The Telegraph UK asked a panel of lit-minded folks to come up with their list of the top 50 villains in the history of literature. It's quite a dastardly listAnd the losers include the likes of Iago, Ku10 Vindice from The Revenger's Tragedy, by Thomas Middleton Filled with bile from his persistent melancholy - his beloved was killed by the duke - Vindice decides the best way to avenge her is to make the duke lock lips with her poisoned corpse. Fair enough: the duke got what was coming to him, as do the many others who fall under Vindice's...
wordia : Dictionary 3.0
Invite to the launch partyThere's a new dictionary in town. It's called wordia and they've set out to "create a new kind of dictionary - a democratic ‘visual dictionary’. A place where anyone with a video, webcam or mobile phone can define the words that matter to them in their life."wordia has partnered with HarperCollins, who will provide the textual dictionary, and YouTube who will host the video content.The site will be moderated with videos being both user-generated and professionally produced.wordia launced with 76,000 words, 120,000 definitions, and another 21,000 thesaurus entries.The launch party was held at Samuel Johnson's house....
A Visual Review of Philip Roth’s Latest Novel, Indignation
Ward Sutton, author of the must read political cartoon series Sutton Impact, reviews Philip Roth's latest novel, Indignation, at the Village Voice. The review consists of a 9 image slideshow in cartoon format.What a fantastic concept and one that begs to be developed. This format presents a tremendous opportunity to engage the younger generation, the ones most at risk of living a book less life, in the biblio-universe.Thanks to Scott Esposito at Conversational Reading for the lead.
The Ukulele Books of Peter and Donna Thomas
Ukulele Series Book #2: The Ukulele Accordion. 1996 Text is Little Grass Shack, handwritten and illustrated ukulele shaped paper cut in paper doll style. Leather bound cover with leather onlay picture in sound hole."I love to make books and I love to play the ukulele. Can I put these two loves together? Can I make a book out of a uke?" After Donna and I made the first one, I thought, "How many more can we make? Each one will have to represent a different book structure, format or concept and each will still have to play...." Well, to date...
Sarah Palin – Time to Tell Us About Your Reading Life
As the evidence mounts, Palin and Company continue their steadfast denial of her involvement in any book banning activities during her tenure as mayor.The New York Times reports that although "witnesses and contemporary news accounts say Ms. Palin asked the librarian about removing books from the shelves. The McCain-Palin presidential campaign says Ms. Palin never advocated censorship."The story goes on:But in 1995, Ms. Palin, then a city councilwoman, told colleagues that she had noticed the book “Daddy’s Roommate” on the shelves and that it did not belong there, according to Ms. Chase [Laura Chase, the campaign manager during Ms. Palin’s...