Looking for a Few Good Books!

What shall we read for the 2013-2014 BSC Campus Read?

Here are the basic guidelines:

1. This year, we are asking for suggestions of books with a 1960s-related theme.
2. The book must be in print and in a price range of no more than $20 per book. Hardcover books will be considered.
3. The book should be reasonably short -- 200-350 pages.
4. The Campus Read selection should be an engaging read that will generate lively discussion.
5. The book should explore any of the universal themes of literature such as coming of age, abuse of power, triumph over adversity, the importance of the individual, conflicts with self, others, and nature, etc. 1960s-related themes are requested this year.

The Campus Read Committee will take suggestions through Wednesday, November 21, 2012.

 

Please send your suggestion(s) to BSC.CampusRead@BismarckState.edu or post to our blog at http://campusread.blogspot.com/

 

The BSC Campus Read Committee

 

Write Now! Campus Read Essay Contest

To All BSC Students:

A reminder ... the deadline for the Campus Read Essay Contest is coming up fast ... Friday, November 30, 2012. 

Why enter? You could win a $500 scholarship from the BSC Foundation for the Spring 2013 semester!  Note: Part-time or dual credit students will be awarded up to three credits of scholarship funds. 

Contest Guidelines

• Submit your best work of 600 words or more. Essays must be typed and must be submitted electronically as an attachment and emailed to BSC.CampusRead@bismarckstate.edu
• The topic for your essay may be anything related to your consideration of The Hunger Games.  It may be a critical response to the book or a narrative essay about your own experiences that relate to the theme of the book. Don't be afraid to be creative with other ideas!
• Quoted, paraphrased, or summarized material must be correctly cited (any recognized format accepted).
• Include a cover page with your name, address, phone number, and email address.
• Essays that do not follow the guidelines will not be considered.

Essays will be judged anonymously by a committee of BSC staff, faculty, and administrators. The winning essay will be published in the Mystician.

We can't wait to read your essays!

 

Thin Man Novellas

Our 2011-12 Campus Read selection was The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.  If you liked that book and that genre, you may want to read two never-before-published Thin Man novellas by the "legendary master of hard-boiled fiction."

Check out Return of the Thin Man: the Original Screen Stories by Dashiell Hammett and edited by Richard Layman and Julie M. Rivett.  It is currently on the New Book display shelves at the BSC Library.  Editors Layman and Rivett visited our campus in November 2011 as part of our Campus Read activities. Layman is a Hammett scholar and Rivett is Hammett's granddaughter.

The Return of the Thin Man includes two novellas that Hammett wrote as screen stories for the celebrated films, After the Thin Man and Another Thin Man, which were sequels to the adaptation of his 1934 novel, The Thin Man. All told, there were six movies in the Thin Man series starring William Powell as Nick and Myrna Loy as Nora and Skippy as their beloved wire terrier, Asta.