over the weekend. I spent $5.50! Here’s … Continue reading
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Recent Lit Events Attended (Sept-Oct 2009)
In the last two weeks, I’ve seen Ralph Nader speak about “Only the Super Rich Can Save Us” and Jacqueline Edelberg speak about “How to Walk to School” at the University of Chicago’s International House and Divinity School respectively. To … Continue reading
Ralph Nader: “Only the Super Rich Can Save Us!”
The next literary event on my calendar is seeing Ralph Nader speak about his new book “Only the Super Rich Can Save Us” on Monday night (9/28) at the University of Chicago. The science fiction site io9 asks if Nader … Continue reading
Loot from Newberry Library Bookfair (Chicago, 7/24/2009)
Loot from Newberry Library Bookfair 7/24/2009 Originally uploaded by shazmosis I finally made it to the impressive Newberry library for their annual Bookfair (which continues this weekend)! Here’s my haul of books from the day.
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Printer’s Row Lit Fest 2009!
Chicago’s Printer’s Row Book Fair (now “Lit Fest”) is always a grand time! Unfortunately, I’ve been too busy at work to properly prepare and didn’t make any ticket requests for the big name (Gaiman, Eggers, etcetera) speakers. Still, it’s always … Continue reading
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Rashid Khalidi @ UCHICAGO (March 10, 2009)
Tonight I got the opportunity to hear Rashid Khalidi speak at the University of Chicago on his new book “Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East“. The talk was a fairly straight-forward account of the … Continue reading
Bill Ayers @ UCHICAGO (March 2, 2009)
Despite having a new book out (“Race Course Against White Supremacy “), Bill Ayers’ talk at UCHICAGO on March 2nd stayed on the topic of Democracy in Education and was lively, engaging, and thought-provoking. Based on his talk, I’m interested in checking out … Continue reading
