Fresh Gardens
David Acevedo writes for the Buffalo Poets.
Tess of The D’Urbervilles: Purity or Freedom?
Is Tess a pure woman? Why? Or does she, in losing purity, at least gain responsibility for her life?
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: Tess of The D’Urbervilles
Is Tess a tragic character? What did you think?
Summer Reading
Some summer reading suggestions from top authors Lesley Glaister Jan Dalley
Barstow: A Poem
A poem by Buffalo Poet King Otho.
Oxford Blues
The Oxford Blues introduce themselves.
This Day in History: The LP is Unvieled
On this day in 1948 Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS unvelied the LP, and by doing so, revolutionized the music industry.
OUPBlog’s First Podcast: Gene Autry
Holly George-Warren interviews Jacqueline Autry.
The ABC’s of GBS: Part 3
Google Library, The Lawsuits, and Is Charkin Barking Up the Right Tree?
Google and libraries are doing something they need a license to do – and rather than ask for one, they are asking the copyright holders to provide a list of properties they wish to protect or not include in this program.
Blogging At The Press
Rebecca OUP-US Happy Friday to you all! I am in Minneapolis this weekend for the American Association of University Presses Annual Meeting. If you are around you should come hear the panel I am speaking on at 3:30pm. We will be talking about my favorite topic, blogs.
Good Author Blogs
What makes a good author blog?
Lives Across The Pond: Sam Wanamaker
This month we feature the actor and director Sam Wanamaker, born in Chicago on 14 June 1919 and best known in Britain as the inspiration behind London’s Globe Theatre.
Clean: Part 2 – A Few Questions for Virginia Smith
Virginia Smith, author of Clean, answers a few questions for the OUP blog.
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: Tess of The D’Urbervilles
An excerpt from Tess of The D’Urbervilles.
Clean: Part I – An Extract
An excerpt from Clean: A History of Personal Hygiene and Purity, by Virginia Smith
Taku River, Alaska
Ben’s Place of The Week is Taku, River.