Of course — sometimes it takes an especially talented author to show others what afterwards seems perfectly fitting. Jenny Parks is such an author — Available @ Amazon. See The serious absurdity (and purrfection) of Jenny Parks and ‘Star Trek Cats’ @ OregonLive.
Books
Books
Gessen’s Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
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There’s considerable discussion of the role that Russians (hackers, politicians, business interests) may be having on the presidential election. I’ve just re-read Masha Gessen’s sketch of Putin, and it holds up well. (Her account ends a few years ago, but give an ample account of Putin’s upbringing, employment as a KGB officer and leader, and…
Books
Books in Happy Meals
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Animation, Books, Charity, Film
Sunday Animation: We Need to Talk About Alice
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GOOD BOOKS: "We Need To Talk About Alice" from Plenty on Vimeo. (See all the process, character design, style frames, at plenty.tv/work/good-books-we-need-to-talk-about-alice ) “We need to talk about Alice” was commissioned by New Zealand based agency String Theory and created to be part of Good Books’ “Great Writers Series,” a collection of short films made…
Books, Film
What’s With the ‘One Ring to Rule Them All’?
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Books
One of the Scariest Books Ever Written
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Animation, Books, Film
Sunday Animation: What is Literature For?
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Animals, Books, History
Winnie-the-Pooh Was (Based on) a Real Bear
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Books, Business, Development, Economy, Local Government, Press
The Book on Janesville
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Amy Goldstein, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter at the Washington Post, is writing a book about Janesville after GM’s departure, entitled, Janesville: An American Story. I’ve been awaiting the book, and recently (also happily) discovered publishing information about it, from PublishersMarketplace.com: Pulitzer-winning Washington Post reporter Amy Goldstein’s JANESVILLE: An American Story, following three families as the GM…
Books, Cartoons & Comics
Sunday Morning Cartoon: Flying Eye Books
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Books, School District
A Summer Reading Program
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Update 1:35 PM: There’s a helpful reminder in the comments that our library also offers reading programs for children and for adults. Many thanks for both programs and reminder. A summer reading program for the Whitewater Schools (even if only for some classes) is a good idea. It’s new for Whitewater, and so one can…
Books
The New E-Book Edition of Lost Horizon
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I received a note from Open Road Media, the publisher of an electronic edition of James Hilton’s Lost Horizon. Noticing that I was reading the book’s print edition, they suggested that I might consider their new electronic version, just out. Of course: I’d prefer an e-book to a print copy, as they’re easier to store,…
Books
Now Reading: Lost Horizon
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My latest book is James Hilton’s Lost Horizon (1933). It’s been in print since first publication, and the subject of two films (the second of them being a rather unfortunate musical). (When the cover of the book say it’s the first paperback ever published, the publisher means the first of a modern paperback series). I’m…
Beautiful Whitewater, Books, City, Press Release
Young Auditorium receives grant to host 4th Community Big Read
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Young Auditorium receives grant to host 4th Community Big Read For the fourth year in a row, the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded a local partnership to bring the national Big Read initiative to Rock, Walworth, Jefferson and adjacent counties. Mark Twain in the Rock River Basin will be the focus of this…