Q & A with Michael Sims, author of Apollo’s Fire

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

We live on a rotating planet: This fact is so fundamental to human existence that our earliest stories were created to explain the journey of the sun, moon, and stars through the sky. According to Michael Sims, author of Apollo’s Fire: A Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination, language itself reveals this central metaphor [...]

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links for 2008-03-10

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Homer Hickam on Fox News The Va. Book Festival speaker speaks out in praise of the “rocket boys” who shot down the inactive spy missile. (tags: VABook08) DailyProgress.com | Area’s Literacy Volunteers get ready for fund-raiser Wordplay — be there or be a rectangle with four equal sides. This Modern World | Salon Comics They [...]

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Andy Straka discusses Record of Wrongs at New Dominion Bookshop

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Charlottesville Podcasting Network has posted a recording of Andy Straka‘s appearance at New Dominion Bookshop on February 28. Straka gave a very interesting talk that focused largely on the current state of DNA exonerations, the topic of his latest novel, Record of Wrongs . I spotted some other local authors in the audience, as well [...]

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