Monday, January 30, 2006

News Analysis with Carol Marin
ABC News co-anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman are recovering from serious injuries sustained by an insurgent roadside bombing yesterday. Carol Marin and her panel of reporters will examine the dangers they, like Woodruff, have faced in war zones.

Assyrian Dictionary Project
It may look like chicken scratch, but we'll introduce you to a remarkable project in Chicago that's keeping this ancient writing alive.

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Bookslut.com
Chicagoan Jessa Crispin turned a love of books into a popular website with a provocative name. She calls it Bookslut.com, and she'll be here with some book recommendations that you probably won't get at the big stores.

Jessa's Recommendations:

  1. The Thin Place, Kathyrn Davis
  2. Divided Kingdom, Rupert Thomson
  3. Beware of God, Shalom Auslander
  4. Black Hole, Charles Burns
  5. Mothers and Other Monsters, Maureen McHugh

Artbeat
Some Chicago students want to be the next apprentice... to a master local luthier. Fawn Ring tells us what exactly a luthier is and takes us inside the Chicago School of Guitar-Making.

Critic for a Day
After receiving some bad news, Queen Latifah goes on a "Last Holiday," and Chicago critics have loved the trip. But what does Ald. Dorothy Tillman think? She's our "critic for a day."

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