The Mock Turtle tells Alice how he went to school in the sea, taking courses like Reeling and Writhing and Fainting in Coils. He means these to relate to Alice’s own lessons of Reading and Writing and Painting in Oils. Likewise, I blog while walking the shoreline between the humanity of art and the science of information. Tag Archives for LibraryThing
contemporary dance in cuba: tecnica cubana as revolutionary movement
John, Suki. (2012). Contemporary Dance in Cuba: Tecnica Cubana as Revolutionary Movement. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Suki John has written a well-researched yet personal memoir on a contemporary dance movement in Cuba. Tecnica Cubana is both an … Continue reading
after visiting friends
After Visiting Friends by Michael Hainey (Scribner, 2013). Michael Hainey’s father, an accomplished journalist, died young and, according to the obits, alone on a street at night. Hainey follows in his father’s footsteps by becoming a newspaperman. As a reporter, … Continue reading
High School Prom
Anderson, Ann. (2012). High School Prom: Marketing, Morals and the American Teen. McFarland & Company, Inc. With a passionate interest in women’s studies, mass culture, and all things kitsch (face it, prom is kitsch), I am delighted to report on … Continue reading
ucontent: new book on user-generated content
UContent: The Information Professional’s Guide to User-Generated Content by Nick Tomaiuolo Experienced reference and instruction librarian Nick Tomaiuolo’s (aka the Web 2.0 Librarian) new book is a must-have for all librarians involved in digital content. UContent clearly describes various user-generated … Continue reading
afterlives of the saints
Afterlives of the Saints: Stories from the Ends of Faith by Colin Dickey (Unbridled Books, 2012). Dickey’s latest work is an interesting selection of saints – famous and forgotten, martyred and disfigured, the academics and the ignorant. Afterlives is not … Continue reading
the little red guard
The Little Red Guard: A Family Memoir by Wenguang Huang (Riverhead, 2012). Huang tells of growing up in Maoist China with a careful blend of objective journalism and bittersweet memory. The focal point of his narrative is his grandmother’s coffin – … Continue reading
miss peregrine’s home for peculiar children
Riggs, Ransom. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2011. Ransom Riggs’ first novel blends fantasy prose, simple yet descriptive, with vintage photographs, the type of developed film mistakes we quickly and easily delete with today’s digital cameras. … Continue reading
the beautiful forevers
Boo, Katherine. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity. New York: Random House, 2011. Annawadi is a Mumbai slum of about 3,000, nestled near the Sahar International Airport and a sewage lake. Pulitzer Prize winner … Continue reading
zombies are academic
Moreman, Christopher M and Cory James Rushton, eds. Race, Oppression and the Zombie: Essays on Cross-Cultural Appropriations of the Caribbean Tradition. McFarland, 2011. Editors Christopher M Moreman and Cory James Rushton have compiled an excellent … Continue reading