Oh, that does sound like fun.
You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
sumi - Aug 23, 2007 4:42:56 am PDT #3765 of 28686
Art Crawl!!!
sumi - Aug 23, 2007 6:49:18 am PDT #3766 of 28686
Art Crawl!!!
Kate P. - Aug 23, 2007 7:12:34 am PDT #3767 of 28686
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh, that's sad! She's one of my mom's favorite authors.
DavidS - Aug 23, 2007 7:13:49 am PDT #3768 of 28686
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
R.I.P. Grace Paley
Awww, she spoke at my college and got overwrought (in a sweet way) about nuclear disarmarment.
Glamcookie - Aug 23, 2007 7:18:12 am PDT #3769 of 28686
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
YA readers: Have you any recommendations for good urban lit? I've done the Bluford series with the juvie kids and they're looking for more urban fare. Any ideas?
Hayden - Aug 23, 2007 7:24:21 am PDT #3770 of 28686
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Man, I saw Grace Paley speak once, too, and I remember being blown away by her passion and wit. She was a sharp observer of the human condition and a hell of a writer, but she must have been older than original sin by this point.
Sue - Aug 23, 2007 7:25:40 am PDT #3771 of 28686
hip deep in pie
Very sad about Grace Paley.
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute is one of those books I pick up every few years and re-read and am continually blown away by. ETA:(That title is also the tagline for my LJ.)
Tangentially, (to another favourite author) the Broadway adaptation of Joan Didion's Year of Magical Thinking is closing this weekend. I know it got mixed reviews, but I really wish I had gotten a chance to go there an see it. I'm having a week of wishing I was in New York.
Kate P. - Aug 23, 2007 7:26:42 am PDT #3772 of 28686
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
YA readers: Have you any recommendations for good urban lit?
Walter Dean Myers has a bunch of great urban YA books, like Monster and Street Love. Which reminds me of Janet McDonald's Harlem Hustle, which I haven't read yet but is supposed to be good. Coe Booth's Tyrell was one of the best-loved YA books of the last year and won a bunch of honors. Paul Volponi has several good urban YA books; I read Black and White and thought it was really interesting & thought-provoking.
lisah - Aug 23, 2007 7:28:10 am PDT #3773 of 28686
Punishingly Intricate
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute is one of those books I pick up every few years and re-read and am continually blown away by.
I love that book. It has one of my favorite book titles of all time. Sad about Grace Paley.
DavidS - Aug 23, 2007 7:29:21 am PDT #3774 of 28686
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Enormous Changes was also made into a little indie movie with a young Kevin Bacon and (I think) Ellen Barkin.