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A “Need of Distance and Blue”: Space, Color, and Creativity in To the Lighthouse
Stewart relates Virginia Woolf's poetics of space to the psychodynamics of creativity. He focuses on textural and structural, spatial and formal elements in Woolf's style, using \"To the Lighthouse\" as a reference point.
Journal Article
Should teachers discourage R.L. Stine books?
In light of the ubiquitous, trance-inducing powers of television and computer games, the thought of steering students away from books by R.L. Stine-- or anyone else for that matter-- may sound absurd. \"At least they're reading something,\" goes the familiar, if less than enthusiastic, refrain. But what is it children by the millions are reading, often to the exclusion of everything else?
Journal Article
RED VELVET CRUSH
Meredith explores the difficult relationship between two sisters: one who harbors a secret talent and the other who lusts after any spotlight.
Book Review
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Chris Riemenschneider column: TV on the Radio: Anything but normal
Unlike a lot of modern-rock bands who think being innovative means imitating Radiohead and Wilco, the multiracial New York quintet offers a mind-blowingly new sound. Whirring, frayed guitar parts, jagged and jumbled rhythms, splatter-like song structures and [Tunde Adebimpe]'s haunting howl of a voice are just part of the unique makeup of the band. Another highlight, the moody techno/soul song \"Province,\" features backup vocals from TVOTR fan David Bowie. Adebimpe said working with the rock legend \"was surreal because it was so normal.\"He's just a very personable, knowledgeable guy who has the weird added bonus feature of being David Bowie. He was there in the studio just trying to do his vocal part and working hard at it, and I'm next to him thinking, '... that's Ziggy Stardust. That's the Goblin King from 'Labyrynth.' \" That latter reference, to Jim Henson's 1986 sci-fi film starring Bowie, revealed Adebimpe's interest in sci-fi and animated art. A Pittsburgh native who lived in Nigeria for three years as a child, Adebimpe, 31, studied film at New York University and worked as an animator. Among his best-known work: MTV's \"Celebrity Death Match.\"I was one of their 12 original animators,\" he said proudly. \"I worked on Michael Jackson vs. Madonna, the Beastie Boys vs. Backstreet Boys. There's a lot of carnage in my past.\"
Newspaper Article
Selecting Audiobooks: Towards a Core Collection of Narrators
Greenwood's combination of drawing room comedy, suspenseful mystery, and racy bedroom scenes give Daniel room to exercise her impressive vocal skills, pinpointing the drollest joke, tightening the tension, or slowing to a languid rhythm. Diaz's prize- winning novel requires proficiency in \"Spanglish\" and in the lilting cadences of the protagonist's Dominican roots, skill at portraying the perspectives of distinctly diverse narrators, and the ability to project the supernatural sensibility that pervades the story. Booklist's Editor's Choice, Top of the List, and Voice of Choice http://booklistonline.com/Booklist-Top-of-the-List/pid= 4596356 http://booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid= 4630208 http://booklistonline.com/Voice-of-Choice-Katherine-Kellgren -Joyce-Saricks/pid=4846630 Each January Booklist designates an Editor's Choice list for Audio for Adults and a list of the ten top titles reviewed that year. Audiobooker http://audiobooker.booklistonline.com A Booklist blog maintained by Mary Burkey It includes a range of audiobook news. @AudioBookFans https://twitter.eom/#l/AudioBookFans The feed for www.audiobookfans.com, a site that posts reviews, publisher's summaries, and comments on narrators as well as hot news and top picks. @AudioFileMag and @audiofilerobin, https://twitter.eom/#l/AudioFileMag https://twitter.eom/#l/audiofilerobin Feeds from AudioFile and its editor and founder.
Journal Article
Arts & Humanities
When \"the Dickens of Detroit,\" American novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard (1925-2013), died this summer, he was eulogized as a national treasure. The beloved author of more than 40 novels that form the backbone of American crime writing over half a century (Get Shorty; Rum Punch; Tishomingo Blues) deserves to be taken seriously by the academy, argues Charles J. Rzepka (English, Boston Univ.; Inventions and Interventions) in his book Being Cool: The Work of Elmore Leonard. More pointed than earlier biography and analysis of the author's work from Paul Challen, James E. Devlin, and David Geherin, Rzepka's work sets about defining \"cool\" through Leonard's many quirky, engaging characters, revealing a great deal more about the writer. Rzepka's close reading of Leonard's fiction is an insightful, thorough, and timely addition to scholarship on the author. Other books covering arts and humanities subjects are reviewed.
Book Review