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Apr.09.2012
At the beginning of the 20th century, after 2 bloody opium wars, the hugely profitable worldwide trade in drugs was, according to the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), becoming ‘a global problem’. In 1909, relenting to pressure wielded by anti-opium activists, a group of foreign...
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Dec.17.2011
I just signed a dozen copies of Columbine at the Union Square Barnes & Noble in NYC.
They will ship virtually anywhere domestic or international.
Call this number to purchase/ship, and let them know that I signed all their copies on hand Friday night:
212-253-0810.
I had a lot of...
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Oct.30.2011
Illinois high school students, teachers, parents, librarians and friends, you can help Columbine reach a wider audience in schools.
Columbine is a finalist for "The 2012 Abraham Lincoln Award: Illinois' High School Readers' Choice Award." Winners are chosen by students, and any...
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Oct.30.2011
Illinois high school students, teachers, parents, librarians and friends, you can help Columbine reach a wider audience in schools.
Columbine is a finalist for "The 2012 Abraham Lincoln Award: Illinois' High School Readers' Choice Award." Winners are chosen by students, and any...
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May.16.2011
This StackedUpTV video was lots of fun. I did not expect the manservant to come up.
Here's the setup: Anne Trubek wrote "A Skeptic's Guide to Writers' Houses." She really liked Columbine, so she came to my sublet on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to curate its potential as a museum...
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Apr.08.2011
Two years after the birth of my book, I had quietly come to the unconscious conclusion, that it had finished surprising me. Then went downstairs for today's mail.
Truthfully, I ran down to get my royalty check, which I really need, and it wasn't there, but something better was. Four bulging...
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Mar.06.2011
I'm off to LaGuardia for a great week of high school visits about Columbine in Chicago and St. Louis areas. Free Columbine Teacher's Guide here.
I'm also doing the Tucson Book Festival a week from Saturday, a panel titled 'Bringing Meaning out of Meaninglessness: How Literature Can Respond to the...
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Feb.01.2011
A few minutes ago, Michelle Obama sent an email announcing the Democrats would hold their 2012 convention in Charlotte, NC.
That gave me a big smile, and a reminder to send a big thank you your way for supporting of my book, Columbine. (More on that below.)
I still lived in Denver when it came...
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Jan.31.2011
There is a picture. It's from Wikipedia, though indirectly:
I found it quite amusing, along with the 99 other variations you can click at Notabilia.
More on that in a second. The reason I found it so intriguing, is because I've been backstage at Wikipedia. I was an early adopter there, back...
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Jan.23.2011
Hey, big congratulations to the six authors shortlisted for the 2010 Discover Awards from Barnes & Noble:
I was just in signing books at the Union Square store this week, and picked up the flyer, to discover this year's picks have been announced.
And I was giddy to see two of my...
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