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Litniks Unite! The Downtown Omaha Lit Fest Brings Writers, Artists and...
Why I post what I post when I post it is sometimes a mystery even to myself. The subject of this story, the Omaha Lit Fest, doesn’t happen again until the fall and in this case the piece is about...
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Peter Buffett Completes Circle of Life Furthering Kent Bellows Legacy
The Buffetts are to Omaha what the Vanderbilts and the Rockefellers and the Fords were to their home cities only the Buffetts don’t build brick and mortar edifices as expressions of their wealth they...
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Author Leo Adam Biga to Sign His Alexander Payne Book at Various Events as...
Author Leo Adam Biga to Sign His Alexander Payne Book at Various Events as Shooting Continues on the Filmmaker’s New Picture, ‘Nebraska’ With the first week of filming on Alexander Payne’s...
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I Am Personally Inviting You to My Next Book Event…Sat. Nov. 10 at The...
I am personally inviting you to attend my next Alexander Payne book event: Saturday, Nov. 10, The Bookworm, 1 p.m. That’s at 8702 Pacific St. in Countryside Village, Omaha I will be signing copies...
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Another sweet endorsement for my Alexander Payne book…
And the hits just keep on coming where my Alexander Payne book is concerned. On top of Leonard Maltin’s recent thumbs up, we just received another sweet endorsement, this one from novelist (“True...
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Alexander Payne book news
The plaudits for my Alexander Payne book keep coming in. First there were glowing remarks from national film critic Leonard Maltin and novelist (“True Believers”) and “Studio 360″ host Kurt...
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Get Your Greek On at My Next Alexander Payne Book Event
I am personally inviting you to attend my next Alexander Payne book event: Friday, Nov. 16, St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, 6:30 pm 602 Park Avenue, George and Peggy Payne Community...
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More Alexander Payne Book News: WE MADE INDIEWIRE!!!
WE MADE INDIEWIRE!!! The Web’s leading site for independent film is running an exclusive feature this week on my Alexander Payne book, including an excerpt. This is our first national coverage. It...
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Laura Dern Endorses My Alexander Payne Book
Laura Dern, ©hbowatch.com Acclaimed actress Laura Dern has remained good friends with Alexander Payne since she starred in his first feature, “Citizen Ruth,” and I was lucky enough to interview...
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My Next Alexander Payne Book Event Comes to Florence
Looking for something different to do on your Tuesday night? Then come to my next Alexander Payne book event: Tuesday, Nov. 20, 6:15 pm, Florence Branch Library, 2920 Bondesson St., Omaha Your favorite...
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Author Joy Castro Writes Close to Her Heart in Two New Books
Joy Castro is a writer to be reckoned with. I’ve had the pleasure now of interviewing her twice and I trust more interviews will follow in the future. Her work is widely recognized. And while she...
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Dick Cavett is the latest luminary to endorse my Alexander Payne book
“Alexander Payne richly deserves this astute book about his work by Leo Biga. I say this as a fan of both of theirs; and would be one even if I weren’t from Nebraska.” - Dick Cavett Dick Cavett...
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New Alexander Payne book events for December and January
New Alexander Payne book events for December and January My book “Alexander Payne: His Journey in Film” is getting crazy good endorsements (see below). Come out and support the project at any of the...
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Free Radical Ernie Chambers the Subject of New Biography by Author Tekla...
Ernie Chambers. His name variously polarizes, raises blood pressure, inspires, confounds, sparks discussion and debate, and generally elicits some kind of response . If you’re a Nebraskan, past or...
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Upcoming Alexander Payne Book Events
A COFFEEHOUSE ALEXANDER PAYNE BOOK EVENT The Alexander Payne book event tour continues… Friday, Jan. 11 7-9 pm …with a laidback gig at 13th Street Coffee & Tea in the Old Market, 519 South 13th...
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Biga Talks Alexander Payne and Signs Copies of New Book at Omaha Press Club
Biga Talks Alexander Payne and Signs Copies of New Book at Omaha Press Club As a freelance journalist most readily identified with the alternative, even fringe publications I contribute to, it’s rare...
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Finding Her Voice: Tunette Powell Comes Out of the Dark and into the Spotlight
Remember the name Tunette Powell. She’s come far already in her 26 years and she’s surely going places that will take her even beyond the personal transformation and accomplishment she’s achieved...
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Alexander Payne Book News: Catch me on TV and Come to Signings
On select dates this week and next you can catch an encore presentation of the “Consider This” program that features me talking about Alexander Payne and my new book about him. Producer and host...
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I Will Be Selling and Signing Copies of My Alexander Payne Book at the Feb 16...
If you still haven’t made it to one of my Alexander Payne book signings, then stop by the Author Fair this Saturday. Feb. 16 at the downtown W. Dale Clark Library. It’s like a speed-dating event...
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Harsh Life Revealed in Memoir Gives Way to Growth: Ruth Marimo Comes Out of...
The provocative cover of Ruth Marimo’s 2012 memoir, Freedom of An Illegal Immigrant, pictures her sitting nude, her legs drawn up to her chest and her arms crossed just below her knees, a hood covering...
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