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A Broadside for Mardi Gras
Bruce Rutledge
February 12, 2013 (0)
Oprah Outs Armstrong; Irvin Mayfield Next?
Rex Noone
January 26, 2013 (0)
Friends of CMP
Bruce Rutledge
November 21, 2012 (0)
Nippon-NOLA challenge: week 3
Bruce Rutledge
October 24, 2012 (2)
The NOLA-Nippon challenge: week 2
Bruce Rutledge
October 6, 2012, 2012 (0)
The NOLA-Nippon challenge
Bruce Rutledge
September 24, 2012 (2)
Infusing Nonfiction with Truth: American True Stories
Bruce Rutledge talks to Michael Rozek
June 29, 2012 (0)
Questions rain down on NOLA
Bruce Rutledge
June 18, 2012 (0)
En-Joying Kanji: A Review of Eve Kushner’s Joy o’ Kanji
David Jacobson
May 24, 2012 (1)
Michael Rozek Redefines Nonfiction
Bruce Rutledge
April 19, 2012 (1)
Viewed Sideways: a collection of essays by Donald Richie
D. Michael Ramirez II
December 30, 2011 (0)
New Orleans Book Fest
Bruce
November 4, 2011 (0)
Review: The Beautiful One Has Come (Suzanne Kamata)
D. Michael Ramirez II
August 12, 2011 (0)
The JET Program's Finest Hour
David Jacobson
July 9, 2011 (0)
And the winner is ...
Bruce Rutledge
July 5, 2011 (0)
An even dozen: slow books in a fast world
Bruce Rutledge
June 29, 2011 (1)
Last Chapter for an Island Bookstore?
David Jacobson
June 24, 2011 (0)
More than just another 'Kawaii' face
Bruce Rutledge
June 16, 2011 (0)
Hurricane Story - Free Offer!
Dave Jacobson
June 9, 2011 (0)
Books for Katrina-hit New Orleans Schools
David Jacobson
May 25, 2011 (0)
Todd Shimoda wins Hawaii's top literary award
Chin Music Press
April 12, 2011 (1)
"The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P": A Review
Will Eells
March 28, 2011 (0)
A great sorrow
Bruce Rutledge
March 25, 2011 (1)
A Broadside for Mardi Gras
Bruce Rutledge
February 12, 2013 (0)
Oprah Outs Armstrong; Irvin Mayfield Next?
Rex Noone
January 26, 2013 (0)
Friends of CMP
Bruce Rutledge
November 21, 2012 (0)
Nippon-NOLA challenge: week 3
Bruce Rutledge
October 24, 2012 (2)
The NOLA-Nippon challenge: week 2
Bruce Rutledge
October 6, 2012, 2012 (0)
The NOLA-Nippon challenge
Bruce Rutledge
September 24, 2012 (2)
Infusing Nonfiction with Truth: American True Stories
Bruce Rutledge talks to Michael Rozek
June 29, 2012 (0)
Questions rain down on NOLA
Bruce Rutledge
June 18, 2012 (0)
En-Joying Kanji: A Review of Eve Kushner’s Joy o’ Kanji
David Jacobson
May 24, 2012 (1)
Michael Rozek Redefines Nonfiction
Bruce Rutledge
April 19, 2012 (1)
Viewed Sideways: a collection of essays by Donald Richie
D. Michael Ramirez II
December 30, 2011 (0)
New Orleans Book Fest
Bruce
November 4, 2011 (0)
Review: The Beautiful One Has Come (Suzanne Kamata)
D. Michael Ramirez II
August 12, 2011 (0)
The JET Program's Finest Hour
David Jacobson
July 9, 2011 (0)
And the winner is ...
Bruce Rutledge
July 5, 2011 (0)
An even dozen: slow books in a fast world
Bruce Rutledge
June 29, 2011 (1)
Last Chapter for an Island Bookstore?
David Jacobson
June 24, 2011 (0)
More than just another 'Kawaii' face
Bruce Rutledge
June 16, 2011 (0)
Hurricane Story - Free Offer!
Dave Jacobson
June 9, 2011 (0)
Books for Katrina-hit New Orleans Schools
David Jacobson
May 25, 2011 (0)
Todd Shimoda wins Hawaii's top literary award
Chin Music Press
April 12, 2011 (1)
"The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P": A Review
Will Eells
March 28, 2011 (0)
A great sorrow
Bruce Rutledge
March 25, 2011 (1)
Blog Entry
Books for Katrina-hit New Orleans Schools
David Jacobson
May 25, 2011
One of the tragic legacies of Hurricane Katrina was that it left more than 80 percent of New Orleans schools damaged. And in the worst hit parts of town, so many books were destroyed, that books average only 1 per 300 children!
So now some are stepping in to fill the NOLA book deficit. Earlier this week, on her third-to-last broadcast, television personality and bookselling goddess Oprah Winfrey organized a huge book drive for underprivileged kids nationwide. The 20,000 audience members attending the screening donated more than 25,000 books, earmarking more than 1,100 to be sent to the kids at the KIPP Believe College Preparatory Academy in New Orleans (a video about which appeared on the broadcast).
And DoSomething.org (the organization that helped organize the wildly successful Paper Cranes for Japan project which we wrote about here), is conducting what it calls an Epic Book Drive. Organizers are encouraging schools around the country to collect used books, which they can ship free of charge to New Orleans and to be placed in school libraries. If you’re interested in participating, act fast, as the school that collects the most books by June 15, will win a $1000 donation to its school library, and a free pizza party for the entire school.
So far, more than 2.2 million books have been pledged!
Books for Katrina-hit New Orleans Schools
David Jacobson
May 25, 2011
One of the tragic legacies of Hurricane Katrina was that it left more than 80 percent of New Orleans schools damaged. And in the worst hit parts of town, so many books were destroyed, that books average only 1 per 300 children!
So now some are stepping in to fill the NOLA book deficit. Earlier this week, on her third-to-last broadcast, television personality and bookselling goddess Oprah Winfrey organized a huge book drive for underprivileged kids nationwide. The 20,000 audience members attending the screening donated more than 25,000 books, earmarking more than 1,100 to be sent to the kids at the KIPP Believe College Preparatory Academy in New Orleans (a video about which appeared on the broadcast).
And DoSomething.org (the organization that helped organize the wildly successful Paper Cranes for Japan project which we wrote about here), is conducting what it calls an Epic Book Drive. Organizers are encouraging schools around the country to collect used books, which they can ship free of charge to New Orleans and to be placed in school libraries. If you’re interested in participating, act fast, as the school that collects the most books by June 15, will win a $1000 donation to its school library, and a free pizza party for the entire school.
So far, more than 2.2 million books have been pledged!