VaBook author writes Book World review

Michael Sims, author of Apollo’s Fire and member of the Science Writing panel at the Virginia Festival of the Book, had a book review published in this past Sunday’s Washington Post Book World. He covered two new books on the topic of death and dying: Irving Yalom‘s Staring at the Sun, and David Shields‘ The [...]

Book discussion at New Dominion Bookshop Mar. 15

On Saturday, March 15 at 10:30 Mariflo Stephens will lead the New Dominion book group discussion of Lionel Shriver‘s We Need to Talk About Kevin We Need to Talk About Kevin is the gripping international bestseller about motherhood gone awry. Eva never really wanted to be a mother—and certainly not the mother of the unlovable [...]

Totally overwhelmed with joy and sparkles and fireworks

I won an Oscar pool! A certain J. S. at the Indiana University-Bloomington Office of the Registrar runs an annual Oscar pool, and this year, I won with 7 out 8 correct! Here were my picks: Best Actor: George Clooney for “Michael Clayton” Daniel Day-Lewis for “There Will Be Blood” Johnny Depp for “Sweeney Todd” [...]

I, Comma

You Are a Comma You are open minded and extremely optimistic. You enjoy almost all facets of life. You can find the good in almost anything.You keep yourself busy with tons of friends, activities, and interests. You find it hard to turn down an opportunity, even if you are pressed for time. Your friends find [...]

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