08 December 2007

Akkordionspieler Carnival Returns

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In August 2006, as I was trying to figure out this blogging custom called a "carnival," I hosted the self-proclaimed Akkordionspie...
07 December 2007

The O'Connor Oeuvre

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This week the Boston 1775 blog featured a two-part review of Journey into Mohawk Country , a nonfiction graphic novel by George O'Conn...
06 December 2007

Half in the Shadows

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Yesterday I started writing about my look back at Susan Cooper 's King of Shadows after hearing her speak of the book's genesis...
05 December 2007

Out of the Shadows?

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Back in October, I asked what major characters in children's fantasies were identified as gay before J. K. Rowling's post-publica...
04 December 2007

Looking Out for Iorek Byrnison

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As soon as I received the last issue of The Atlantic , I turned to Hanna Rosin’s article “How Hollywood Saved God,” which was said to be ab...
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03 December 2007

Lots to Chew On

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In October, Lisa Spangenberg at Digital Medievalist posted a two-part consideration of a murder case from Ireland. Michael Cleary and some...
02 December 2007

Batman's Ace in the Hole

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In The Great Comic Book Heroes , his pioneering look back on America's early superhero comics, Jules Feiffer declared: I couldn't s...
01 December 2007

The Dark Side of Gene Kelly

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Last week the post office delivered a special supplement to The New Yorker called Movies Rock . It was so special that it also arrived with...
30 November 2007

Rhythm, Rhymes, and Gzonks

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Though we remember Dr. Seuss for his narrative books, such as Horton Hears a Who and The Cat in the Hat , he also wrote a number of plotle...
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29 November 2007

Several Forms of Irony

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MotherReader hosts the month’s Carnival of Children’s Literature , which has lots of tips on blogging, parenting, and reviewing books. Thoug...
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