http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ The Fall for the Book Festival's Forum en Thu, 17 May 2012 00:06:08 +0000 http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=21#post-40 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:49:57 +0000 FallfortheBook 40@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>Which has been treated most accurately by American literature: the urban experience or life in small-town U.S.A.? And which book has done either of these best? </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=13#post-27 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:04:00 +0000 FallfortheBook 27@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>During Fall for the Book, economists Robert Samuelson and Liaquat Ahamed will look to history for insights about today's financial situations. Do you think they will find that the past provides the key to the future? Or will they need new answers for new times? </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=16#post-32 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:02:23 +0000 FallfortheBook 32@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>Please use this space to discuss Sherman Alexie's Flight. </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=24#post-44 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:50:55 +0000 FallfortheBook 44@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>Tell us about YOUR experiences at this year's Fall for the Book! </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=19#post-36 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:46:23 +0000 FallfortheBook 36@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>CakeLove author Warren Brown joins Fall for the Book. What cookbook would YOU be lost without? </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=14#post-28 Tue, 26 May 2009 22:42:58 +0000 FallfortheBook 28@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>Each year, Fall for the Book hosts both historians and writers of historical fiction, with 2009 welcoming E.L. Doctorow, James Ellroy and other novelists in that latter category. Can historical fiction ever be as insightful and informative as straight history in offering the "truth" about the past? </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=10#post-20 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:35:41 +0000 FallfortheBook 20@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>Dave Eggers asks: "What makes a book 'young adult' as opposed to for 'all ages,' and is 'all ages' itself some kind of diminishment, too?" </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=5#post-7 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:35:49 +0000 FallfortheBook 7@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>We want to hear about events you would like to attend! If you have suggestions for authors or events you'd like to see at this year's festival, please post them here. We can't neccessarily accommodate every request, but we take all input seriously. </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=9#post-18 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:09:35 +0000 FallfortheBook 18@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>In late 2007, National Public Radio posted a story revealing that women read far more than men (9 vs. 5 books/year). The statistics gathered from the 2008 Fall for the Book festival show the same trend in those who attended book-related events. Clearly, reading is not inherently a female thing. Why, then, are these statistics showing what they are? </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=6#post-10 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:41:51 +0000 FallfortheBook 10@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>Barack Obama's inaugural address and Elizabeth Alexander's inaugural poem are undoubtedly the best-known and most widely discussed new pieces of writing this week. Will the speech and the poem find a lasting place in the world of literature? </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=15#post-31 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:00:51 +0000 FallfortheBook 31@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>Please use this space to discuss E.L. Doctorow's The March. </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=22#post-41 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:20:21 +0000 FallfortheBook 41@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>Is a picture REALLY worth a thousand words? </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=20#post-37 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:00:59 +0000 FallfortheBook 37@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>What was your favorite bedtime story as a child — or your favorite to read to your own children now? </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=11#post-24 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:09:58 +0000 FallfortheBook 24@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>Among the Pulitzer Prizes announced earlier this week were two for works The Washington Post said "probed America's complex and disfiguring racial history." Yet some scholars have been talking about the new, post-racial America, saying the nation is leaving behind its racial heritage. Where do you think America is now, and where is it headed? Has Obama's election or his presidency influenced your thinking? </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=25#post-52 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:14:36 +0000 FallfortheBook 52@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>Welcome to our on-line discussion of Ann Patchett's Run! All of us at Fall for the Book hope that you've been enjoying the book this summer, and we look forward to seeing everyone at Patchett's event on Monday, Sept. 20th, at 7pm in Harris Theater--get there early to grab a good seat!</p> <p>As we eagerly anticipate this event, why don't we use this space to discuss the novel?<br /> My name is Sheri Sorvillo, and I'm the production director for Fall for the Book. I'll be hosting this on-line discussion as I've just finished Run myself. So, let's get this discussion started! What are your thoughts and impressions of Run? </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=3#post-4 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:33:26 +0000 Man Without a Hat 4@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>Reading what Virginiagirl said about a vampire novel being among the top books on Amazon, I remembered that the Best American Short Stories for 2008 had a vampire story in it, Karen Russell's "Vampires in the Lemon Grove." This edition was edited by Salman Rushdie, which may explain a lot. Russell seems to be a writer who mixes the somewhat bizarre with the regular, having published a first book of stories entitled St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves and currently working on a novel about a family whose members wrestle alligators. It would seem that we have a possible new form of magical realism available to explore. Or perhaps it has existed just below the surface of mainstream, literary fiction and now is rising to the top, glimpsable just below the surface. Perhaps there are other examples. Since the original "magical realism" never belonged to American writers, perhaps a new form of it could. </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=2#post-2 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:48:36 +0000 FallfortheBook 2@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>"Best of 2008" lists are popping up in newspapers, magazines and online. What was YOUR favorite book of the year? And which book are you most looking forward to in 2009?" </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=12#post-25 Tue, 12 May 2009 11:44:27 +0000 FallfortheBook 25@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>Should we change the festival's name to "Fall for the Kindle"? </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=8#post-17 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:51:56 +0000 FallfortheBook 17@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>The Washington Post recently announced that it would stop publishing Book World as a stand-alone section of the paper. As readers, should we be concerned? </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=7#post-15 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:26:49 +0000 artandliterature 15@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>The death of John Updike this week marks the loss of one of the true giants of contemporary American literature. Which of Updike's many novels, stories and essays has had the greatest and most lasting impact on you? </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=23#post-43 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:00:34 +0000 FallfortheBook 43@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>What responsibility does a writer of historical fiction have to the actual history itself? </p> http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/topic.php?id=18#post-34 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:04:21 +0000 FallfortheBook 34@http://fallforthebook.org/bbpress/ <p>Hey Book Clubs! Let us know what you are reading this summer. Feel free to leave book or author suggestions for Fall for the Book as well. </p>