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One Book – One Lincoln – 2002 – Resources
Additional Resources for Plainsong
- Reviews of Plainsong
- About the Author
- About the Book
- Excerpts from Plainsong
- Reading Group Discussion Guides
- Nebraska Center for Writers
- About the Term “Plainsong”
- Other Cities Reading Plainsong
- If You Liked Plainsong, You Might Like …
- What Other Communities Are Reading
Please be aware that some of the links on this historical archive page may have expired.
Reviews of Plainsong
- Amazon.com
- Austin Chronicle review by Ada Calhoun – 10-8-1999
- BarnesandNoble.com
- The Book Barn reviews
- BookBrowse.com
- BookBrowser.com review by Jonathan Shipley – 12-24-1999
- The BookHaven.net review by Amy Coffin – undated
- BookMuse.com
- BookPage.com review by James William Brown – 10-1999
- Boston Globe review by Gail Caldwell – 11-8-1999
- Boston Phoenix Weekly Wire review by John Freeman – 10-18-1999
- Citybeat.com (Cincinnati) review by Richard Hunt – 9-28-2000
- Denver Post review by Robin Vidiemos – 10-10-1999
- ePinions.com – variety of customer reviews
- Harvard Book Review, review by Kristin Nielsen – Fall 1999 (no longer available)
- January Magazine review by Linda Richards – 11-1999
- TheJournalNews.com (Westchester, Rockland & Putnam – NY) review by Irina Rich Langer – undated
- Kansas City Star review/commentary by John Mark Eberhardt – 8-18-00
- Michigan Daily review by Lucas Millheim – 9-20-2000
- Mindjack.com review by J.M. Frank – 11-1-1999
- The Mobile Alabama Harbinger review by J. Gary Walker – 2-6-2001
- Nebraska Center for Writers – assembled critical quotes
- New York Times review by Verlyn Klinkenborg – 10-3-1999 (must subscribe)
- The Onion A.V. Club review by Joshua Klein – undated
- Peace Corps Writers review by Mark Jacobs – undated
- Salon eMagazine review by Maria Russo – 10-18-1999
- Salon Book Awards: 10 Titles That Kept Us Up All Night in 1999
- San Francisco Metropolitan review by Elizabeth Costello – 11-22-1999
- TheStranger.com review by Monica Drake – 12-22-1999
- University of New Brunswick review by April Wells – 1999
- USA Today review by Deirdre Donahue – 12-28-2000
About the Author
- Contemporary Authors entry on Haruf (database no longer available through the libraries)
- Nebraska Center for Writers – Creighton University
- PeaceCorpsWriters Interview
- Zenana Book Club Author Bio
- Haruf’s page on the Southern Illinois University site [not recently updated]
- Kansas City Star interview by John Mark Eberhart – 9-14-2000
- Manitowoc Public Library (WI) – book and author info, plus discussion questions
- “Plainsong Author Pleased With Book’s Success” (article in SIU’s newspaper – 10-18-1999)
- Previewport.com Author Bio
- Interview with Haruf by Random House (publisher of Plainsong)
- Seattlepi.com interview with Haruf by Hillel Italie of AP – 11-5-1999
- Greyrock Institute Writing Seminar – June 2002
About the Book
- Publisher’s information
- All-America Reads
- BookChatter.com description
- BookCrossing.com – 25+ copies of Plainsong have been “released into the wild”
- BookMuse.com entry on Plainsong – overview, author bio, discussion questions, guide to leading discussions on this title, much more:
- The International Impac Dublin Award
- Mountains and Plains Regional Booksellers Association Regional Book Awards
- Notes In The Margin Web site [background, description, brief review, list of other on-line resources]
- Plainsong selected for bi-state reading project – Kansas City, MO & Kansas City, KS “Plainsong” up for Book Award in New Yorker – 1-10-2000
Excerpts from Plainsong
- Random House Web site
- Salon.com – 12-15-1999
- Nebraska Center for Writers
- Kansas City Star – 8-18-2000
Reading Group Discussion Guides
- Spokane Is Reading
- Reading Group Guides
- Reading Group Discussion Guide from Random House (Vintage Books guide)
- Vigo County – Terra Haute, Indiana (5 page PDF)
- Amazon.com Reading Group Guide (taken directly from the Vintage Books guide)
- United We Read (Kansas City Metropolitan Library & Information Network)
- BookChatter.com discussion questions
Nebraska Center for Writers
About the Term “Plainsong”
- Plainsong (from the University of Baltimore)
- About Plainsong and Gregorian Chant (from Dovesong International)
- Plainsong (from The Columbia Encyclopedia)
- Plainsong (from the University of Victoria)
- Plainsong (from the Oxford Paperback Encyclopedia)
Other Cities Reading Plainsong
- Daniel Boone Regional Library/Callaway-Columbia-Southern Boone Counties in Missouri (associated with Kansas City program)
- Critical Acclaim & Reviews
- Kansas City Region (major site with multiple resources)
- Spokane, Washington (major site with multiple resources)
- Kent Haruf
- Plainsong
- Events
- Discussion Guidelines
- Discussion Questions
- Additional Reading
- Reader’s Survey (on-line Reading Group evaluation form)
- Vigo County – Terra Haute, Indiana (Plainsong was one of 3 finalists, ultimately not picked)
- Vigo County – Terra Haute, Indiana (5 page PDF)
If You Liked Plainsong, You Might Like:
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- Relative Distances by Victoria Jenkins
- Clearwater Summer by John E. Keegan
- Sky Fisherman by Craig Lesley
- Blue Rodeo by Jo-Ann Mapson
- The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
- Rima in the Weeds by Diedre McNamer
- The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen
- In Open Spaces by Russell Rowland
- Montana Women by Toni Volk
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You might also like to read Kent Haruf’s other books:
What Other Communities Are Reading
One Book Reading Promotion Projects (Library of Congress Center for the Book)