Around Oconee: Leader for the future Nov 18, 2009
The author, Sarah Vowell, is an essayist and frequent contributor to the public radio show "This American Life.". The Washington Post describes "The Wordy Shipmates" as "Vowell's funny, imaginative take on musty, buckled-up Pilgrim notables brings the era wickedly to life.". (Athens Banner-Herald)
Sarah Vowell reads from ‘The Wordy Shipmates’ at Boston Public Library Oct 27, 2009
Sarah Vowell reads from The Wordy Shipmates at Boston Public Library - The Boston Globe ... The Mayflower gets all the attention, especially this time of year, but Sarah Vowell draws our attention to the Arbella, which sailed here in 1630. (Boston Globe)
Forum aimed at business owners Sep 24, 2009
Sarah Vowell, Oct. 12, talks about her latest best-seller "The Wordy Shipmates.". Sherman Alexie, Oct. 16, talks about his new book, "War Dances.". (AZCentral -- Business)
American history in so many words Sep 13, 2009
Sarah Vowell considers the man, woman, and pitchfork in Grant Wood s American Gothic. Others ponder Bob Dylan, detective fiction, and the anti-lynching crusade of Ida B. Wells. (Boston Globe)
Making history. Or not. Sep 8, 2009
Hundreds of cool contributors, such as Camille Paglia, Sarah Vowell, Walter Mosley, and Howell Raines. And they re not scared to tackle the big questions. (Boston Globe)
Don't miss the 2009 Miss Sierra Vista Pageant Jul 20, 2009
Sponsors: Sarah Vowell, Denise andAshley Lesher, Lea Coleman. Ashlyn Thies. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Dogwood volunteer comes 155 miles from Defiance, Ohio May 13, 2009
Fife had visited the Heddon Museum and attended the dedication of John Mishler's Wind Song outside Dowagiac Middle School Performing Arts Center, where he saw author Sarah Vowell on Oct. 25, 2006 ... "If someone has half as much fun as I did when I met Sarah Vowell, then I enjoyed it twice as much," Fife says of his version of "Paying it Forward." ... "If you distill a 20-ounce bottle of water down to one drop," he said, "that's why I'm here. All the positive things that go with the festival.... (Dowagiac News, MI)
Humorist Rakoff is coming to Berkeley Apr 2, 2009
Like fellow wits David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell, Rakoff got his launch on Ira Glass' brilliant public-radio series "This American Life." Tickets are available at (510) 642-9988 or. Rakoff will also be a guest April 23 when "This American Life" is simulcast live at 5 p.m. PDT (and time-delayed to 8 p.m. PDT) to 400 movie theaters and performing arts centers across the country. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Author not afraid to be honest Mar 20, 2009
Joseph won the prize and was encouraged by judge and humorous historian Sarah Vowell to turn it into a book, one Vowell has called hard-boiled and warmhearted all at once. Joseph, 39, teaches creative writing at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and her book has been reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, Elle, Entertainment Weekly, the Minneapolis-based Star Tribune and many others. (Winona Daily News, MN)
