In August I wrote my friend-back-home (Molly) a crammed-in story-short on the back of a Sandman postcard, and I had forgotten that I had taken a keepsake photo. The story is another Old John Grim-er, who is some disreputable character I fashioned after – and I just can’t be more honest! – Tom Waits (or [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Another “Old John Grim” Story Card
Posted in Hour-Write, My Writing, Story Card, tagged Old John Grim, Sandman Postcard, Short Story, Story Card on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Graphic Classroom & The Bard in Two Parts
Posted in Bradford Library, Other Writers, The Graphic Classroom, tagged Classical Comics, Gareth Hinds, Graphic Classroom, Graphic Novels, Library Collection Development, Shakespeare Adaptations, The Merchant of Venice on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week, Chris Wilson’s and my reviews come together at The Graphic Classroom as “The Bard in Two Parts,” where we make a sizable dent reviewing Shakespeare adaptations.
Shakespeare has weathered countless adaptations into prose, comics, new-theater, and films – and most of the time with mixed reviews. Generally, these efforts come of rash underlining and [...]
In the Dim Grim Library
Posted in Bradford Library, Excessively Diverting, Jane Austen, Northern Florida, tagged Bradford Library, Ghostly Patrons, Jane Austen, The Gunslinger, Watership Down on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spend any given time in a particular library system and you’ll become well acquainted with the ghostly undercurrent of patronage. A book misplaced on the shelves is lost; there is an abyss nearby where doomed socks go that is an aisle, tattered and never-ending, where wayward volumes sit. The patrons of this necropolis can come [...]
