The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis
Martin Amis's new novel shows a regathering of his artistic energies"First it was all moral patterning. And felt life. Then it was all drugs and fucks. Now it's all tits and arses." This pithily reductive progress report on Martin Amis's new novel is spoken by a character in it, summing up not only her student boyfriend's increasingly boisterous approach to Eng lit, but also, The Pregnant Widow suggests, the unintended consequences of a cultural revolution. She's speaking in 1970 – the year, as the narrator notes elsewhere, of Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch and Kate Millett's Sexual Politics. Later in the decade, tho...
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Guardian Unlimited Books - February 5, 2010 Author: Christopher Tayler Tags: Martin Amis Books Culture The Guardian Reviews Features
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The Shifted librarian - February 2, 2010 Author: jenny Tags: Lifestream
Discover Biographies and Memoirs in a Graphic Novel Format
Starting in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, the term graphic novel was first coined as artists and writers began to create more and more sophisticated stories using the traditional comic book format. With the publication of Art Spiegelman’s Maus in 1985, the violent and disturbing subject of real-life war was first presented through the format of the graphic novel. In Spiegelman’s award-winning Maus, Spiegelman shares the stories told by his father Vladek Spiegelman about life in Poland during WWII. Since Spiegelman’s Maus, the genre has continued to make giant leaps beyond Archie jokes and superheroes to suc...
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What's New - February 2, 2010 Author: KathyB Tags: Ashman Branch Authors and Books Comics and Anime New Materials Pop Culture Don't Miss Lists Graphic Novels Memoirs and Biographies
Bringing User Centered Design to the Agile Environment
When the exciting opportunity to work in a post-bubble dot.com startup arose, I jumped to take it. I had the luxury of doing things exactly as I thought right, and for a while it was truly fantastic. I built a team with a dedicated user researcher; information architect; interaction and visual designers and we even made a guerilla usability lab and had regular test sessions.
Unfortunately, the enthusiasm I had for my new job waned after six months when an executive was appointed Head of Product Development—who insisted he knew SCRUM1 better than anybody. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to deve...
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Boxes and Arrows - February 1, 2010 Tags: Methods Usercentric
School system in Va. won’t teach version of Anne Frank book
Washington Post – “Culpeper County public school officials have decided to stop assigning a version of Anne Frank’s diary, one of the most enduring symbols of the atrocities of the Nazi regime, after a parent complained that the book includes sexually explicit material and homosexual themes.”
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library Stuff - January 30, 2010 Author: Steven Tags: banned
Glbt Round Table Newsletter Reviews for 2009
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/GLBTrt/news/newsletters/index.cfmADULT
FICTION
Alan, Kage. Andy Stevenson vs. The Lord of the Loins. Austin, TX: Zumaya Boundless, 2008. $14.99. ISBN: 9781934841006.
---. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to My Sexual Orientation. Austin, TX: Zumaya Boundless, 2008 (2003). $14.99. ISBN: 9781934135914.
Banis, Victor J. Deadly Nightshade. Albion, NY: MLR Press LLC, 2009. paperback. 217p. $14.99. ISBN: 9781934531747.
Barrack, Jeanne. Bend in the Road. Albion, NY: MLR Press, 2009. softcover. 261p. $14.99. ISBN: 9781608200023.
Baumbach, Laura. The Lost Temple of Kartti...
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ALA Weblog Service - January 27, 2010 Tags: Book and DVD Reviews from our Newsletter Fiction Nonfiction Comics/Graphic Novels Youth DVDs and films
The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd
It’s the summer between high school and college, and Dade is struggling with a variety of issues. He’s gay, but hasn’t come out to his parents, and he’s in a secret relationship with a football player (who’s openly dating a popular girl). Things aren’t great at home, either, where his mother is drinking too much and his father is having an affair. Then he meets Alex Kinkaid, a little bit older, a drug dealer, but good-looking and kind. For the first time, Dade falls in love. As the summer progresses, Dade finds himself coming into his own, including owning his own sexuality, d...
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Teen Scene from Wright Memorial Public library - January 27, 2010
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Source: Forum - librarian Bloggers - January 25, 2010 Author: alastair
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Garland: Protest Same Sex Marriage, or DIVORCE? by Garland Robinette of WWL Radio of New Orleans
I have one opinion on the gay rights controversy, and I know my opinion is correct, beyond a shadow of a doubt. Those of you actively fighting against gay marriage have waaaaaay too much time on your hands.
I don’t believe your real reason for fighting gay marriage is because you are sooooo concerned about the threat to the institute of marriage. If you were, you’d be protesting people like me. I have been married three times. Elizabeth Taylor and me are the biggest threats ever faced by the sacred institute of marriage.
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The Rabid librarian's Ravings in the Wind - January 17, 2010 Author: Eilir
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Boston: It Could Someday Be San Francisco
Ok, that was me trying to being funny about what is really one of the few cities to rival my glorious hometown. I always enjoy Boston, and the 40-ish weather, while worrisome from a climate-change perspective, certainly makes it easy to get around.
But I spent most of today doing vendor stuff (wrapping up the night in a fun Southie pub with hearty food and yummy draft beer–Dale’s Pale Ale on tap!) and I feel I should do a little round-up before it all evaporates, considering that I have repeatedly referred to my present abode as the Parker Roll Hotel.
First, when I interviewed at Peanut U, a faculty member aske...
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Free Range librarian - January 16, 2010 Author: K.G. Schneider Tags: American Liberry Ass'n
Who Dat Nationalism or Now We Can Haz Mardi Gras?
It's been a disappointing month for the New Orleans Saints. The strain and stress of the long NFL season has taken its toll on the team's health and shaken its confidence. Just playing 16 professional football games is bound to do that, let alone the added pressure of maintaining a 13 game winning streak. Even during the tail end of that winning streak, we found ourselves writing each week that the Saints were, "beat the fuck up and wore the fuck out." Undoubtedly the team will benefit from the 2 weeks of rest they've allowed their key players. (The Saints wisely held many of their starters out of the meaningless season f...
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library Chronicles - January 16, 2010 Author: jeffrey
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So I say to myself, how did I get here?
I recently heard of a project called library Routes that's asking librarians to document how they became librarians: what led them to the profession, what path they've taken, et cetera. I realized that this is a story I haven't shared here, so I thought I'd post it.The story begins with my library heroes. When I teach the ODL "How to Think Like a librarian" class, the icebreaker exercise includes this question. I have two. The first is my mom. She was an elementary school librarian for more than 20 years, working in public and private schools, doing storytimes, felt boards, puppet plays, bibliographic instruction... t...
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Txt-based Blogging - January 15, 2010 Author: Karl
Meet Anne Coulter's Favorite Democrat
HAROLD FORD JR.: PRO-GUNS, ANTI-gay, ANTI-IMMIGRANT, ANTI-CHOICE Watch the Video | Send To Your Friends | Post on Facebook Dear Wilfred, New Yorkers are getting acquainted with their new neighbor, former Tennessee Congressman and bank executive Harold Ford, Jr. So far, we've learned that he rides around town in a chauffeured car, breakfasts at the Regency Hotel on Park Avenue, gets regular pedicures, and visited Staten Island once in his life, by helicopter. What else do we know about the REAL Harold Ford? Well, for starters, he's a staunch opponent of abortion rights. He also disapproves of marriage equali...
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Baby Boomer librarian - January 14, 2010
New Location for GlbtRT Social & Freedom to Read Foundation Author Event
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/GLBTrt/news/index.cfmPlease join ALA's GLBT Round Table and the Freedom to Read Foundation at The Francis A. Countway library of Medicine during Midwinter 2010 to socialize with other GLBT librarians and hear readings from award-winning writers Lesléa Newman (author of Heather Has Two Mommies) and Michael Willhoite (Daddy's Roommate). This event is free and open to all but donations are most welcome. We are also hosting a book drive at the event for a local GLBT organization. Bring a book to the to donate to the Boston GLASS Community Center, a GLBT youth drop-in and counseling cente...
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ALA Weblog Service - January 12, 2010 Tags: Round Table news ALA Midwinter 2010
The 38 Million Dollar Smile
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/GLBTrt/news/newsletters/winter09.pdfStevenson, Richard. The 38 Million Dollar Smile. A Donald Strachey Mystery. Albion, NY: MLR Press, c2009. 278p. ISBN: 978-1-60820-013-9.
This is the 10th Donald Strachey mystery, some of which have been Lambda Prize Finalists and several of which have been made into movies. Stevenson (whose real name is Richard Lipez) is indeed a talented storyteller and writer.
As in past stories, this complex mystery begins in Albany, NY, Strachey's home base. But it quickly moves to Thailand, where we're treated to a thorough taste of the underside of that society. A...
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ALA Weblog Service - January 12, 2010 Tags: Book and DVD Reviews from our Newsletter Fiction
Drag Queen in the Court of Death.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/GLBTrt/news/newsletters/winter09.pdfSole, Caro. Drag Queen in the Court of Death. Albion, NY: MLR Press. 2009. Softcover. 256p. $14.99. ISBN: 978-1-60820-011-5.
Death, love, guilt, family troubles, deceit, and more face staid history professor Michael Dunn-Barton as he returns to his home in Toronto. But when he encounters the world of the drag queen and her court, performances such as Wilde Nights, and a hidden body, Dunn-Barton learns more of his ex-lover Ronnie's past than he ever wanted to know. Rather than letting sleeping dogs lie, he continues to dig, to solve the murder of a body f...
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ALA Weblog Service - January 12, 2010 Tags: Book and DVD Reviews from our Newsletter Fiction
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Source: Forum - librarian Bloggers - January 12, 2010 Author: adalhard
Equality U
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/GLBTrt/news/newsletters/winter09.pdfEquality U. O'Brien, Dave (dir). San Francisco, CA: Frameline, 2008. DVD. 90 min.
"There are 200 colleges in the country where you can be kicked out simply for being gay, and I couldn't just sit by and do nothing," says Jake Reitan, 23-year-old LGBT activist, Christian, and co-director of the Soulforce Equality Ride.
Equality U tells the story of Jake and the 32 other young activists on the Soulforce Equality Ride who toured the country to visit religious colleges and universities with discriminatory policies against LGBT students. The documentary focus...
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ALA Weblog Service - January 11, 2010 Tags: Book and DVD Reviews from our Newsletter Nonfiction DVDs and films
Visionaries & Victories: Early Leaders in the Lgbt Movement
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/GLBTrt/news/newsletters/winter09.pdfVisionaries & Victories: Early Leaders in the LGBT Movement. Dirs. Joan E. Biren and Eric Slade. Youth in Motion Ser. Frameline, 2008. DVD. $24.99. 114 min.
This DVD contains two documentaries, which provide entertaining, in depth views of the growth of the early gay and lesbian movement. Each hour-long film focuses on three of our pioneers.
No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon, by JEB (Joan E. Biren).
Confronting a society that considered them "illegal, immoral and sick," Del and Phyllis trace the history of their organizi...
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ALA Weblog Service - January 11, 2010 Tags: Book and DVD Reviews from our Newsletter Nonfiction Youth DVDs and films
Expression = Life: ACT UP, Video, and the AIDS Crisis
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/GLBTrt/news/newsletters/winter09.pdfExpression = Life: ACT UP, Video, and the AIDS Crisis. Prod. Mark Read. DVD. Deep Dish TV, 2008. 180 min. $350.00 (Institutional); $50 (Individual). ISBN: 978-1-6070-2080-6.
Expression = Life: ACT UP, Video, and the AIDS Crisis, joins other recent projects (e.g., retrospective exhibits and the ACT UP Oral History Project) that remember – and critically return to – the work of ACT UP, a direct-action group founded in New York City in 1987.
Disc one of Expression = Life presents a collection of AIDS activist videos in their entirety: Angry Ini...
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ALA Weblog Service - January 11, 2010 Tags: Book and DVD Reviews from our Newsletter Nonfiction DVDs and films
Sappho: the great poet of the personal | Charlotte Higgins
Hardly any of the Greek poet's work survives, but the fragments that remain are enough to make her immortalThis week is the inaugural meeting of my new poetry reading group, and muggins here has the job of introducing our first poet. Because I'm a classicist, I thought an ancient poet would be a good start. Because no one wanted to wade through an entire epic, we're doing Sappho, the 7th-century poet of the island of Lesbos.What will I be saying about her? Well, to me one of the most interesting things about Sappho is the way she's been read: the transmission of her works, and her reception. She was massively admired in an...
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Guardian Unlimited Books - January 11, 2010 Author: Charlotte Higgins Tags: Poetry Classics Homer Books Culture guardian.co.uk Blogposts
Dr Inġ. Patrick Attard: Library on Gay-Rights in Malta and Beyond ...
Meanwhile, Alternattiva Demokratika yesterday called for the abolition of outdated "medieval-style" censorship and obscenity laws that are unacceptab
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pligg - all - January 11, 2010 Tags: Censorship
Our generation's Brown vs. the Board of Education? I think so...
Definitely a case to watch:
Courtroom showdown set to begin over same-sex marriage
They've been committed to each other for eight years and have four sons together, but there's a component missing in one Berkeley, California, couple's life that's out of reach for them: getting married.
Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier's partnership is one that has taken center stage because of the ongoing debate on same-sex marriage in California.
On Monday, the spotlight will be even brighter, when a trial challenging California's Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage, begins in U. S. District Court in San Francisco. Demonstrators ...
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The Rabid librarian's Ravings in the Wind - January 11, 2010 Author: Eilir
Gay marriage controversy hits the annual meeting of the Americal Historical Association
American Historical Association Annual Meeting begins today amidst controversy
Some of the events are being held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt, whose owner contributed heavily to the campaign in the state against same-sex marriage. The 1,625-room resort has been the subject of a boycott by gay-rights activists since July 2008.
There were calls for the historians to boycott the hotel and pull out of hosting the conference there, but the AHA replied that doing so would cost over $800 000, which would be too expensive. Arnita Jones, the association’s executive director, said, "We’ve been around a long time, but our membe...
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The Rabid librarian's Ravings in the Wind - January 9, 2010 Author: Eilir
