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Jackie Spinner
& Jenny Spinner (MU '92)
Iraq War Book Reading
Monday • March 6, 2006
7:00 pm
Kirkland Fine Arts Center
For those of you who missed the Jackie & Jenny Spinner book
reading on campus, or for those of you would like to see a rerun
or record the reading, it will be broadcast on Saturday, March
18, on C-span 2. The book is TELL THEM I DIDN'T CRY and it is
still available at the Millikin Bookstore if you want to buy a
copy.
Bryan Marshall has sent us the air date times: The program will
air on Saturday, March 18 on C-Span 2's BookTV from 7:45 a.m.
to 10 a.m. and then again at 10:30 p.m. The airing is part of
their Public Lives program.
Thanks to everyone who supported this program at Millikin! It
was great to feature one of our alums and to learn about the war
in Iraq from a Washington Post journalist's memoir.
On Monday, March 6, 2006 the English Department and Alumni Office
hosted a special event at Millikin featuring Jenny and Jackie
Spinner. These twin sisters from Decatur have both sought writing
professions. Jenny Spinner, a writing major alum (MU'92), is now
a Writing Professor in the English Department at St. Joseph's
University in Philadelphia. Her sister, Jackie Spinner, is a journalist
who has been covering the war in Iraq in recent years for the
Washington Post. They have teamed up to write a book, TELL THEM
I DIDN'T CRY, which deals with the war in Irag from both the front
lines journalism and the home front perspective of the twin sister.
Here's what one reviewer says about the book:
Like a lot of people, I've been closely following the war in
Iraq, and Tell Them I Didn't Cry brings a new and unique perspective
the events in that country. Jackie Spinner's stories of her experiences
in Iraq and the daily struggles she faces to report the news are
emotionally compelling and highly captivating. In particular,
I really enjoyed her descriptions of covering the battle in Fallujah
and her stories about her friendship with Luma, one of her Iraqi
colleagues--both of which helped me to understand why someone
would choose to go to Iraq to bring the story back home to the
rest of us.
One of the things that really makes this book stand out are the
end-of-chapter essays written by the author's twin sister Jenny,
in which she describes the struggles that she is facing on the
home front struggling to come to terms with her sister's fears
and her own. Together, Jackie and Jenny Spinner paint a vivid
picture of what life in Iraq is really like for the journalists
who are covering the story and for their families back home.
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You can see more details about this book, published by Simon
and Schuster, online at the Amazon
web site.
They will be at Millikin as part of the book reading and book
signing tour. Here's the details to remember for you and your
friends: Monday, March 6 at 7pm in the Kirkland Fine Arts
Center
The Spinners have been in the media lately, with Jackie appearing
on the Larry King Live show. She was interviewed about the recent
kidnapping of fellow journalist, and refused to reduce the coverage
of the war in Iraq to sound bites and simple stances. Attached
is one of Jackie's stories published in the Washington Post Thursday,
January 26th.
The Spinners were interviewed on C-span Sunday evening at January
29th with Brian Lamb.
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