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		<title>09-10 Common Book Finalists</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Paul Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Colleagues,
Thanks to everyone who took the time to nominate a potential Common Book!
Earlier today we heard a baker’s dozen’s worth of excellent nominations. (And because these nominations were all so thoughtful, I am attaching a summary of them. They might suggest some excellent titles to consider for your future classes or pleasure reading.)
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		<title>Share Your Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danwahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you doing a class project with The Blue Death? Did you create an assignment based on or stemming from the book? Have you found some great resources relating to water and health?
Please share your efforts and findings with your colleagues. This blog awaits your valuable input!
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		<title>Creative Residency Coming Soon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting October 19, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre (HOBT) will work with students and community members to create a drinking water related performance. Participants will showcase the work in a public Friday noon performance on October 24.
&#8212;
1.      The residency schedule&#8230;
&#8230;is right here. (Download HOBT Residency Schedule)
&#8212;
2.      Come one, come all, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wsucommonbook.wordpress.com&blog=1580443&post=42&subd=wsucommonbook&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Robert Morris to Appear at WSU</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Paul Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Robert Morris, author of Winona State&#8217;s 2008-09 Common Book, The Blue Death, will be on campus Oct. 22 and 23, 2008.  All events are free and open to the public:
Wednesday, October 22, 2008: 7 pm, Performing Arts Center Main Auditorium
The Great River Reading Series, The Consortium for Liberal Arts and Science Promotion, and The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wsucommonbook.wordpress.com&blog=1580443&post=39&subd=wsucommonbook&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Blue Death Selected as 2008-09 WSU Common Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Paul Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winona State&#8217;s Common Book Project announces its selection for 2008-09: Dr. Robert Morris’s The Blue Death: The Intriguing Past and Present Danger of the Water You Drink.  The Common Book Project brings together a large community of readers in the discussion of a single work.  
 
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		<title>2008-09 Common Book Finalists Selected</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Paul Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four finalists for the 2008-09 Winona State University Common Book were recently selected from a list of thirteen nominations. The finalists are listed below, with hyperlinks to websites that include excerpts and other information about each book. Based on each book’s author’s availability, affordability, and willingness, a selection will be chosen at an open meeting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wsucommonbook.wordpress.com&blog=1580443&post=36&subd=wsucommonbook&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ruth Ozeki is multi-talented</title>
		<link>http://wsucommonbook.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/ruth-ozeki-is-multi-talented/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hjm05</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[                It often happens that when one enjoys the work of someone else, they come to find that when they are able to listen to and meet that person, disappointment follows. This was something that I, and many other students who read My Year of Meats, were curious and a bit apprehensive about before Ruth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wsucommonbook.wordpress.com&blog=1580443&post=35&subd=wsucommonbook&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Influence of Ruth Ozeki, in Person</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sallywinona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
I was intrigued by the philosophies of Aristotle, but then found out he was fiercely sexist: I now dislike every word he wrote. I enjoyed Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron,” but after I learned he visited Winona State University years ago and acted pretentiously, my reading was affected. I avoided a writer’s lecture because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wsucommonbook.wordpress.com&blog=1580443&post=34&subd=wsucommonbook&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Halving the Bones</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jlcase4193</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, I had the opportunity to show Ruth Ozeki’s Halving the Bones for the second time this year.  The documentary continues to intrigue me.  Unlike the other films we have shown as part of this year’s Common Book Film Series, Halving the Bones constitutes a sort of meditation.  Viewers must pay close attention to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wsucommonbook.wordpress.com&blog=1580443&post=33&subd=wsucommonbook&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural blending and sumo wrestling</title>
		<link>http://wsucommonbook.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/cultural-blending-and-sumo-wrestling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hjm05</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her novel My Year of Meats, Ruth Ozeki clearly supports the blending of cultures as evidenced by a number of things. Cross-cultural families were often pinpointed by Jane Takagi-Little as she looked for families to showcase on “My American Wife!” One example is the Beaudroux family, who adopted 11 Korean children and brought them [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wsucommonbook.wordpress.com&blog=1580443&post=32&subd=wsucommonbook&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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