Monday, February 25, 2008
Enduring Love
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Carnegie Hall Podcasts
Carnegie Hall presents the second season of Sound Insights, a podcast on music, music personalities, and, of course, Carnegie Hall.
Poetry & Music
Friday, February 22, 2008
Chinua Achebe
A TRIBUTE TO CHINUA ACHEBE ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS NOVEL THINGS FALL APART
Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe is joined by Toni Morrison, Chris Abani, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Edwidge Danticat, Suheir Hammad, Ha Jin, and Colum McCann for this exciting anniversary tribute to Things Fall Apart (1958) -- one of the first African novels written in English to receive global critical acclaim. The evening features a special performance by the Francesca Harper Dance Project with dancers from the Alvin Ailey School. Presented in collaboration with Vintage Books.
The Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair
The Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair was started by PS 3 parents in 1980 as a fundraiser for the school. It has run every year since then and remains one of PS 3’s largest fundraisers. The fair is organized by parent volunteers and run by a combination of volunteers from the community of PS 3 parents, PS 3 alumni, PS 3 alumni parents, PS 3 teachers, and PS 3 administrators. All money earned from the fair goes to pay for our arts programs.
The Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair brings more than 65 book dealers from all over the country with varied specialties.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Quotations
Roald Dahl
My Hound
Part of the World
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Children's Literature
Sites for Writing
I have attended the Rutgers writing conference before and have found some great tips on the other sites.
C.S. Lewis
Swaptree
Book Sites
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Slaughterhouse Five
Slaughterhouse Five is the award-winning 1972 film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's famous novel. It follows the novel's protagonist Billy Pilgrim, who becomes "unstuck in time" and experiences the events of his life in a seemingly random order, including a period spent on the alien planet of Tralfamadore. Introduced by philosopher J. David Velleman, who took part in BRAINWAVE's As Time Goes By discussion with Georges Dreyfus on February 3.
for more info: http://www.rmanyc.org/
Three Cups of Tea
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
My club met on Friday to discuss this book and it was a good read for all. In the past year, I have been reading many books on Pakistan and Afghanistan, but this adventure was very different from previous ones. The story is a simple one. Man hikes, man stumbles upon a small village, man builds a school, man is a hero. It is amazing the luck this man had throughout his lifetime and just how primitive of a lifestyle he led. The writing was very journalistic and wordy, not a page turner, but readable. Although, I struggled for the first 200 pages, I pushed through because I had to find out if Mortenson ever built the schools and how. A must read for all teachers and book lovers.
sites to check out:
www.davidoliverrelin.com/appearances.html
www.threecupsoftea.com/
Listen to Greg Mortenson talking about Three Cups Of Tea on BBC Radio 5 live
http://gregmortenson.blogspot.com/
Friday, February 15, 2008
Cannibal Books
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Happy Valentine's Day!
Again and again, however we know the landscape of love
The Almost Moon
Chapter Excerpt: The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
http://www.alicesebold.com/
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Interview With Kerry Madden
I try to write while my kids are in school. I have also written in the car waiting for them outside one practice or another but mostly I work all day when the house is quiet. Once in a while, I go away to write, and that's the best of all - no distractions. I read at night...I read a lot...I read to my youngest daughter.
Why do you write children's books and not books for adults?
I will continue to write kids, but I'll also write for adults too.
Who is your favorite author and why? Which books have you read by them? Betty Smith was my favorite author as a young girl. I just loved her. I still do. A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN is a book I've read over and over. I also loved JOY IN THE MORNING. I loved Flannery O'Connor in college and read everything by her and even went on trips to Milledgeville. I tend to fall in love with authors and read everything by them...
If you could have been the author of any novel, which title would it be and why?
When you finish your latest project on Harper Lee, what will you tackle next?
What advice would you give anyone who wants to become a published author?Work hard, be disciplined, be focused. Treat it like a job. Be absolutely gracious and respectful of people in the business. Don't take no for an answer, but do take advice and feedback from trusted readers to make your revisions sing. Don't send your manuscript out too soon. Take joy in writing. Be protective of your writing time. Read everything...Brenda Ueland and Ralph Keyes wrote great books on writing. Be a good listener too...be aware. Notice things. Write them down.
Jessie's Mountain
BIOGRAPHY
Kerry Madden's debut children's novel, Gentle's Holler, (Viking, 2005) was released in Penguin Puffin paperback in 2007, received starred reviews in both Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly, and is the first in a trilogy of Smoky Mountain novels. Gentle's Holler was a New York and Chicago Public Library Pick and received a Mark Twain Nomination from Missouri, a Maine Student Book Award, and a Young Hoosiers Nominee from Indiana. Louisiana's Song (SCIBA and CYBILS Award Finalist) was published in 2007 and has been selected for the California Readers Collection for Middle Grade Fiction. Jessie's Mountain will be published on Valentine's in 2008 by Viking. She is currently working on a biography of Harper Lee for teens for Viking's UpClose Series. She may be reached at www.kerrymadden.com. She conducts writing workshops for kids of all ages across the country. She is also the author OFFSIDES, New York Public Library Pick for the Teenage in 1997 and WRITING SMARTS. (AMERICAN GIRL LIBRARY, 2002).
Splat!
The NYCIP is a non-profit educational program (part of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen) dedicated to promoting and supporting independent publishers across the United States.
visit the site for more info.
http://www.nycip.org/graphicnovelsymposium/
Monday, February 11, 2008
Book Videos
The Arrival
Sunday, February 10, 2008
POETS @ ZieherSmith
Post Road Magazine
The journal devoted exclusively to the creative nonfiction genre
Creative Nonfiction was the first and is still the largest literary magazine to publish, on a regular basis, high quality nonfiction prose—memoir, literary journalism, personal essay—exclusively. CNF is the singular strongest voice of the genre, defining the ethics and the parameters of the field while broadening its impact through ancillary services and activities such as book series, conferences, education programs and the development of new writers.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Colson Whitehead
Thursday, February 7, 2008
One Story
One Story is a non-profit literary magazine that features one great short story mailed to subscribers every three weeks. Our mission is to save the short story by publishing in a friendly format that allows readers to experience each story as a stand-alone work of art and a simple form of entertainment. One Story is designed to fit into your purse or pocket, and into your life.
The One Story Cocktail Hour & Reading Series is a chance for One Story readers and One Story writers to meet, enjoy a cocktail, and mingle in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. Part private party, part showcase. And just like One Story magazine, one author has the chance to take the spotlight.The night's reader will choose their FAVORITE COCKTAIL and this FAVORITE COCKTAIL will be sold at a fair and reduced price from 6:30pm until 8:00pm.All of this will take place at Pianos, which is located at 158 Ludlow St. at Stanton St. on the Lower East Side NYC.
February 8, 2008
Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead is the author of three novels, The Intuitionist, JohnHenry Days (which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), and ApexHides the Hurt, as well as a collection of essays, The Colossus of NewYork. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Granta, Harper'sand New York Magazine. He is currently a fellow at the Cullman Centerfor Scholars and Writers.
DMZ
The setting is New York City in the near future. A civil war is taking place between the United States of American and the Free States. The Free States are described in the first issue as being "New Jersey and inland"; in issue #8, it is revealed that "the Free States are an idea, not a geographical entity"; the movement began in Montana and made its way east. The Free Armies and the U.S. military met at Allentown, Pennsylvania where both sides decided that they did not want to fight, after which the Free Armies descended on New York; the exact chain of events from hereon has yet to be revealed. taken from: Wikipedia
Friday, February 1, 2008
Never Argue with a Woman
Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors, and reads her book.
Along comes a Game Warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and says, "Good morning, Ma'am. What are you doing?"
"Reading a book," she replies, (thinking, Isn't that obvious?) "You're in a Restricted Fishing Area," he informs her. “I'm sorry, officer, but I'm not fishing. I'm reading."
"Yes, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment. I'll have to take you in and write you up."
"If you do that, I'll have to charge you with sexual assault," says the woman.
"But I haven't even touched you," says the game warden.
"That's true, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment."
"Have a nice day ma'am," and he left.
MORAL: Never argue with a woman who reads. It's likely she can also think.