When Adam Shahan let friends and family read his first attempt at a novel, he told them, “Don’t just tell me it was great because you know me.” Instead, he wanted their honest feedback. He got it. And it included such rave reviews as “Shorten up your sentences,” “You’re too wordy,” “I’m getting lost” and […]
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Get through sultry summer days with these recommended reads
Oklahomans thirsty for entertainment this summer are diving into hot reads from the metro’s indie booksellers. The hottest? At Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, and Best of Books, 1313 E. Danforth in Edmond, the most requested read of the summer is reads, plural: Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium Trilogy.” According to Dana Meister, event coordinator at […]
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Norman mayor and professor present talk on book chronicling House Speaker Pelosi’s ascent
Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal and Professor Ron Peters “Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the New American Politics” 2 p.m. Sunday Norman Public Library, 225 N. Webster 701-2679, www.pioneer.lib.ok.us/norman House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is known for her liberal politics on legislative items like health care reform (and her rapid eye-blinking). On Sunday, two University of Oklahoma […]