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Dave Wood's Book Report, April 29, 2009
A wag of my acquaintance once said that word processors are ruining the art of biography. He explained that it’s so easy to type on them (no carriage return, no worries of hyphenation, etc.), that “if Moses had one, there’d be 17 commandments rather than 10.”By Dave Wood , April 29, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, April 22, 2009
As I’ve mentioned before, I love to read books that embrace a specific locale. In fact I got started reading when I was in high school and someone told me about Sinclair Lewis, a writer who grew up in a small town, like me. I gobbled up “Main Street” because it smelled like home.By Dave Wood , April 22, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, April 15, 2009
‘They roused him with muffins -- they roused him with ice -- They roused him with mustard and cress -- They roused him with jam and judicious advice -- They set him conundrums to guess.By Dave Wood , April 15, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, April 8, 2009
After graduating from Harvard, Sara Houghteling studied for her master’s degree in fine arts at the University of Michigan, where she received a Fulbright Scholarship to Paris and one of Michigan’s highest honors, the Avery Hopwood Award for novels.By Dave Wood , April 08, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, March 18, 2009
Baseball is getting underway, so for a behind-the-scenes look could I suggest “Under the March Sun: The Story of Spring Training,” by Charles Fountain (Oxford University Press, $24.95)?By Dave Wood , March 18, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, March 4, 2009
Award-winning Minnesota poet Larry Schug just sent me his new book, a gem called “Arrogant Bones,”(North Star Press, $12.95).By Dave Wood , March 04, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Feb. 25, 2009
“Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington,” by Robert J. Norell (Harvard University Press, $35) is a fine new look at a historical figure who has suffered a bad rap for too long.By Dave Wood , February 25, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Feb. 11, 2009
I'm proud and happy to work for newspaper organizations who still believe it's important to publish news about books and the folks who write them.By Dave Wood , February 11, 2009
Senators question duplicate reports
Minnesota NewsSome senators were not happy Tuesday when they learned the state Education Department paid $181,000 for a report on Q Comp that was released the night before the legislative auditor released what they considered a similar report.
By Don Davis , February 04, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Feb. 4, 2009
Any who has ever dug into a fish dinner at Afton, Minnesota’s Catfish Saloon, or licked an ice cream cone from the town's storied ice cream parlor will most certainly want to pick up a copy of “Death Row" ($17.99), by Hal Barnes, available in bookstores and through Lulu.com.By Dave Wood , February 04, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Jan. 28, 2009
“Your Heart Belongs to Me,” is not a sappy Tin Pan Alley lyric, but the title of a new thriller by Dean Koontz (Bantam, $27).By Dave Wood , January 28, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Jan. 21, 2009
Several years ago, my friend novelist Carolyn See wrote a tell-all book about her family’s century long love affair with alcohol addiction.By Dave Wood , January 21, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Jan. 14, 2009
Years ago, I saw a wonderful Twilight Zone episode in which a small time newspaper editor sold his soul to the devil in order to save his newspaper.By Dave Wood , January 14, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Dec. 31, 2008
Two talented upper Midwestern writers with ethnic interests headline today’s book report.By Dave Wood , December 31, 2008
Small charges lead to bigger charges
Less than $20 in charges on a stolen credit card could bring a 22-year-old Rosemount man some serious jail time.December 26, 2008
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