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National Poetry Month: Tribute to Kurt Vonnegut Live at Vox Pop 4.13.07

A Buffalo farewell to Vonnegut.

Alice in Wonderland: Mass Culture

What do you think of mass culture reinterpretations of Alice? What is your favorite?

Alice in Wonderland: Talking Animals

Why wasn’t Alice more startled at seeing a talking animal? Furthermore, why are all the important characters in Wonderland talking animals?

Alice in Wonderland: The Discussion Begins

How many puns can you find in Alice in Wonderland?

My Repository is Bigger Than Yours:
A Response to Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0

Corey Podolsky has written an excellent essay, Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0 that clearly explains the thinking behind the large scale repository efforts underway at a few publishing giants. But…

Inside Oxford: Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0

Cory Podolsky looks at book widgets.

National Poetry Month: An Untitled Poem

We are pleased to bring you another poem by Noah Levin (an OUP employee also!) Feast your eyes below. by Noah Levin

National Poetry Month: A Video

A video for Poetry Month.

National Poetry Month: POEM FOR THE OUP

A poem for Poetry Month by King Otho.

Happy Birthday to The Simpsons!

I’ve been a vegetarian for over a decade and inevitably, when I meet someone new, they end up asking me questions. How and why did I stop eating meat? Do I miss it? Do I cheat? Long ago I stopped telling them the real story (which is dreadfully boring) and started recounting the scene below […]

The ABC’s of GBS: Part 2
Got Discoverability? Now what?

Consumer choice and publisher dilemma in the era of Google Book Search.

Friday procrastination: link love – guns, gambling and gaffs

There are so many great posts showing up in my bloglines today I had to share some of them! Check these tidbits out.

Brave New Words: Expletives & Profanity

Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction is edited by Jeff Prucher. Prucher’s entertaining entries are a window to the entire science fiction genre, through the words invented and passed along throughout the years.