| April 22, 2011 |
2011 Panelist Eric Foner Wins Pulitzer Prize |
Just as we’re lining up panelists for the 2011 Pages & Places Book Festival (to be held Saturday October 1st), the news came this week that historian Eric Foner, perhaps the leading authority on the Civil War era, won this |
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| October 1, 2010 |
New York Times Book Review: “I could not be prouder of my roots. . . . “: Scranton Celebrates its Writers |
Postcards From My Literary Staycation By JOE QUEENAN The last two summers, many cash-strapped Americans opted for a staycation: a slimmed-down getaway close to home. A staycation might take you to Cooperstown or Manassas or a town associated with luckless |
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| October 1, 2010 |
Get Your Books Signed! From Noon to 1pm Tomorrow: Book-signing Hour |
Everyone, even Tom Delay, wants Christopher Hitchens to sign a book. If you hope to get your copy inscribed, make sure you’re on Courthouse Square tomorrow from noon to 1pm. That will be your ONLY chance to get Hitch-22 or |
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| October 1, 2010 |
Dr. Michael Graziano joins Pages & Places’ The Brain & Culture Panel |
We’re sorry to say that Dr. Ed Connor, Director of the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, will not be able to join us for tomorrow’s Brain & Culture panel discussion (1pm at MAC Gallery). But we’re pleased to announce that one |
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| September 27, 2010 |
Scranton Times: Second Pages & Places book festival draws people from around nation, Canada |
by stacy brown (staff writer) Published: September 27, 2010 With just one year under their belt, organizers of Pages & Places are amazed that the event’s popularity grew so quickly. Interest in the second Scranton book festival has come from |
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| September 26, 2010 |
Guest Blog Selene Castrovilla: Where My Novels Come From |
Selene Castrovilla, author of Saved by the Music and The Girl Next Door, will participate in Pages & Places free outdoor Book Expo, reading from her work and signing copies of her books. * You can probably guess the question |
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| September 24, 2010 |
(Punk) Art and the City |
I’m not an expert by any stretch, but I’ve been observing and writing about the productive relationship between cities and the arts since I moved to Baltimore in 2004. In fact, my involvement with Pages & Places and its annual |
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| September 17, 2010 |
Guest Blog Mike Graziano: Does Neuroscience Explain Away God? |
This post is an abstract from a longer article that originally appeared on The Templeton Foundation’s website, bigquestionsonline.com. Dr. Graziano is a neuroscientist in the Psychology Department at Princeton University; his new book is God, Soul, Mind, Brain: A Neuroscientist’s |
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| September 7, 2010 |
Times Leader: Hitchens appearance fueling Pages & Places festival |
Despite ongoing cancer treatment, controversial author reportedly still committed to Scranton event Times Leader Scranton Edition September 6, 2010 By Rich Howells As people continue to purchase tickets from places such as Philadelphia and Ohio, Elizabeth Randol still can’t believe |
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| August 18, 2010 |
Shakespeare Meets the Selfish Gene: Jonathan Gottschall Applies the Scientific Method to Literature |
Shakespeare Meets the Selfish Gene Copyright: Seed Magazine April 3, 2006 : FEB/MAR 2006 issue According to Literary Darwinist Jonathan Gottschall, there’s a malaise among literary scholars today that can be cured with a dose of the scientific method. “Almost |
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| May 28, 2010 |
Music, the Brain, and Culture |
The Brain & Culture—it’s the title of one of the 2010 Pages & Places panels, but what does it mean? The brain is seated inside the body; culture happens outside of it, so where precisely is the intersection of neurology |
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| May 23, 2010 |
HITCH-22 is out! Check out Christopher Hitchens’ memoir….and Twelve Books’ YouTube promo |
TWELVE BOOKS’ PROMO VIDEO FOR HITCH-22 on YouTube |
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| April 20, 2010 |
Stop the Presses… and Start the Debate! Christopher Hitchens joins Pages & Places 2010 |
As promised, Scranton’s Pages & Places Book Festival has become an annual event. 2010 is Pages & Places’ second year, scheduled this fall on Saturday, October 2nd beginning at 9:00am and wrapping up at 6:30pm. And true to its tagline |
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| August 20, 2009 |
Janie Quinn: Essential Environments: You’re Just a Big Bug |
Years ago I answered the phone to hear my Dad expound with great excitement about a remedy for keeping mosquitoes at bay during outdoor activities. As an avid fisherman he is often bothered by pesky bugs. The answer to his |
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