One Book - One Lincoln
- Reviews of Plainsong
- About the Author
- About the Book
- Excerpts from Plainsong
- Reading Group Discussion Guides
- Nebraska Center for Writers
- About the Term "Plainsong"
- Other Cities Reading Plainsong
- If You Liked Plainsong, You Might Like ...
- What Other Communities Are Reading
Please be aware that some of the links on this historical archive page may have expired.
- Amazon.com
- Austin Chronicle review by Ada Calhoun - 10-8-1999
- BarnesandNoble.com
- The Book Barn reviews
- BookBrowse.com
- BookBrowser.com review by Jonathan Shipley - 12-24-1999
- The BookHaven.net review by Amy Coffin - undated
- BookMuse.com
- BookPage.com review by James William Brown - 10-1999
- Boston Globe review by Gail Caldwell - 11-8-1999
- Boston Phoenix Weekly Wire review by John Freeman - 10-18-1999
- Citybeat.com (Cincinnati) review by Richard Hunt - 9-28-2000
- Denver Post review by Robin Vidiemos - 10-10-1999
- ePinions.com - variety of customer reviews
- Harvard Book Review, review by Kristin Nielsen - Fall 1999
- January Magazine review by Linda Richards - 11-1999
- TheJournalNews.com (Westchester, Rockland & Putnam - NY) review by Irina Rich Langer - undated
- Kansas City Star review/commentary by John Mark Eberhardt - 8-18-00
- Michigan Daily review by Lucas Millheim - 9-20-2000
- Mindjack.com review by J.M. Frank - 11-1-1999
- The Mobile Alabama Harbinger review by J. Gary Walker - 2-6-2001
- Nebraska Center for Writers - assembled critical quotes
- New York Times review by Verlyn Klinkenborg - 10-3-1999 (must subscribe)
- The Onion A.V. Club review by Joshua Klein - undated
- Peace Corps Writers review by Mark Jacobs - undated
- Salon eMagazine review by Maria Russo - 10-18-1999
- Salon Book Awards: 10 Titles That Kept Us Up All Night in 1999
- San Francisco Metropolitan review by Elizabeth Costello - 11-22-1999
- TheStranger.com review by Monica Drake - 12-22-1999
- University of New Brunswick review by April Wells - 1999
- USA Today review by Deirdre Donahue - 12-28-2000
- Contemporary Authors entry on Haruf (to access this database from outside of Lincoln City Libraries facilities, you will need to enter all 14 digits of the number from your library card.)
- Nebraska Center for Writers - Creighton University
- PeaceCorpsWriters Interview
- Zenana Book Club Author Bio
- Haruf's page on the Southern Illinois University site [not recently updated]
- Kansas City Star interview by John Mark Eberhart - 9-14-2000
- Manitowoc Public Library (WI) - book and author info, plus discussion questions
- "Plainsong Author Pleased With Book's Success" (article in SIU's newspaper - 10-18-1999)
- Previewport.com Author Bio
- Interview with Haruf by Random House (publisher of Plainsong)
- Seattlepi.com interview with Haruf by Hillel Italie of AP - 11-5-1999
- Greyrock Institute Writing Seminar - June 2002
- Publisher's information
- All-America Reads
- BookChatter.com description
- BookCrossing.com - 25+ copies of Plainsong have been "released into the wild"
- BookMuse.com entry on Plainsong - overview, author bio, discussion questions, guide to leading discussions on this title, much more:
- The International Impac Dublin Award
- Mountains and Plains Regional Booksellers Association Regional Book Awards
- Notes In The Margin Web site [background, description, brief review, list of other on-line resources]
- Page One Literary News Web site
- Plainsong selected for bi-state reading project - Kansas City, MO & Kansas City, KS "Plainsong" up for Book Award in New Yorker - 1-10-2000
- Random House Web site
- Salon.com - 12-15-1999
- Nebraska Center for Writers
- Kansas City Star - 8-18-2000
Reading Group Discussion Guides
- Spokane Is Reading
- Reading Group Guides
- Reading Group Discussion Guide from Random House (Vintage Books guide)
- Vigo County - Terra Haute, Indiana (5 page PDF)
- Amazon.com Reading Group Guide (taken directly from the Vintage Books guide)
- United We Read (Kansas City Metropolitan Library & Information Network)
- BookChatter.com discussion questions
- Plainsong (from the University of Baltimore)
- About Plainsong and Gregorian Chant (from Dovesong International)
- Plainsong (from The Columbia Encyclopedia)
- Plainsong (from the University of Victoria)
- Plainsong (from the Oxford Paperback Encyclopedia)
Other Cities Reading Plainsong
- Daniel Boone Regional Library/Callaway-Columbia-Southern Boone Counties in Missouri (associated with Kansas City program)
- Kansas City Region (major site with multiple resources)
- Spokane, Washington (major site with multiple resources)
- Kent Haruf
- Plainsong
- Events
- Discussion Guidelines
- Discussion Questions
- Additional Reading
- Reader's Survey (on-line Reading Group evaluation form)
- Vigo County - Terra Haute, Indiana (Plainsong was one of 3 finalists, ultimately not picked)
- Vigo County - Terra Haute, Indiana (5 page PDF)
If You Liked Plainsong, You Might Like:
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- Relative Distances by Victoria Jenkins
- Clearwater Summer by John E. Keegan
- Sky Fisherman by Craig Lesley
- Blue Rodeo by Jo-Ann Mapson
- The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
- Rima in the Weeds by Diedre McNamer
- The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen
- In Open Spaces by Russell Rowland
- Montana Women by Toni Volk
- Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
- The Tie That Binds
- Where You Once Belonged
What Other Communities Are Reading
- One Book Reading Promotion Projects (Library of Congress Center for the Book)