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The Book of Ballads - (USA)
I first heard about this book through Chris and Rhinoa's blogs, and when I read that here are stories inspired by traditional ballads (which I find fascinating and evocative) illustrated by Charles Vess (one of my favorite artists) in graphic novel format (what fun!), with stories written by many of my favorite writers (Charles de Lint, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, Midori Snyder, Emma Bull) - how could I possibly resist?The fascinating introduction by Terri Windling is not to be missed. Did you kno
http://booksandotherthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/11/book-of-ballads.html
Funcom lifts the veil on The Secret World - (USA)
Durham, USA - April 7th, 2009 - Dark days are coming. The words are now everywhere. After deciding to make the development its next massively multiplayer online game a little less secret, Funcom have now released information, artworks and the first ever trailer video for ‘The Secret World’. Journalists across the world recently had the chance to sit down and talk to game director Ragnar Tørnquist about the new game and hear his vision, thus generating reports on websites everywhere such as Eurog
http://gamerinvestments.com/video-game-stocks/index.php/2009/04/08/funcom-lifts-the-veil-on-the-secret-world/
LinkListings.net Gets PR3 From Latest Google Update - (USA)
I’m happy to announce that in the latest round of updates that my Link Directory site was blessed with a PR3 from the Google Gods. The only reason I received a PR3 straight out of the gate is primarily due to the help the site has had from people like yourself. Those kind enough to place a LinkListing widget: on their blog, write about it, and help me promote the site during the contest I recently held, had helped the site achieve this. It has a PR3 because of all the great people out
http://www.waynejohn.com/post.aspx?id=8c79b9eb-8c2e-4847-b7e8-7a2917ffde46
Toni Morrison the Most Enduring Literary Feminine and African American Voice - (USA)
Toni author an African-American illustrator in a municipality of immigrants, grew up opinion that the exclusive locate she could invoke to for assistance and reassurance would be within her possess accord in Lorain, river where, she had “an carelessness from stereotypical black settings — neither plantation nor ghetto”. Growing up in a snappy home enclosed by songs, sprite tales, myths, music, and the module of their African-American acquisition with the most ordinary and favourite of these exis
http://artsandentertainment.themissingscrew.com/toni-morrison-the-most-enduring-literary-feminine-and-african-american-voice/
Blinding Me With Science - (USA)
1. Jonathan Gottschall, a professor and classicist, says literary critics should adopt scientific methods. This article is alternately silly and smart. It starts off silly: But over the last decade or so, more and more literary scholars have agreed that the field has become moribund, aimless, and increasingly irrelevant to the concerns not only of the “outside world,” but also to the world inside the ivory tower. Class enrollments and funding are down, morale is sagging, huge numbers of PhDs
http://www.litkicks.com/BlindingMeWithScience/
Patterns and Imaginary Walls - (USA)
Last week I had the joy of going to hear Michael Meade speak. He is a mythologist who weaves folktales, myths, drumming, and singing into his wise talks about navigating complex times. As always, as I listened to his words much stirred in me, some of which I am sure will appear in this space. One story he shared was extraordinarily simple but has been living inside of me in surprising ways: A woman once had a goldfish bowl and she enjoyed watching the fish swim around in its small space.
http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/04/02/patterns-and-imaginary-walls/
UC Santa Cruz-America's Wackiest University? - (USA)
UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs-an Appropriate Mascot Being a part-time teacher at the University of California at Irvine, I have taken recent note of the activities at other UC campuses in regards to left-wing activities. It seems to me that of all the UC campuses-even UC Berkeley-that UC Santa Cruz seems to be taking the lead in left-wing nuttiness these days. David Horowitz, in his Frontpage Magazine blog, is featuring an article this week on some of the wacko classes that are being offered in
http://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2009/03/uc-santa-cruz-americas-wackiest.html
Saturday, 18 April, 2009 - 'Magic Journeys' Interactive Theater for All Ages - Opera Piccola - (USA)
Who: Opera Piccola (“Small Works”) What: “Magic Journeys” Interactive Performance for all ages When: Saturday, April 18, 2009, 6:30 – 8:00 PM Where: Oakland Museum of California, James Moore Theatre 10th and Fallon Streets, Oakland (enter on 10th St.) Admission: Suggested Donation: $5 to $25 Box Office/AdvanceTix 510 482-0967, ext 303 Contact: Susannah Wood, Artistic Director 510 482-0967 ext. 303 / susannah@opera-piccola.org FAMILY NIGHT OUT AT THE THEATER Opera Piccola Celebrates 20 Year
http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/?com=detail&eID=183304
Courses of English at University Of California Los Angeles - (USA)
Courses of English at University Of California Los Angeles May 15th, 2008 English Courses Lower Division Courses 4HW. Critical Reading and Writing (Honors) (5) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Introduction to literary analysis, with close reading and carefully written exposition of selections from principal modes of literature: poetry, prose fiction, and drama. Minimum of four papers (three to five pages each) a
http://online4degrees.com/courses-of-english-at-university-of-california-los-angeles/
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