Well, then, this is a day I'll feel good to be me.
Mal ,'Trash'
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 6:49:18 am PDT #3766 of 28200
Art Crawl!!!
Kate P. - Aug 23, 2007 7:12:34 am PDT #3767 of 28200
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 28200
"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 28200
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 28200
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 28200
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 28200
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 28200
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 28200
"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.
Glamcookie - Aug 23, 2007 9:25:31 am PDT #3775 of 28200
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
Thanks, Kate! I'm gonna check some of those out for the kids. They love Myers but I don't think we've brought any of the others you mention.