Tom Lutz
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) has launched a preview site, the first step in the two-phase launch of an online source of book reviews from a West Coast perspective. Created by author Tom Lutz, chair of UC Riverside’s Department of Creative Writing, LARB responds to the decline of newspaper book-review sections and the growing diversity of literature produced outside the sphere of traditional, New York-based publishers.
“People have been complaining since the 19th century, first about the Boston stranglehold on the publishing world, then New York,” Lutz said. “We have a different perspective on publishing in Southern California.”
From a practical standpoint for consumers, the selection of books available today is daunting –approximately 1 million new titles published in 2010, up from 55,000 in 1980, primarily the result of self-published and electronic books. “The book rev Full Post…
SURPRISE – A teacher at Western Peaks Elementary has admitted to pawning a computer and two digital projectors, Surprise Police say.
43-year-old Dean Desaulniers was arrested on Thursday for trafficking in stolen property.
Police say Desaulniers admitted to stealing and pawning the property from the school.
Desaulniers was booked into the Maricopa County 4th Ave Jail on 3 charges of trafficking in stolen property and 3 counts of theft.
Brownsville school board officials report that they have accepted the resignation of Superintendent Brett Springston.
Springston presented his resignation during the school board’s Wednesday afternoon meeting.
Brownsville Independent School District officials report that Dr. Carl Montoya has already been appointed as interim superintendent.
Montoya was serving as the area administrator for the Rivera Cluster Schools before the appointment.
Springston, who started with Brownsville ISD in December 2009, had recently applied for a job as superintendent of schools in Huntsville, Alabama.
He did not get the job but the school board praised Springston as an outstanding and well-respected leader.
School board officials reported that Montoya has 35 years of experience with school districts in New Mexico and Dallas.
“I want to thank the Board for this opportunity,” Montoya said in a statement. “I look
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The landing of President Obama’s Air Force One in Memphis marked a series of skyrocketing opportunities for Christopher Dean. Christopher’s charismatic introduction speech for Obama caught the attention of many, including the Commander in Chief.
Obama visited BTW after they won a national video competition for pushing students towards college. Chris emerged as the star of that documentary.
“As Chris said in a recent interview, it’s not where you are, or what you are, it’s who you are,” Obama said in his commencement speech. “If you do push yourselves, if you build on what you’ve already accomplished here, then I couldn’t be more confident about your future.”
“When he came into my life, I say that I always was this positive person that you see in front of you,” Christopher said.
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It is immediately apparent upon entering Die Bierstube that Shultzy’s does not possess a monopoly on the U-District’s supply of German beer and food. This bar, located in the far-northwestern reaches of the U-District at 6106 Roosevelt Way NE, possesses something approaching Old World charm — in addition to its fine Bavarian fare — that is disappointingly absent from the other “pubs” in its neighborhood. The pub ambience manifests itself in Die Bierstube’s dark, wood-paneled walls, worn, wooden tables, German-style tap fonts, and a clientele with an average age well above their mid-twenties. This bar, in short, begs you to pull up a chair and order a beer.
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UW communication alumna Brittany Hartman, third from left, and Sara Coats, fifth from left, celebrate with friends on Monday night at Die Bierstube.
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