For March: In Cold Blood

Our next book is Truman Capote's In Cold Blood.

For those of you commuting with iPods, it's also available from Audible in a 14 hour unabridged version.

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Links for Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

We're reading Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. Here are some useful links about the book and the author.

NPR links:

• NPR story on Lolita's 50th anniversary, with some discussion by Azar Nafisi.
  
• NPR reading by Azar Nafisi for "This I Believe," unrelated to Reading Lolita.
  
• NPR "Weekend Edition" 2003 interview with Azar Nafisi.
  
• Fresh Air interview with Azar Nafisi (April 2003).
  

Other links to reviews:

• New York Times review by Michiko Kakutani (April 2003) [you might need a subscription for this one].
• San Francisco Chronicle review by Christine Thomas (May 2003).

Other links:

• Azar Nafisi's bio at Johns Hopkins.
• 2004 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle.

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