Check out this academic “found” poem by occasional
Inside Higher ed. humorist David Galef here. Anyone who’s
spent any time in the ivory tower will appreciate.
Entries from January 2008
January 31, 2008
“Found” Poem by David Galef
January 31, 2008
As AWP Turns: And The Dance Card Fills
AWP has not yet begun in earnest, but after a bit of sightseeing (the MOMA and SoHo) we were able to pick up our programs and then meet with a friend, Wendell Mayo, who now teaches in the Bowling Green MFA, for dinner. Wendell was our teacher at Lafayette and a real mentor and role [...]
January 26, 2008
New Strategy, New Post, Don’t Forget the Giveaway
Okay, I do believe a new strategy is called for and that involves thinking outside the box and giving myself permission to put the second half of the Golden Legacy review on the back burner because it’s keeping me from putting up new posts, as in I’ve had lots I’ve wanted the post in the [...]
January 17, 2008
Today’s Challenge
Do you teach? Do you write? Some combination?
I challenge you to read this essay and remain unmoved:
It won the 2007 Bechtel Prize for Writing About Teaching Writing.
Meanwhile, in other news, there is considerable discussion going on about furor and scandal swirling about Irene Nemirovsky’s life and the novel Suite Francaise which I have effused about [...]
January 16, 2008
The Caldecott Nails It!
Part two of the review of the Golden Legacy, Leonard S. Marcus Sets the Record Straight, which will deal more closely with the book itself and all the favorites readers wrote in about, will be coming soon. But in the meantime, I could not resist commenting on my excitement that the American Library Association has selected illustrated novel The [...]
January 14, 2008
The Golden Legacy: A Review Essay in Two Parts
<img src=”Part One–My Love Affair with Golden Books
(Look for Part Two, Leonard S. Marcus Sets the Record Straight sometime later this week.)
My Love Affair with Golden Books
My affection toward Golden Books began in my childhood but truly blossomed when I became an adult and began to divine and appreciate the aspects of culture that made [...]
January 11, 2008
An offbeat survey–Goldenbooks coming soon
My Goldenbooks Legacy review is coming, soon, very soon (part one perhaps today) but until then I’ll just post my answers to this survey which I found on another blog. Feel free to copy it and link to your answers here!
On My Bedside Table:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
The Machine in the [...]
January 6, 2008
Another Giveaway to Report
I’ve loved reading everyone’s postings about favorite Little Golden Books–rest assured they will feature prominently in the review I write this week.
In the interests of reciprocity, I want to tell you all about another book review/ giveaway I’ve discovered at http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/. Laura has reviewed and is giving away a copy of Eric Weiner’s The Geography of [...]
January 4, 2008
Golden Books Survey–and the giveaway begins!
Here’s the plan–if you write me with the titles of your favorite golden books growing up, I’ll write a review that includes backstories on those very books! Sort of an interactive book review. So, let me know with a comment:
Were you an old school golden book devotee who liked the books and illustrators of the [...]
January 4, 2008
Auld Friends
Funny how the new year brings out old connections. I heard from two old friends as 2008 dawned, both writers, Bill Lychack, and Chris Motto. I got to hear about the latest short story collection Bill is putting together and all the worries that entails (is it too cohesive? not cohesive enough? personally, as a [...]
