Mark offers a review of A Family Farm: Life on an Illinois Dairy Farm by Robert Switzer, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry. The author will be appearing at UFL on Thursday evening.
Posts by Mark Laughlin:
Jeff Kohmstedt and The Fifth Kraut
Mark talks with local novelist Jeff Kohmstedt.
Local author writes novel with local setting
A conversation with novelist Sarah Wisseman about her recently published historical mystery.
A look at Illinois in the War of 1812
UI Press has recently published the first definitive book on Illinois’ involvement in the War of 1812.
A modern look at an old romance story
They say that true love lasts forever, but do the stories that are devoted to it stand the test of time?
Meet the producers of Two Beers with Dylan Heath
Champaign-Urbana has a new talk show.
An achingly rational approach to the UC Davis pepper spray incident
What’s reasonable isn’t always what's necessary.
A conversation about Ray Bradbury
Mark introduces us to a recent biography of Ray Bradbury.
Art meets mythology at Spurlock Museum
The lobby exhibit at the Spurlock Museum offers not just beautiful artwork, but myth, folklore, and legend as well.
A “veritable father of aviation”: Remembering Octave Chanute
Mark speaks with the biographer of one of America’s most innovative and influential engineers.