RE: [xmca] Summer reading

I haven't had a chance to read the book yet, but I've seen him on
interviews and book talks, and he's quite compelling.

An hour-long talk with Q&A is referenced at
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dprogram&record=553012967

It I see that it will be running again in the future, I'll post a notice.

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Cunningham, Donald James wrote:

> Em, I first heard of the book here:
>
> http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/videos/celebrity_inter
> views/index.jhtml?playVideo=82274
>
> An odd source, I know, but Jon Stewart may be our most astute journalist
> today.
>
> Persevere!
>
> Don Cunningham
> Indiana University
>
> Ancora Imparo!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
> On Behalf Of E Duvall
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 4:58 PM
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Summer reading
>
> Thank you for the recommendation Donald... I went up on line to
> http://www.alongwaygone.com/index.html
> and read about the book, read an excerpt and watched a video recording.
> This short visit was... that feeling you get when you don't know what's
> around the corner, but you need to look some truth in the eye but you're
> scared to look because you don't know what the looking will do to you.
> I'm a little scared to read the book; I hope to persevere.
> ~ Em
>
> --
> He only earns his freedom and his life, who takes them every day by
> storm.
> -- Johann Wolfgang Goethe
>
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>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Cunningham, Donald James" <cunningh@indiana.edu>
>> Tony,
>>
>> Instead of the Garfinkle book you might read "A Long Way Gone" by
>> Ishmael Beah. It has nothing and everything to do with the issues we
>> have been discussing...........djc
>>
>> Don Cunningham
>> Indiana University
>>
>> Ancora Imparo!
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
>> On Behalf Of Tony Whitson
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:26 AM
>> To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
>> Subject: [xmca] no Garfinkel book, after all
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:13:55 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: "order-update@amazon.com" <order-update@amazon.com>
>> To: "twhitson@udel.edu" <twhitson@UDel.Edu>
>>
>> Hello from Amazon.com.
>>
>> We are sorry to report that we will not be able to obtain the
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>>
>> Harold Garfinkel, Anne Rawls (Editor) "Sociology of Information"
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594512817
>>
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