Cyber-Bookmarks From DrHGuy: 9 September 2007 Cyber-Bookmarks From DrHGuy are annotated links to arguably worthwhile, recently published online reading, new or revised websites of potential utility or ostensible interest, and other internet-accessible experiences that, were it not for the casually collected, cavalierly collated, & capriciously collocated components comprising these posts, could easily be overlooked – [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Literature'
Rejection Letters To Authors That Were Mistakes and How To Buy Goods Online That Aren't
September 9th, 2007 · Comments Off · Media
Tags: Literature·websites-blogs
JK Rowling Ties Up ALL The Loose Ends In Finale
July 22nd, 2007 · Comments Off · Bagatelles, Media
The Incredible Yet Obvious Harry Potter Conclusion
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Sex and Religion – A DrHGuy Cyber-Bookmark Addendum
June 1st, 2007 · Comments Off · Media
This is an addendum to today’s DrHGuy’s Cyber-Bookmarks: 01 June 2007. At Slate.com, Even Evangelical Teens Do It By Hanna Rosin is a book review of Forbidden Fruit: Sex & Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers by Mark Regnerus. The subtitle is informative: How religious beliefs do – and don’t – influence sexual behavior. [...]
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The Right Words In A Song, On A Date, and In Flight
June 1st, 2007 · Comments Off · Leonard Cohen, Media
DrHGuy Cyber-Bookmarks: 01 June 2007 Cyber-Bookmarks From DrHGuy are annotated links to arguably worthwhile, recently published online reading, new or revised websites of potential utility or ostensible interest, and other internet-accessible experiences that, were it not for the casually collected, cavalierly collated, & capriciously collocated components comprising these posts, could easily be overlooked – which [...]
Tags: Literature·Music·websites-blogs
TORA! TORA! TORA! Titter, Titter, Titter
May 26th, 2007 · Comments Off · Media
Perhaps the only entertainment that could rival the return of Line Rider for the title of Most Enjoyable Saturday Morning Divertissement would be a well executed critique lampooning the grammatical gaffes and narcissistic portentousness of a history of a national catastrophe. As it turns out, An Assault on Hawaii. On Grammar Too. Janet Maslin’s book [...]
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Madeleines From Reading Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
May 4th, 2007 · Comments Off · Media
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Madeleines From Reading Unless by Carol Shields
April 16th, 2007 · Comments Off · Media
A sly and pithy quote from Unless, the last novel by Carol Shields, highlights a bit of pseudo-logic to which I habitually subscribe unless I make a conscious effort to resist. Toward that end, I’m considering embroidering it on a sampler to hang on the wall by my desk.
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Hello Babies. Goodbye Kilgore Trout. So it goes.
April 13th, 2007 · Comments Off · Media
Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why. Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies [...]
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Madeleines – And Hong Kong Egg Cakes – From Reading About Alice By Calvin Trillin
March 28th, 2007 · Comments Off · Madeleines, Media
Calvin Trillin’s About Alice is the most joyous, rewarding, resonant prose I’ve ever read about the death of a loved one. It is a glorious book that anyone who has been or wants to be in love deserves to read.
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Hiaasen Finally Writes Promising First Novel
February 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off · Media
Nature Girl A Near Miss Well, one character does jam a stolen taser gun, hoodlum-style, into his pants, zapping his genitals in the process. Another miscreant, who has groped the wrong woman, has his fingers removed — by crabs. Oh, and as a bonus, the doctors repairing the damage botch the job, replacing digits in [...]
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