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June 25, 2009

An Author's Plea for the People of Iran

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We received an email from Marjane Satrapi, the author of PERSEPOLIS, whose memoir is set in Iran and tells the story of Satrapi's early childhood, with its main focus on her life from age ten through fourteen, from 1980 through 1984. As our review on Bookreporter.com says,"Those were particularly turbulent years for Satrapi's native country of Iran, encompassing the overthrow of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (the Shah of Iran), the installation of the Islamic Republic, and the war with Iraq.
June 22, 2009

Reading in the Rain

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And to prove my point about the fact that reading is not contingent upon the weather I heard that Lucas Glover, who won the U.S. Open today reads three books a week. And that this weekend during all the rain delays, he read. Now, I am wondering WHAT he read. If anyone finds out, let me know!