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.
Hamlet and Other Lads and Lasses:
Or, From Rags to Riches
Anatoly’s weekly column.
James McCune Smith
John Stauffer, the editor of The Works of James McCune Smith: Black Intellectual and Abolitionist, has organized McCune Smith’s writings around genre and chronology. Stauffer, along with three other distinguished historians will discuss Smith’s life, work, and legacy at The New York Historical Society.
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.
Memory and Birds
Earlier today we mentioned that last week, Nobel-prize winning scientist Eric Kandel wrote about the five most unforgettable books on memory for The Wall Street Journal. One of the titles in the article was Memory From A to Z by Yadin Dudai. Below is an entry excerpt from the book.
Facing The Digital Reality
Evan Schnittman wrote an article for Publishing News last week entitled “Facing The Digital Reality.”
An Honor For Memory
Today we will look more closely at two of these titles, Memory and Brain by Larry R. Squire and Memory From A to Z by Yadin Dudai. Below is an excerpt from the beginnin of Memory and Brain. Check back later today to learn more about Memory From A to Z.
OUPblog in Publishers Weekly
Some exciting news to report.
National Poetry Month: Technology and new poetic forms.
The revolution will undoubtedly be televised. This blog is a piece of it.
National Poetry Month: Reflection
David Acevedo, one of the Buffalo poets, presents another one of his poems for National Poetry Month. By David Acevedo
National Poetry Month: Pirates of the Avant Garde
Now, with the web, and the growing number of online archives devoted to (for lack of better words) avant garde and experimental writing movements we are in a new age of access. Some of this work is up through the benevolence of the writer and creator, some of it, must belong to the true heirs of Mayakovsky. Three great resources here…
National poetry month: fairytale of reality
Hailing originally from New York City, the Buffalo Poets are composed of four core members: Roger Kenny, Aaron Arnout, Noah Levin and David Acevedo. The Buffalo have many artists throughout America including, James Honzik, Michael Franklin, Kevin Callahan and the infamous activist Rafael Bueno.
Lives Across The Pond: John Muir
A biographical look at John Muir.
You Never Call! You Never Write!: A Video
A video interview with Joyce Antler.
Monthly Gleanings: March 2007
Anatoly’s monthly gleanings.