Monthly Archives: October 2010

On the Nightstand

Posted on October 29, 2010 by kara

Blame by Michele Huneven

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Made Perfect in Loveliness Only to Die.

Posted on October 23, 2010 by kara

Poe first met his paternal cousin – Virginia Clemm –  when she was 7 year old. Her father – William Clemm – died in 1826, leaving Virginia’s mother, Maria Poe, penniless. Maria moved her 3 children in with her mother … Continue reading →

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From Puddingdale to Hogglestock via Silverbridge.

Posted on October 23, 2010 by kara

From The Chronicles of Barsetshire by Anthony Trollope Barchester is a cathedral town in imaginary Barsetshire of mid-nineteenth century England. Each of the six Barchester novels — beginning with The Warden, and continuing with Barchester Towers, Dr. Thorne, Framley Parsonage, The Small House at Allington, … Continue reading →

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On The Nightstand

Posted on October 16, 2010 by kara

Cousin Henry by Anthony Trollope

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Benjamin Franklin was a Librarian.

Posted on October 15, 2010 by kara

An illustration depicting the Junto, a literary society formed by Franklin in 1727.

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A Radical Pessimist’s Guide to the Next 10 Years

Posted on October 15, 2010 by kara

Douglas Coupland’s “Radical pessimist’s guide to the next 10 years”  is a thought-provoking, traumatizing exercise in linear predictions based on peak oil, rampant financialist malfeasance and climate change. Coupland reveals the shape of things to come, with 45 tips for … Continue reading →

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Bookstores are Closing all Over the Valley, Where we Need Them Most.

Posted on October 8, 2010 by kara

As news of the impending closure of the Barnes & Noble store in the Encino Marketplace travels through town, Encinoites are taking up (online) arms. They are venting their anger via a Facebook page (created by resident Robin Permaul), demanding that … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 5, 2010 by kara

Nancy and Sluggo #149 via Cover Browser

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Ou à tes-vous, dÃcadence?

Posted on October 1, 2010 by kara

Where did the decadent novel go? from guardian, uk If ever an age called for the kind of self-conscious maximalism pioneered by Wilde, Baudelaire and Huysmans, it is ours. Instead, we are beset with dreary naturalism. “What happened to the … Continue reading →

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