In Defense of Global Capitalism
Nevermind this, it’s just a link I’ll add to my library “to buy list” once I’m not busy at work.
Village Voice: Our 25 Favorite Books of 2003
Actress in the House
By Joseph McElroy
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OK, 432 PP., $26.95
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It begins with a stage-slap, witnessed by a man named Daley, then spirals into cul-de-sacs of memory, ruminations on love and aging, ever returning to the linear narrative–the coupling of the actress and the man–before setting out again. Imbued with the peripatetic rhythms of consciousness, Actress‘s dazzling syntax configures language as the tension between repression and discovery, coaxed forward by McElroy’s tantalizingly patient hand.
Newbery Medal Winners
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
2005 — Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
2004 — The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering.
2003 — Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
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2002 — A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
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2001 — A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
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2000 — Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
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1999 — Holes by Louis Sachar
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1998 — Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
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1997 — The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
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1996 — The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman
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1995 — Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
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1994 — The Giver by Lois Lowry
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1993 — Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
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1992 — Shilohby Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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1991 — Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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1990 — Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
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1989 — Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman
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1988 — Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
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1987 — The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
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1986 — Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
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1985 — The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
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1984 — Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
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1983 — Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt
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1982 — A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard
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1981 — Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
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1980 — A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos
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1979 — The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
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1978 — Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
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1977 — Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
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1976 — The Grey King by Susan Cooper
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1975 — M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
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1974 — The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
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1973 — Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
1972 — Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien
1971 — Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
1970 — Sounder by William H. Armstrong
1969 — The High King by Lloyd Alexander
1968 — From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
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1967 — Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
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1966 — I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
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1965 — Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
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1964 — It’s Like This, Cat by Emily Neville
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1963 — A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
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1962 — The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
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1961 — Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
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1960 — Onion John by Joseph Krumgold
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1959 — The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
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1958 — Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
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1957 — Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorenson
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1956 — Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
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1955 — The Wheel on The School by Meindert DeJong
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1954 — And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
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1953 — Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
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1952 — Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
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1951 — Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
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1950 — The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
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1949 — King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
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1948 — The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois
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1947 — Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
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1946 — Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
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1945 — Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
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1944 — Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
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1943 — Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
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1942 — The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds
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1941 — Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
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1940 — Daniel Boone by James Daugherty
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1939 — Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
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1938 — The White Stag by Kate Seredy
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1937 — Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
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1936 — Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
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1935 — Dobry by Monica Shannon
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1934 — Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs
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1933 — Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis
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1932 — Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
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1931 — The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
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1930 — Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
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1929 — The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
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1928 — Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
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1927 — Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James
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1926 — Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
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1925 — Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger
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1924 — The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes
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1923 — The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
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1922 — The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon
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Onion: Non-Widescreen Version Of DVD Received As Hanukkah Gift
The Onion wries a news story that sounds vaguely like my friend Douglas:
A hilarious story about a kid who’s disappointed to receive the “full-screen” version of the Matrix Reloaded as a gift, as opposed to the more desirable letter-boxed, or “wide-screen” version.
“With approximately a third of the movie’s visual content missing, thanks to ‘pan-and-scan,'” he added under his breath.”
Jim Carrey Will Be Six Million Dollar Man
Certified crapfest to ensue, thus ruining another childhood favorite. Mess with Wonder Woman, and I will get medieval on your ass.
New Favorite Quote
Again from the Television Without Pity recap of Carnivale, this time from the season finale:
“Libby crosses the carnival to find Sofie hanging out by a tent, and they both kick off their date by lighting cigarettes. Flick…ahh. Then they stare deep into each other’s eyes and kiss. I think it’s kind of sad that I’m watching this on TV, and it’s still the best date I’ve ever been on.”
“Mary Sue” in Online Fan Fiction
MARY SUE (n.):
1. A variety of story, first identified in the fan fiction community, but quickly recognized as occurring elsewhere, in which normal story values are grossly subordinated to inadequately transformed personal wish-fulfillment fantasies, often involving heroic or romantic interactions with the cast of characters of some popular entertainment.
2. A distinctive type of character appearing in these stories who represents an idealized version of the author.
3. A cluster of tendencies and characteristics commonly found in Mary Sue-type stories.
4. A body of literary theory, originally generated by the fanfic community, which has since spread to other fields (f.i., professional SF publishing) because it’s so darn useful. The act of committing Mary Sue-ism is sometimes referred to as “self-insertion.”
Sounds dirty.
Making Light’s lengthy article on the concept of “The Mary Sue” is well worth reading.
The Old Woman Who Lived in a Sensible Shoe
Sorry, I just read that line in a tv review of a recent episode of Carnivale, and it really cracked me up. Nevermind me.
Narnia Movie
They’re doing a film version of the Chronicles of Narnia.
That’s so cool. I loved these books when I was a kid, and I bought the boxed set a few years back and re-read them. The film version is being done by Peter Jackson, the producer of the Lord of the Rings, and will use some of the same production and design people, which is so fitting, because Narnia’s creator, C. S. Lewis was a lifelong friend of J. R. R. Tolkien.
2022-03-13 Update:
I saw this movie later and wasn’t especially impressed by it. It seemed to hit hard on the Christian themes, which ruined it for me.
I saw this movie later and wasn’t especially impressed by it. It seemed to hit hard on the Christian themes, which ruined it for me.
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