BOOKS
SLOWING THE RACING MIND What Book Have You Read Lately?
It is travel season for me in my job as the dean of students at an online school in Minnesota. This means that all of the petitions for truancy (students being absent without excuse from school) are n...
Posted on 2/8/12 at 5:30 AM
IN THE BLACK Book Giveaway Winners
The past 7 days I have been giving books away randomly to commenters of my blog posts. I didn't get email addresses for some of the commenters so I will list the names from the comments and I also re...
Posted on 1/10/12 at 7:15 AM
THE NEW FORTY Here I am to save the day!!
Okay, so I am still in the process of pulling back together the lower level from its many scattered locations around the house. Tonight I re-situated all the emergency management books that were sitti...
Posted on 2/10/11 at 7:31 PM
Wood Working: Whiling away time on word games… And for what? 
The world is too much with us: late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
—William Wordsworth
By Dave Wood, columnist , December 01, 2011
A few years with a famous author, jazz in the Twin Cities, life in the Dakotas in 1936 for this week
Ernest Hemingway is by no means a beloved American author in the minds of many people.
November 25, 2011
Wood Wording: Testy writer’s pen wielded to jab and slice like a saber
I was flipping through one of my favorite reference works, entitled a “A Book of Days,” which takes one through the year, day by day and year by year.
By Dave Wood, columnist , November 23, 2011
Kao Kalia Yang featured in lecture series Nov. 30
The Walker and Helen Wyman Performing Arts and Lecture Series, events funded by student fees and planned by Falcon Programs, continues this month with a Kao Kalia Yang presenting a lecture and holding a book signing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the Riverview Ballroom of the University Center on the UW-River Falls campus.
November 18, 2011
A Hollywood upbringing, cows, Vietnam War on tap as this week’s selections
Even before Michael Lindsay-Hogg made his name as a director of films like “Brideshead Revisited” and the Beatles’ “Let it Be,” he led an exciting life as the son of the talented actress Geraldine Fitzgerald (“Wuthering Heights,” et al.) and a father who was a baronet.
By Dave Wood, columnist , November 17, 2011
See the ‘Indigenous Resources’ artwork on display
The River Falls Public Library’s annual all community art show opened Sunday, Nov. 6 with a public reception that about 100 people attended. This year's show, “Indigenous Resources,” features two- and three-dimensional works ranging from paintings and photography to metal sculpture, glass and clay. Ninety-two artists submitted work for the show with ages ranging from 2 1/2 to 91.
November 11, 2011
Book Report: Death, travel, voodoo will interest readers
Here’s a book that should make it from the region all around the country.
It’s “A New Billy Collins: Keeping an Eye on Death,” by Joy Lee Davis (Trade Press, Inc., 4312 Pond View, White Bear Lake, 55110, $20.)
By Dave Wood, columnist , November 11, 2011
Wood Working: Campus yearbook serves up slices of life from 99 years ago
browse (rhymes with cows): verb; 1. feed as animals do, on leaves or grass, etc.; 2. look through a book, or examine items for sale, in a casual, leisurely way.
By Dave Wood, columnist , November 10, 2011
Keillor’s Clifton retreat goes on market
Wisconsin NewsAnyone with a million dollars to spare can be the proud owner of Garrison Keillor’s vacation retreat in the town of Clifton.
November 09, 2011
Book Report: Read about revolutionaries, get spooked, too
I remember my political science professor telling us naïve freshmen that if you took strip of plastic and bent it into a hula hoop, fascists and communists would end up together at the juncture where the two ends meet.
By Dave Wood, columnist , November 03, 2011
Letter: All that jazz! What a deal!
On Thursday, Oct. 20, a friend of mine told me there was free music at 7 p.m. at the River Falls Public Library.
By Ricky Jacobson, River Falls , October 27, 2011
Letter: Readers bring joy
Traditions are good things, especially traditions that help the community.
By Sue Danielson, Jeanne Zirbel, local AAUW book sale chairs, River Falls , October 27, 2011
Book Report: With winter months approaching, read about Antarctica’s explorers
Two months from last Friday marks the 100th anniversary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen’s historic arrival at the South Pole.
By Dave Wood, columnist , October 27, 2011
Centennial cookbook submissions sought by Oct. 31
The North Hudson Centennial Committee is seeking recipes for a cookbook to celebrate the Wisconsin village’s centennial next year.
October 21, 2011
Book Report: Imagine: Holocaust in comic book form
Several years ago, my more sophisticated colleagues on the National Book Critics Circle Board were raving about a new book.
By Dave Wood, columnist , October 21, 2011
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