A Book of Mashups. But Is It Literature? (Newsweek)
In our mashup-filled world, why can't literature do some creative borrowing?
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:25:56 GMT
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'The Great Gatsby' On American Book Review's List Of 40 Worst Books (The Huffington Post)
What's Your Reaction? The American Book Review has taken stock of literature and come up with its Top 40 Bad Books.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:21 GMT
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Zombies and Vampires and Literature, Oh My: Seth Grahame-Smith at the Brattle (Bostonist)
An Evening with Seth Grahame-Smith Brattle Theatre (40 Brattle Street, Cambridge) Monday, March 8 6 to 8 pm $5 tickets from the Harvard Coop Much as Somerville is the birthplace of the Monster Mash , Seth Grahame-Smith is the pioneer of the Monster Movement in literature. Though the idea of blending monsters and literary classics was first conceived by Jason Rekulak of Quirk Books , Rekulak ...
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:53:26 GMT
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Book Video From Electric Literature Animates Just One Sentence (VIDEO) (The Huffington Post)
Electric Literature, an online literary magazine devoted to helping short stories thrive in a culture of new media, has made a new book video for one of their most recently published stories... except it's not exactly a book video.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:44:06 GMT
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YALSA announces slate for 2010 Young Adult Literature Symposium (American Library Association)
CHICAGO ?The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) chose its official program slate for the 2010 Young Adult Literature Symposium.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:56 GMT
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Google to digitize old books from Rome, Florence (AP via Yahoo! News)
Google said Wednesday it will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer Galileo Galilei, in what's being described as the first deal of its kind.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:01:53 GMT
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Google to digitize old books from Italian libraries (Denver Post)
Google said Wednesday that it will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer Galileo Galilei.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:19:32 GMT
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Kids' books: This 'March Madness' is literally playing by the book (Seattle Times)
School Library Journal is sponsoring a "Battle of the Kids' Books." Patterned after the wildly popular March Madness, when college basketball teams vie against one another in a "bracket" scheme, the "Battle of the Kids' Books" pits 16 topnotch children's books against each other and asks popular children's-book authors to choose a winner.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:28:18 GMT
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SLJ Kicks Off the Second Battle of the Kids? Books Tournament (School Library Journal)
Are you ready to rumble again? Then get involved in SLJ?s second annual Battle of the Kids? Books, and let your students have fun with 15 star-studded judges as they cast their votes for last year?s best books for young people.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:58:18 GMT
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Doctors, Nurses Prescribe Themselves Books (WJXT Jacksonville)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Doctors, nurses and other health care workers are tapping into their inner Tolstoys to better connect with patients. With increasing regularity, they're meeting in monthly book clubs to discuss medical-themed literature. Humanities courses are now required in many medical schools.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:14:25 GMT
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