On my nightstand are:
"American Hero" by Larry Beinert, the novel on which the movie "Wag the Dog"
is loosely based.
"Big Trouble" by the late Anthony Lukas, about the murder of former Idaho Gov.
Steunenberg in Caldwell and the trial of his killer, Harry Orchard. (Some of
you may have seen the play "Orchard" at IRT two summers ago, based on the same
facts.) Lukas apparently spent some time digging in the UI Library Special
Collections, as he thanked Terry Abraham in the acknowledgments.
Did anyone see him when he was in Moscow in 1994 or 1995?
"News is a Verb: American journalism at the end of the century" by Pete
Hamill, former columnist for the New York Post and New York Daily News.
I've also resubscribed to The Nation after a two-year hiatus. I enjoyed a
recent cover story about Paul Wellstone, the Minnesota senator, who may run
for the Democratic presidential nomination in two years. The latest issue is
the annual media issue, which tells how much of U.S. media content is
controlled by six corporations... so much for the myth of the liberal media.
I welcome suggestions from other subscribers of books and magazines.
--Kenton
***Kenton Bird, Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Journalism & Technical Communication
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1785
Voice: (970) 491-5986 Fax: (970) 491-2908
E-mail: KBird@vines.colostate.edu