A Literary Three-Way: About a Boy? (I)

2014-03-15T20:13:12-04:00

In eleventh-grade English class, we studied "Oedipus Rex" and I fell in love with the idea that a story so old could still be compelling. But the idea of reading these classic texts outside a classroom seemed unthinkable. You know how some books become all-the-more intimidating the longer you leave

A Literary Three-Way: About a Boy? (I)2014-03-15T20:13:12-04:00

BHM: The Lairds (Roland and Taneshia Nash)

2014-03-15T19:09:44-04:00

In the mid-90s, the Lairds were used to publishing 36-page comic books; they were all about entertainment, not about a one-stop volume of African American history. It was quite a challenge for Roland and Taneshia Nash Laird to move from that kind of production, to a full-length book, and

BHM: The Lairds (Roland and Taneshia Nash)2014-03-15T19:09:44-04:00

Serially Distracted: Reading in Four Series

2023-10-04T15:36:20-04:00

Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's Roseanna (1967) Trans. Lois Roth  Intro. Henning Mankell (2006) In the first book group I ever joined, all the women were abuzz with talk of this mystery series. I can't believe it's taken me this long to be officially introduced to Martin Beck. In turn, it takes

Serially Distracted: Reading in Four Series2023-10-04T15:36:20-04:00

Drawing Conclusions: The Walking Dead

2014-03-15T18:41:50-04:00

I first made the acquaintance of the series during my first Dewey's Read-a-Thon, when I was looking for graphic novels to entertain Mr. BIP; we've both become completely hooked. I was struck by the comments in the introduction, including this one: “This is a very character driven endeavor.

Drawing Conclusions: The Walking Dead2014-03-15T18:41:50-04:00

Drawing Conclusions: Three Graphic Works

2014-03-15T18:41:06-04:00

Shaun Tan’s The Arrival Arthur A. Levine Books - Scholastic Books, 2006 The wordless images in The Arrival are often breath-taking, sometimes sad and always evocative. (You can see one of them here, on the author's page.) Tan says: "I see each book as an experiment in visual and written narrative,

Drawing Conclusions: Three Graphic Works2014-03-15T18:41:06-04:00
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