Year of the Gadfly, the
A 14-year-old Edward R. Murrow enthusiast takes on a private school secret society. Iris is a sad person, as are the other two narrators, but reading the book doesn't make you feel totally blue the way some stories about depressed people do.
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May 18 2012
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978-0-547-54859-4
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LCSH Month 3: in which Fujifilm digital cameras are acceptable to LC, but butch and femme are still not
Are You My Mother? a Comic Drama
I knew Alison Bechdel was brilliant, but I didn't realize she was so smart. Her memoir about her relationship with her mother is multilayered, in that it's about psychology, psychiatry, and psychotherapy; literature, feminism, and aging & menopause (maybe I'm reading these last two into it a bit), as well about how Ma & Alison Bechdel did or didn't and do or don't get along.
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May 14 2012
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978-0-618-98250-9
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Pandemonium
I mentioned in my review of Delirium, the first book in Oliver's dystopian trilogy, that I was already halfway through Pandemonium when I was writing that review. I didn't mention that in order to procure Pandemonium, I left work about 90 minutes earlier than usual (since the closest branch of NYPL that had it was closing at 7). In other words, I was hooked.
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May 11 2012
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978-0-06-197806-7
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Delirium
As I write this, I'm halfway finished with the second book in the trilogy that begins with Delirium. My sister was right that Delirium is way better than Oliver's first book, Before I Fall.
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May 8 2012
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978-0-06-172683-5
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Zines! Volume I
Can you believe I'd never read this book? When it comes to zines, I'm pretty heavily a primary sources kind of a girl, but prepping for a talk that required me to know a little about pre-riot grrrl zines, I wanted to do a little homework. And you know what, Zines! is really good. Vale chose a good variety of zine folk to interview.
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May 5 2012
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0-9650469-0-7
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No pubic hair at the Library of Congress
When cataloging the minicomic Lady Gardens, I discovered that there is no Library of Congress Subject Heading for Pubic hair.
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Zines: Print Culture & DIY Feminism 1991-present
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Jenna Freedman and Josh MacPhee on DIY Feminism
Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 7 p.m.
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor
Jenna Freedman, librarian at the Barnard Zine Library, and Josh MacPhee, founder of Interference Archive, discuss the evolution of feminist print culture. They trace its trajectory from activist poster making, offset printing, and graffiti in the late 1970s and early 80s to the rise of the feminist zine in the 90s.This program is free with Museum admission.
Elements of Style art show
Last week I went to the Elements of Style art opening at Bullet Space (ABC No Rio in Exile).
One of the bad photos I took. If you don't like it, here are four more to scoff at.