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Getting Messy at East West Books, Mountain View, CA  Friday June 1st 7:30 pm!

Getting Messy at East West Books, Mountain View, CA Friday June 1st 7:30 pm!

Hi All, I’m planning to bring my guitar and encourage loud, boisterous singing at this upcoming event this Friday evening, at East West Bookstore in Mountain View. At my last book event, an elderly lady kept asking me when we were going to get “messy.” She helped validate what I was feeling–a “traditional” book talk…

Getting Messy on Jefferson Public Radio – May 7, 2012

Getting Messy on Jefferson Public Radio – May 7, 2012

I’ll be interviewed on Jefferson Public Radio this Monday morning at 8 am about GETTING MESSY. You can listen to the interview via web or MP3 download from anywhere in the world. Here’s the link:http://www.ijpr.org/onlineaudio.asp?SectionID=0&programId=11&txtStartDate=5%2F7%2F2012&txtEndDate=5%2F7%2F2012 The radio interview precedes a book event on Thursday, 7 PM at Bloomsbury Booksin Ashland, Oregon.

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Learning is a Conversation – Excerpt from Getting Messy

In the 1920s, Lincoln Steffans was a history student at the University of California Berkeley. As a freshman, he became engrossed in history and read everything he could find on the subject. It soon became clear to him, however, that these scholars of history did not agree. He discovered that history was not a set…

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