http://www.apr.org/donnoble.html Don Noble's specialties are Southern and American literature. His book reviews can be heard most Mondays at 7:35am and 4:44pm. Don Noble also hosts Bookmark on Alabama Public Television. en-us Alabama Public Radio Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:19:22 GMT Public Podcaster 30 Don Noble no don noble, noble, books, reviews, alabama, bookmark Don Noble's specialties are Southern and American literature. His book reviews can be heard most Mondays at 7:35am and 4:44pm. Don Noble also hosts Bookmark on Alabama Public Television. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1568576&pid=217 In Alabama, Greek Revival may have flourished best in Mobile, but when planters from the Black Belt came to town to meet with their cotton factors and to shop, they liked what they saw and sometimes had their country rural places built in this style. wual Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/866588/mp3/arts/podcast/175/866588.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE In Alabama, Greek Revival may have flourished best in Mobile, but when planters from the Black Belt came to town to meet with their cotton factors and to shop, they liked what they saw and sometimes had their country rural places built in this style. In Alabama, Greek Revival may have flourished best in Mobile, but when planters from the Black Belt came to town to meet with their cotton factors and to shop, they liked what they saw and sometimes had their country rural places built in this style. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1568573&pid=217 WWII veterans are passing on now at a rapid rate and the generation that came home and resumed civilian life and said so little about their experiences will soon be silent forever. Their stories, like the ones the Noleses have captured in this book, must not be lost. wual Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/866587/mp3/arts/podcast/175/866587.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE WWII veterans are passing on now at a rapid rate and the generation that came home and resumed civilian life and said so little about their experiences will soon be silent forever. Their stories, like the ones the Noleses have captured in this book, WWII veterans are passing on now at a rapid rate and the generation that came home and resumed civilian life and said so little about their experiences will soon be silent forever. Their stories, like the ones the Noleses have captured in this book, must not be lost. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1568560&pid=217 Although the five illustrated newspapers from which the engravings in Alabama Illustrated were taken were all published elsewhere, two in New York, two in Boston and one in London, the readers of these papers had a strong curiosity about life in the American South. wual Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/866579/mp3/arts/podcast/175/866579.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE, APR Although the five illustrated newspapers from which the engravings in Alabama Illustrated were taken were all published elsewhere, two in New York, two in Boston and one in London, the readers of these papers had a strong curiosity about life in the Although the five illustrated newspapers from which the engravings in Alabama Illustrated were taken were all published elsewhere, two in New York, two in Boston and one in London, the readers of these papers had a strong curiosity about life in the American South. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1554213&pid=217 This is a story told calmly, without bitterness or self-aggrandizement. I admired Zellner's candor about his adversaries, without a smarmy mellowness. He has, as a Christian, mostly forgiven, but he has not forgotten. wual Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/860421/mp3/arts/podcast/175/860421.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE This is a story told calmly, without bitterness or self-aggrandizement. I admired Zellner's candor about his adversaries, without a smarmy mellowness. He has, as a Christian, mostly forgiven, but he has not forgotten. This is a story told calmly, without bitterness or self-aggrandizement. I admired Zellner's candor about his adversaries, without a smarmy mellowness. He has, as a Christian, mostly forgiven, but he has not forgotten. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1554208&pid=217 This clever tale ranges widely, making references not only to Buddhism, the Talmud and Christian foot-washing, but also Cesar Milan, the dog whisperer, and new age ideas such as "wherever you are that is where you are supposed to be." wual Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/860419/mp3/arts/podcast/175/860419.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE This clever tale ranges widely, making references not only to Buddhism, the Talmud and Christian foot-washing, but also Cesar Milan, the dog whisperer, and new age ideas such as "wherever you are that is where you are supposed to be." This clever tale ranges widely, making references not only to Buddhism, the Talmud and Christian foot-washing, but also Cesar Milan, the dog whisperer, and new age ideas such as "wherever you are that is where you are supposed to be." Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1549052&pid=217 We may know Annie Sullivan mainly from the play and the movie "The Miracle Worker," but she was famous long before those. She and Keller were national, even international, celebrities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, performing on the lecture circuit, in vaudeville, even in a movie. wual Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/857915/mp3/arts/podcast/175/857915.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE We may know Annie Sullivan mainly from the play and the movie "The Miracle Worker," but she was famous long before those. She and Keller were national, even international, celebrities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, performing on We may know Annie Sullivan mainly from the play and the movie "The Miracle Worker," but she was famous long before those. She and Keller were national, even international, celebrities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, performing on the lecture circuit, in vaudeville, even in a movie. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1524256&pid=217 By the end of the novel, I had become so irritated with Caroline and so unsympathetic, that I no longer cared whether she decided to go to Florence, Alabama, to teach school or marry the lawyer from Birmingham or do whatever else she wants. Good luck to her. wual Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/846617/mp3/arts/podcast/175/846617.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE, APR By the end of the novel, I had become so irritated with Caroline and so unsympathetic, that I no longer cared whether she decided to go to Florence, Alabama, to teach school or marry the lawyer from Birmingham or do whatever else she wants. Good luck By the end of the novel, I had become so irritated with Caroline and so unsympathetic, that I no longer cared whether she decided to go to Florence, Alabama, to teach school or marry the lawyer from Birmingham or do whatever else she wants. Good luck to her. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1520791&pid=217 This novel is a lascivious, sex-filled, dirty comic routine. It's not for everyone, but if you can stand it, there's a laugh on every page. wual Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/844823/mp3/arts/podcast/175/844823.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE, APR This novel is a lascivious, sex-filled, dirty comic routine. It's not for everyone, but if you can stand it, there's a laugh on every page. This novel is a lascivious, sex-filled, dirty comic routine. It's not for everyone, but if you can stand it, there's a laugh on every page. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1520790&pid=217 Vicksburg, 1863, is Groom's fifteenth book, and it is beginning to look as if he will be known, in the end, as Winston Groom, gifted narrative historian, not just as the author of Forrest Gump, notwithstanding how delightful that novel is. wual Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/844820/mp3/arts/podcast/175/844820.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE, APR Vicksburg, 1863, is Groom's fifteenth book, and it is beginning to look as if he will be known, in the end, as Winston Groom, gifted narrative historian, not just as the author of Forrest Gump, notwithstanding how delightful that novel is. Vicksburg, 1863, is Groom's fifteenth book, and it is beginning to look as if he will be known, in the end, as Winston Groom, gifted narrative historian, not just as the author of Forrest Gump, notwithstanding how delightful that novel is. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1511280&pid=217 Frankly, I was reminded of the t-shirts I occasionally see on women in malls. They suggest, and I am prettying this up—"I am a vulgar person with an evil temper, hormonally unbalanced, and on my last nerve. If you distress me in the slightest, I will hurt you." I give these women a lot of space and I feel the same way about this book. wual Mon, 25 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/840306/mp3/arts/podcast/175/840306.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE, APR Frankly, I was reminded of the t-shirts I occasionally see on women in malls. They suggest, and I am prettying this up—"I am a vulgar person with an evil temper, hormonally unbalanced, and on my last nerve. If you distress me in the Frankly, I was reminded of the t-shirts I occasionally see on women in malls. They suggest, and I am prettying this up—"I am a vulgar person with an evil temper, hormonally unbalanced, and on my last nerve. If you distress me in the slightest, I will hurt you." I give these women a lot of space and I feel the same way about this book. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1511301&pid=217 Those are kinds of novels this is not. What then are the strengths which led Barnes and Noble to make The Well and the Mine a "Discover Great New Writers Selection" and the Alabama Library Association to award it the 2009 prize for fiction? There are several. wual Mon, 18 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/840305/mp3/arts/podcast/175/840305.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE, APR Those are kinds of novels this is not. What then are the strengths which led Barnes and Noble to make The Well and the Mine a "Discover Great New Writers Selection" and the Alabama Library Association to award it the 2009 prize for fiction? Those are kinds of novels this is not. What then are the strengths which led Barnes and Noble to make The Well and the Mine a "Discover Great New Writers Selection" and the Alabama Library Association to award it the 2009 prize for fiction? There are several. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1511304&pid=217 He was an odd duck all right, but this book, with its many, many lists of the specimens, including their Latin names, Harper saw on his many, many outings, will be of interest mainly to botanists. wual Mon, 11 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/840304/mp3/arts/podcast/175/840304.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE He was an odd duck all right, but this book, with its many, many lists of the specimens, including their Latin names, Harper saw on his many, many outings, will be of interest mainly to botanists. He was an odd duck all right, but this book, with its many, many lists of the specimens, including their Latin names, Harper saw on his many, many outings, will be of interest mainly to botanists. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1511317&pid=217 Kathryn Stockett received a BA in English and creative writing from UA, worked in magazines in NYC for nine years, and now lives in Atlanta. This is her first novel and it is a marvel, a great read, engrossing and fast-paced. wual Mon, 04 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/840303/mp3/arts/podcast/175/840303.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE, APR Kathryn Stockett received a BA in English and creative writing from UA, worked in magazines in NYC for nine years, and now lives in Atlanta. This is her first novel and it is a marvel, a great read, engrossing and fast-paced. Kathryn Stockett received a BA in English and creative writing from UA, worked in magazines in NYC for nine years, and now lives in Atlanta. This is her first novel and it is a marvel, a great read, engrossing and fast-paced. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1511277&pid=217 Brown's many devoted fans will take in this book avidly, wanting to know every detail of her life, even though it is a life spent mainly rooted in middle Alabama, on a farm, without global travel except for one trip to Russia, or politics or scandal, or rich, famous, important friends and acquaintances. wual Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/840302/mp3/arts/podcast/175/840302.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE, APR Brown's many devoted fans will take in this book avidly, wanting to know every detail of her life, even though it is a life spent mainly rooted in middle Alabama, on a farm, without global travel except for one trip to Russia, or politics or Brown's many devoted fans will take in this book avidly, wanting to know every detail of her life, even though it is a life spent mainly rooted in middle Alabama, on a farm, without global travel except for one trip to Russia, or politics or scandal, or rich, famous, important friends and acquaintances. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1496987&pid=217 In tiny Monroeville, Alabama, population about 1,400, in the 1920s and '30s, Nelle Harper Lee and Truman Capote were friends and next-door neighbors. wual Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/840301/mp3/arts/podcast/175/840301.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE In tiny Monroeville, Alabama, population about 1,400, in the 1920s and '30s, Nelle Harper Lee and Truman Capote were friends and next-door neighbors. In tiny Monroeville, Alabama, population about 1,400, in the 1920s and '30s, Nelle Harper Lee and Truman Capote were friends and next-door neighbors. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1513679&pid=217 So this is a story, truly, of the Fugees and soccer, but also of the American immigrant experience as it takes place in the 21st century, with global influxes. St. John demonstrates that the process is often difficult, but with good will and common sense, it can be done. wual Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/841140/mp3/arts/podcast/175/841140.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE So this is a story, truly, of the Fugees and soccer, but also of the American immigrant experience as it takes place in the 21st century, with global influxes. St. John demonstrates that the process is often difficult, but with good will and common So this is a story, truly, of the Fugees and soccer, but also of the American immigrant experience as it takes place in the 21st century, with global influxes. St. John demonstrates that the process is often difficult, but with good will and common sense, it can be done. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1513671&pid=217 I am a fan of Jack Pendarvis's work, and believe him to be our most promising rising southern humorist. Pendarvis had some marvelous stuff in his two collections of short pieces-The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure and Your Body Is Changing. Awesome is his first novel and, although there is a lot of comic stuff, there are problems. wual Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/841139/mp3/arts/podcast/175/841139.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE, APR I am a fan of Jack Pendarvis's work, and believe him to be our most promising rising southern humorist. Pendarvis had some marvelous stuff in his two collections of short pieces-The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure and Your Body Is I am a fan of Jack Pendarvis's work, and believe him to be our most promising rising southern humorist. Pendarvis had some marvelous stuff in his two collections of short pieces-The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure and Your Body Is Changing. Awesome is his first novel and, although there is a lot of comic stuff, there are problems. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1484279&pid=217 Jones' hero is young Douglas Bragg, who is 24 years old, has graduated from college, lives in Birmingham, Alabama in 1960 and has itchy feet. He will go out to see the world, heading north, hitchhiking. wual Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/840298/mp3/arts/podcast/175/840298.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE, APR Jones' hero is young Douglas Bragg, who is 24 years old, has graduated from college, lives in Birmingham, Alabama in 1960 and has itchy feet. He will go out to see the world, heading north, hitchhiking. Jones' hero is young Douglas Bragg, who is 24 years old, has graduated from college, lives in Birmingham, Alabama in 1960 and has itchy feet. He will go out to see the world, heading north, hitchhiking. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1511876&pid=217 Familiar to many from her guest appearances on Turner Classic Movies with Robert Osborne, Molly Haskell is one of our country's foremost movie critics, historians, and interpreters. Haskell has every credential needed and brings all her skills to bear in this book on GWTW. It is often said of Venice, there is no more to be said about Venice. One might think that about GWTW also. But Haskell has taken some new approaches towards this classic book and movie and there are new insights. wual Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/840311/mp3/arts/podcast/175/840311.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE Familiar to many from her guest appearances on Turner Classic Movies with Robert Osborne, Molly Haskell is one of our country's foremost movie critics, historians, and interpreters. Haskell has every credential needed and brings all her skills to Familiar to many from her guest appearances on Turner Classic Movies with Robert Osborne, Molly Haskell is one of our country's foremost movie critics, historians, and interpreters. Haskell has every credential needed and brings all her skills to bear in this book on GWTW. It is often said of Venice, there is no more to be said about Venice. One might think that about GWTW also. But Haskell has taken some new approaches towards this classic book and movie and there are new insights. Don Noble http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1511872&pid=217 Wishbones is the eighth in Carolyn Haines' "Bones" series, and is a little different from its predecessors. The series' premises were set out in Them Bones. Sarah Booth Delaney returns to her home, Dahlia House, in Zinnia, Mississippi, Sunflower County, because the family place is threatened with foreclosure. Sarah Booth's parents died in a crash when she was twelve and she has been in NYC in a not very successful attempt to establish a career as an actress. Back in Zinnia she runs into a murder mystery, solves it, and in the course of the first couple of books sets up a detective agency. wual Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/.jukebox/media/wual/840310/mp3/arts/podcast/175/840310.mp3 00:00:00 no DON NOBLE Wishbones is the eighth in Carolyn Haines' "Bones" series, and is a little different from its predecessors. The series' premises were set out in Them Bones. Sarah Booth Delaney returns to her home, Dahlia House, in Zinnia, Wishbones is the eighth in Carolyn Haines' "Bones" series, and is a little different from its predecessors. The series' premises were set out in Them Bones. Sarah Booth Delaney returns to her home, Dahlia House, in Zinnia, Mississippi, Sunflower County, because the family place is threatened with foreclosure. Sarah Booth's parents died in a crash when she was twelve and she has been in NYC in a not very successful attempt to establish a career as an actress. Back in Zinnia she runs into a murder mystery, solves it, and in the course of the first couple of books sets up a detective agency. Don Noble