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Sobre mimAlthough I currently work in a research library, I'm also an editor (freelance at the mo), and have spent almost 20 years working on art criticism, essays, catalogs, reference and publicity materials--and, mortifyingly enough, a couple-few years on financial research. As a consequence, I'm afflicted by The Never-Closing Gimlet Eye; I can't even glance at a menu without finding a typo, which amuses my friends to no end. I'm also a compulsive archivist and a congenital book glutton--I don't want to borrow it from a library, I Want to Have It. The collection that's made my poor apartment impossible to navigate, though, is rendered microscopic by others documented on this site. (I'd've had several hundred more, mostly gems gleaned from second-hand places, were it not for the hideous perfidy of parents who threw away all the books I had at home without even a word of warning. And don't even get me STARTED about the Star Wars cards.)
Sobre a minha bibliotecaWhoof! I'm working on all my satellite shelves, obstructive stacks, and shifting piles first; it'll be a while before I get to the books that have homes on a proper shelf. (Those are most of my reference books, art books, and gallery catalogs.) Looking down this smoking barrel of documentation, I find it hard to believe that I only occasionally buy books these days. They must be breeding or something.
(UPDATE: I've made my way through about half the shelves so far, and most of the piles. I still think they're breeding.)
(UPDATE II, THE WRATH OF KHAN: I finally knuckled under and created a wishlist account--CakeOrDeath--since it seems quite unfair to me to have sheer, slobbering yearning alone bumping up my numbers. This account here is about what I already have in my greedy little hands; that one is all about the Oo and the Gimme.)
I have a downright embarrassing fetish for reference books; The Strand and Librarie de France are both perilous Meccas. I also lean pretty heavily toward humor (especially compilations of favorite comic strips), sci-fi/fantasy, comics, manga, and the generally dark and twisted. As a someday-wannabe theologian and a PK,* I have some religious-studies material too; my interests in subjects like social justice, politics, feminist theory, the martial arts, animation, and Native-American and Asian cultures also rear their nappy heads.
And then there are the art books and exhibition catalogs. Oodles and boodles of them. Most of the pre-1998 items were acquired during my tenure at MoMA; more recent art books, and many of those that stray beyond the bounds of modern and contemporary, were purchased at damage sales at the Met. Favorite architects include Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, Santiago Calatrava, Zaha Hadid, Eero Saarinen, Louis Sullivan, Paul Rudolph, Le Corbusier, Otto Wagner, Hector Guimard, and Antoni Gaudí. Favorite artists include (deep breath, pull on hip-waders) the Pre-Raphaelites, the Symbolists, the Vienna Secessionists, the Surrealists, Diane Arbus, Romare Bearden, Hans Bellmer, Lee Bontecou, Paul Cadmus, Linda Daniels, Marcel Duchamp, Tracy Essoglou, Euphronios, John Flaxman, David Hammons, Eva Hesse, Jenny Holtzer, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Frida Kahlo, Anish Kapoor, Paul Klee, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Jill Levine, Glenn Ligon, Sarah Lucas, Aristide Maillol, Man Ray, Edouard Manet, Henri Matisse, Ana Mendieta, Michelangelo, Alphonse Mucha, Isamu Noguchi, Tom Otterness, Mark Rothko, Raphael, Ad Reinhardt, Ed Ruscha, Robert Ryman, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, James Turrell, William Wegman, and Hannah Wilke.
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escrito por JNSelko, às 12:23 am (EST) , Aug 19, 2009
Perhaps you should merge cakeordie in now?
escrito por infiniteletters, às 10:30 pm (EST) , Jun 15, 2009
escrito por TRMcritic, às 12:28 pm (EST) , Jan 15, 2009
escrito por Helcura, às 5:41 pm (EST) , Aug 4, 2008
There's enough in Chicago to take an afternoon or so -- mostly novels, and the core art books that went with me, plus those that I've acquired this year.
It's going to help BIG TIME to have it all input!!!
talk to you soon!!!!!! xo, T
escrito por TRMcritic, às 9:42 pm (EST) , Aug 3, 2008
escrito por TRMcritic, às 8:39 pm (EST) , Aug 1, 2008
So, when did I began to read in class... it was when my son was in fifth grade (he is going into ninth grade this year), and the first book I read was 'Desperaux'. I have much regretted that it took me so long to start. I never read in any of his five older sister's classes- i guess I was afraid the kids would not like me, and it took me a long time to surmount that (apparent) misapprehension.
Last year I (read twice a week) in one Granddaughter's fifth grade class (I began reading to her class when she was in third grade), in another Granddaughter's third grade class (began reading for her in kindergarden (this year we read 'The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane' and 'Harry the Poisonous Centipede'), and in my oldest grandson's first grade class. This next year I will be reading in Granddaughter #2's fourth grade class, Grandson #1's second grade class and Grandson #2's Kindergarden class. I will also be reading for another first grade class (for the teacher in whose class I read last school year) and in the other second grade class (There are two first, second and third grade classes in our school), because I enjoyed the class so much last year I want to read for any kids who may have been selected for the non-grandson class- if that makes any sense to you (it seems somewhat convoluted to me, and I KNOW what I'm trying to say.
In the past I've read the first book of a coupla series in the higher grades, and have been richly rewarded by the fact that kids (almost all of them, actually) went on to read the entire series'. This year I'm gonna start the fourth graders off with 'Horns and Wrinkles', a terrific book! I always start the year for kids from kindergarden through third grade with 'All the places to Love,' and tell any kids new to the school or area how lucky they are to be here and we are to have them. For the younger kids, the next book is always something about a new baby in the family, so I can ask if any of them have a new baby brother or sister. Then, at sometime during the year, we will "read" 'Zoom', 'Re-Zoom', 'Flotsam', 'Imagine a Day' and 'Imagine a Night'. At Holloween, I read a really spooky story and the kids are totally silent- it is SO COOL!
Oops- I see I've run on again, and I didn't even get to my reference preferences! . Sorry. Anyways, thanks for responding-
Jamie
escrito por JNSelko, às 9:11 pm (EST) , Jul 16, 2008
Well, I tend to babble on when I am having trouble going to sleep, so allow me to apologize for the length of what was supposed to be an "I like Pogo also" snippet.
Jamie
escrito por JNSelko, às 4:30 am (EST) , Jul 15, 2008
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escrito por AsYouKnow_Bob, às 8:42 pm (EST) , Feb 26, 2008
Well I'm happy to join you as part of "remembering the Strand of bygone days club" :)
We'll try to give you some advance notice on when we expect to be in Manhattan again.
Best,
Maggie
escrito por MaggieO, às 9:49 pm (EST) , Aug 9, 2007
Thanks so much for the comment, but I must say: *chuckle*
How could I NOT add you to my "interesting libraries" list???
Not only do we share 109 excellent & diverse works of delight... BUT but but.... you also have a picture of two of my most adored characters of all time on your page. *delighted smile* Calvin & Hobbes are genius incarnate. Don't you love the strip with the snowman and the warm water bottle? LoL. What a deliciously dark sense of humour Mr. Watterson imbibed. And what a wonderful library you have built here! I am in awe, really, if I am to be so humble in my affectations. :)
Much bliss & happy reading!
~PandorasRequiem
escrito por PandorasRequiem, às 4:22 pm (EST) , Aug 5, 2007
Anyhow, it was such a pleasure meeting you, and I hope we can get together when we come to NYC again.
Best,
Maggie
escrito por MaggieO, às 4:57 pm (EST) , Jul 31, 2007
Penguins have two areas where their body is very poorly insulated and where they can lose a lot of heat, these are their flippers and their feet. These regions give penguins at the same time a problem and a solution. A problem because of the heat loss, and a solution because they can be used for cooling down. It's all well and good being brilliantly insulated, but when you use a lot of energy and so generate heat, or the temperature rises, not being able to lose that heat becomes a big disadvantage in itself.
The solution is really quite elegant. The muscles that operate feet and flippers are not located in the feet and flippers, but deeper in the warmer regions of the penguins body. The feet and flippers are moved by tendons that pass through them and attach to toes etc. like a sort of remote operation by wire or string. This means that it doesn't matter if the feet and flippers get really cold as they can still be operated normally by regions that are fully functional and at normal body temperature.
Penguins have a heat-exchange blood-flow to these regions. The warm blood entering the feet or flippers flows past cold blood leaving so warming it up in the process and cooling the blood entering at the same time. Blood in these parts is significantly colder than in the rest of the body. By the time the blood re-enters the rest of the body it has been warmed up and so doesn't have so great an effect on the core body temperature.
Penguins feet are never allowed to get below freezing point, blood flow is finely adjusted so that they are kept just above. When it gets very cold, the feet are covered by the feathers and fat layer of the body so they are not exposed to cooling winds. So while a man standing barefoot on ice would quickly get frostbitten, penguins can do so all their lives with no damage at all.
At low temperatures or when in the sea, the blood flow to feet and flippers is very low anyway so reducing heat loss further. When the penguin needs to lose heat quickly, the blood flow to these extremities is increased and so lots of warm blood enters them which cools quickly so dumping excess heat rapidly and efficiently.
escrito por ablueidol, às 1:39 pm (EST) , Jul 30, 2007
escrito por ablueidol, às 9:53 am (EST) , Jul 26, 2007
Given that you have a 'thing' for reference books... we have a spare copy of Grainger's Index to Poetry (8th edition), which - ever since Grainger's went on-line - is looking for a good home. There's no market for it on eBay, it's ludicrously heavy to try to give away on one of the book-swap sites, so it's yours if you want it. (An 'Ex-library' copy, of course, but in VG condition.)
escrito por AsYouKnow_Bob, às 2:25 pm (EST) , May 28, 2007
The Washington Post just reviewed a new (and mentions a reissued) Howard Waldrop collection:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
2007/03/15/AR2007031502608.html
- Bob
escrito por AsYouKnow_Bob, às 12:51 am (EST) , Mar 20, 2007
Fascinating bit about the storyboarding class with Faith Hubley. I'd love to see the image from "Cockaboody" you mentioned. So what stopped you from using it?
Ah, Pogo, my old love. Can I further stimulate your drool glands? It's so rare I get to brag about my stuff to a fellow comic strip afficianado; they're kind of thin on the ground in these parts. In addition to the books (one of which is signed and has a nice Pogo drawing by Kelly), there is the complete set of vinyl figurines, drinking cups, a few different pins from the "I Go Pogo!" campaigns, the Pogo-mobile (not a car, but a hanging mobile), the 33rpm LP "Songs of the Pogo" (also on CD), and a lovely original pen-and-ink drawing by Kelly (non-Pogo related).
I started collecting compilation books as a tad - the old Peanuts collections and Dennis the Menace, both of which were given to Goodwill by my Mom when I went off to college. Otherwise she was a very nice lady and I eventually forgave her. And as it happens, both of those are now receiving the complete reprint treatment you mentioned. All is forgiven, Mom.
I'm certain I learned to read and write from the comic strips. On those rare occasions I curse, stars and skulls and crossbones appear over my head. When I run, speed lines trail off behind me. When I sweat, it doesn't run down my face; it jumps off my head in droplets all around. (Okay, I'll stop now).
Anyway, thanks for writing, and a final hint: if you order the "For Better or for Worse" books from Lynn Johnston's website, she autographs them and draws a nice picture.
Burnit
escrito por burnit99, às 10:43 pm (EST) , Mar 19, 2007
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escrito por burnit99, às 12:06 pm (EST) , Mar 16, 2007
escrito por eclecticlibrarian, às 7:56 pm (EST) , Feb 25, 2007
escrito por eclecticlibrarian, às 11:16 pm (EST) , Feb 20, 2007
Anyway, I will write more when I can do it justice, all the responses are clamoring in my brain and I know once I start, I'd better have open ended time to let it out, and I'll take your experience to heart and do it in Word first. Doesn't it just drive you mad when the computer/internet swallows your thought into the ethers? Urgh! :)
escrito por cckelly, às 2:09 pm (EST) , Feb 2, 2007
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escrito por shakespearelibrary, às 4:58 pm (EST) , Jan 27, 2007
escrito por shakespearelibrary, às 1:56 am (EST) , Jan 13, 2007
Teaching -- I love it most of the time though sometimes the students do make me crazy. I index books in the summer and though I'm always glad to get out of the classroom in May, I always look forward to going back to it in September. I need to get out of the adjunct racket, soon, though; somehow the notions of health insurance and a 401K grow more and more attractive as life marches on. (I'm kind of in perpetual grad student mode, I'm ashamed to say, but I got my last chapter into my advisor just before the holidays and met with him about it yesterday, so just looking at revisions now, finally. My friends graduated three and four years ago, so I'm feeling a little superannuated!)
escrito por chelseagirl, às 2:50 pm (EST) , Jan 9, 2007
escrito por Totoro, às 11:35 am (EST) , Jan 5, 2007
My dad's retired but still working sometimes as an interim pastor for congregations between ministers. He's got one right now which was lovely as my in-laws were able to come with us to see him do a Christmas Eve service in a little country church . . .
I have to plead guilty to being one of those people who did the grad school thing and didn't want to leave New York and seems to have become a professional adjunct. (English lit and writing, surprise, surprise.)
escrito por chelseagirl, às 8:41 am (EST) , Jan 5, 2007
Lutheran, and I live on the seminary block, near the galleries.
And you?
escrito por chelseagirl, às 12:22 pm (EST) , Jan 1, 2007
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escrito por chelseagirl, às 4:30 pm (EST) , Dec 17, 2006
escrito por chelseagirl, às 4:29 pm (EST) , Dec 17, 2006
(e.g., We're the only two LTers with the Mapplethorpe....)
escrito por AsYouKnow_Bob, às 12:34 am (EST) , Nov 14, 2006
I started with SF VERY early, with Andre Norton and Heinlein, and then worked my way alphabetically through the library: Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke, Delany, Ellison, Farmer, Goulart,....
It's famously said, though, that "The golden age of science fiction is 'twelve' " For me, that was the "New Wave" revolution of the '60s - Harlan Ellison, Delany, Joanna Russ, Tiptree... heck, I can remember reading James Tiptree back when the entire world thought she was a man. My first job was as a night watchman - a 12-hour (unsupervised!) shift, with close to nothing to do but read ( AND get paid for it): three books a night. (Good times...)
So I'm pretty good on Golden Age (Campbell-era) SF, real strong on the '60s and '70s, and begin to lose touch with the field in the mid-'80s. (Unemployed after college, I realized that I had read a LOT more Mack Reynolds than Henry James, and should take my enforced leisure time as an opportunity to do something about that.) So today, most of my reading is outside the genre; which means that I hardly keep up with just the Hugo winners, and there are vast regions of contemporary fantasy that are blank to me. (The SF/F field has grown, too; in the '60s, a person could read everything there was that was worth reading; I don't think anybody has the time to keep up with the entire field anymore. There's simply too much stuff coming out.)
P.S. I had a similar brush with Rand (at 16, in my case) but I woke up a couple months later as if from a fever, as my leftie politics threw it off.
escrito por AsYouKnow_Bob, às 10:40 pm (EST) , Nov 11, 2006
Like you, I was kneeling at the alter which is AsYouKnow_Bob's library and read your comment. Your words made me laugh out loud and slap my knee; rarely does a writer inspire both simultaneously and I think I pulled a back muscle, bieng unprepared and not having stretched properly beforehand. I simply had to check you out. Upon spying your Calvin and Hobbes, I knew it was Kismet. I must peruse your collection and seeking out anything else you might write in the groups.
cckelly
escrito por cckelly, às 12:47 am (EST) , Nov 7, 2006
- Bob
escrito por AsYouKnow_Bob, às 8:23 pm (EST) , Oct 30, 2006
I hope you're enjoying librarything.
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escrito por uberfrosch, às 11:56 pm (EST) , Sep 1, 2006