My coworkers and I have a silly little tradition that's been going on for the better part of a year now ... Theme Day Fridays! Yes, we work at a TV station. But we're also the behind-the-scenes people (so you don't actually see us on TV), and also -- we work a graveyard shift. So... Continue Reading →
Lots of goodies are hitting the web today for Alice in Wonderland -- now in theaters! Here's a look at some of our favorites: * Reelz Channel has a charming interview with Michael Sheen and Matt Lucas, who talk about their work on the movie * MTV has a great cheat sheet of "everything you... Continue Reading →
Lots of goodies are hitting the web today for Alice in Wonderland -- now in theaters! Here's a look at some of our favorites: * Reelz Channel has a charming interview with Michael Sheen and Matt Lucas, who talk about their work on the movie * MTV has a great cheat sheet of "everything you... Continue Reading →
There is a fun interactive feature on MSNBC today, talking about the "science" of Alice in Wonderland. Here are a few highlights: Mercury made hatters mad Was the Hatter of the Mad Tea Party truly mad? Literary scholars suggest that the character is a nodding reference to the fact that many hatters did indeed go... Continue Reading →
Long before Becky Terhune created the “most adorbs cover and book design” (p. 289) for The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg, there was the album cover for Abbey Road by The Beatles, featuring the Fab Four walking across the actual Abbey Road near their recording studio. (See our cover comparison here.) On first glance... Continue Reading →
Long before Becky Terhune created the “most adorbs cover and book design” (p. 289) for The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg, there was the album cover for Abbey Road by The Beatles, featuring the Fab Four walking across the actual Abbey Road near their recording studio. (See our cover comparison here.) On first glance... Continue Reading →
In Ann Lauterbach's eighth book of poetry, Or to Begin Again, she presents a long narrative poem: "Alice in the Wasteland." As the title implies, the poem is inspired by Lewis Carroll's great heroine and T.S. Eliot's modernist poem "The Waste Land." You needn't have read "The Waste Land" in order to appreciate "Alice in... Continue Reading →
Fans of vampire fiction know that Edward and Bella have it pretty tough in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga. And how about the drama plaguing Buffy and vampire-with-a-soul Angel in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer? These dramatic, star-crossed romances pale in comparison to the troubles facing Lucas and Bianca in Claudia Gray's best-selling Evernight... Continue Reading →
Fans of vampire fiction know that Edward and Bella have it pretty tough in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga. And how about the drama plaguing Buffy and vampire-with-a-soul Angel in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer? These dramatic, star-crossed romances pale in comparison to the troubles facing Lucas and Bianca in Claudia Gray's best-selling Evernight... Continue Reading →
A week of celebration about Alice's Adventures in Wonderland wouldn't be complete without a recommendation of a title that will tell you absolutely everything you ever wanted to know about Alice, Wonderland, and everything in between. The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition was compiled and written by Martin Gardner. It is the complete version of... Continue Reading →
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