ENGPROFPHOBIA & APHRODITE: THE CATHER SOLUTION
When I introduce myself as an English professor, two reactions usually ensue: 1) “I better watch my grammar around you, huh?” Now it’s true I’ve always aspired to playing the Continue Reading
Month: January 2010
Author J.D. Salinger dies at age 91
Reclusive author J.D. Salinger has passed away at the age of 91. J.D. Salinger was the author of the iconic novel Catcher in the Rye as well as numerous short Continue Reading
Self-Promotion and the Literary Life
Trying (futilely so far) to drum up some interest in my new book, Hollywood Intellect, I set up a “branding” Facebook page and was asked to submit “information” about my Continue Reading
Trexler Library Scuttlebutt
A Bi-Weekly Update 1/29/10 Jim Bloom, Blogger Jim Bloom has kindly accepted our invitation to be a guest blogger on the Trexler Library Blog (access from the library home page) for Spring Continue Reading
National Gallery Collection images added to Credo Reference
Heads up, art lovers! Credo Reference has added the National Gallery Collection in Art to its list of resources, a collection of over 2,200 high resolution digital images of works of Continue Reading
Caldecott and Newbery medal winners display
Come check out a display on Newbery and Caldecott medal winners in the Muhlenberg Room! The display showcases recent Newbery and Caldecott medal winners and honor books. The display also Continue Reading
New Carnality/Old Virility
This recent essay in the Times Book Review has been sparking a lot of lively arguments: “The Naked and the Conflicted” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/books/review/Roiphe-t.html?scp=1&sq=roiphe&st=cse The following blog offers an alternative account “Sex, Continue Reading
Dr. Jim Bloom, Guest Blogger
Dr. Jim Bloom, Professor of English & American Studies, will be our guest blogger this semester. Welcome aboard Dr. Bloom!
What if Shakespeare wrote the Big Lebowski?
Two spoofs in one, The Big Lebowski and Two Gentleman of Verona take on whole new lives in Adam Bertocci’s Two Gentlemen of Lebowski. http://www.runleiarun.com/lebowski/
ScienceDirect Maintenance & Upgrade 1/23 8am-8pm. Details…
Due to scheduled maintenance by the publisher, Elsevier, the database, ScienceDirect will be unavailable on Saturday, January 23rd from 8 am to 8 pm. Upgrades are being loaded as part Continue Reading
