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Magpie Monthly — July 2015

Posted on 13 July 2015 by Robert

I’m decidedly taken with the image above, Magpie Witch by LiaSelena, and I figured it was a grand header image for a Magpie Monthly. (Via) Read on for other shiny bits & bobbles that caught my eye recently.

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Alphonse Mucha, Amanda Klish, American Gods, bananas, Beatrice Berrut, Brandon Stanton, Bryan Fuller, Camille Thomas, Charles Jensen, Chaz Brenchley, Chris Buck, Compliment Club, Dan Cretu, Daniel Errico, Eiffel Tower, Emily Carroll, Frank Bruni, Franz Schubert, Frozen (Disney), Garfield Minus Garfield, Geonn Cannon, Gerry Anderson, Girl Scouts, Goldie Hollander, Grrl Scouts, Humans of New York, Hurry Up Miss Jane, Ida M. Schouw Andreasen, Jim Mahfood, Joseph Cornell, Joy the Baker, Juan Santapau, Judy Blume, Kermit Tesoro, Konner Sauve, Lady Justice, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Lethe Press, LiaSelena, libraries (amazing), libraries (private), live New Yorker cartoons, Magpie Witch, Marion Fayolle, Melissa Scott, miniatures, Mo Qovaizi, Neil Gaiman, Neko Case, Nick Sousanis, Rick Fenkelstein, Saga, Salavat Fidai, same-sex marriage, Ständchen (Serenade), Steve Berman, The Bravest Knight Who Ever Lived, The Secret Knots, Thunderbirds, Tilda Swinton, Unflattening, Valentim Quaresma, Will Ludwigsen, xkcd, Z Akhmetova, Zolloc | Comments Off

Mini Book Reviews

Posted on 25 June 2015 by Robert

I’m going to share my thoughts about some of the books I’ve read recently, though I should be preparing the syllabus for my summer class that starts next week. I hope you will forgive me for at lest one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Criticism & Reviews | Tagged Arthur Rimbaud, By Nightfall (2010), Cory Skerry, Eli Easton, Elizabeth Hand, Erin Morgenstern, Get In Trouble: Stories, Glimmerglass: A Novel, Holiday (2010), John Chu, Kai Ashante Wilson, Kelly Link, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, Marie Kondo, Marie-Helene Bertino, Marly Youmans, Mary Rickert, Michael Cunningham, Neil Gaiman, Radiant Days (2012), Safe as Houses: Stories, Sam J. Miller, Steve Berman, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, The Memory Garden (2014), The Night Circus, There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales, Trigger Warning: Short Fictions & Disturbances, Wilde Stories 2014 | Comments Off

Happy Hallowe’en!

Posted on 31 October 2013 by Robert

“That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main … Continue reading →

Posted in Happy Hallowe'en | Tagged All Hallow's Read, Andrew Bell, Angelo Badalamenti, Ask Baba Yaga, Biffno, Call Me on the Ouija Board, Carey Farrell, cello, Down Among the Dead Men, Emily Carroll, Erin Morgenstern, flax-golden tales, Goblin Fruit, Grant Snider, Hershey's Kisses, In Search Of and Others, Kit Kat, Lindsay Duncan, Max Lilja, Mike Norton, Neil Gaiman, Neverwear, Nino Sarabutra, Once Upon a Blog, Out of Skin by Emily Carroll (webcomic), Ray Bradbury, Revival (comic book), Sean Von Gorman, Sharon Needles, Stephen King, Stranger Factory, Taisia Kitaiskaia, The Hairpin, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The October Country, The Reflecting Skin, Tim Seeley, Twin Peaks, Viggo Mortensen, What Will You Leave Behind? (installation), Will Ludwigsen, Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 2 September 2013 by Robert

Internet-access problems have been resolved and the first week of classes has been put to bed and now the blog is back. As usual, the last couple of weeks have yielded all manner of shiny bits and bobs worthy of … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged 3d printers, A Softer World, Aaron Lopresti, Adrien Broom, Aki Inomata, alethiometer, Alex Horley, Allen Butt, Amethyst, Ana Flores, Andreas von Einsiedel, Andrew Gilstrap, architecture, Aurelien Police, Belton House (Lincolnshire), Benedicte Lyssand, Bifrost, Bill Glover, Bill Watterson, Bookshelf Porn, bookstores, Brian Azzarello, Bryce Carlson, Callie Snow, Calvin & Hobbes, Charlie Jane Anders, Chip Zdarsky, Chris Schweizer, Christy Marx, Cliff Chiang, coffee press, Cory Doctorow, Daily Science Fiction, David Barnett, Dome (street artist), Edgar Allan Poe, Edwidge Danticat, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elmore Leonard, Emily Horne, Erin Morgenstern, Erzebet YellowBoy, flax-golden tales, Gareth D. Jones, Gavin Aung Than, Georgia O'Keeffe, Grace Kelly, Grant Snider, Greg Ruth, hermit crabs, His Dark Materials, home libraries (design), J.D. Salinger, Jacob Tomsky, Jeffrey Brown, Jeremy Erman, Jesmyn Ward, Jhumpa Lahiri, Joey Comeau, John Spinks, Jonathan Lethem, Josie and the Pussycats, Juan Santapau, Julian Barnes, K.M. Weiland, Kat Young, Ken Liu, Kenneth Rocafort, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Leah Schnelbach, libraries, Livraria Lello & Irmão, Lobo, Loki, Lorraine1234, Lucy Knisley, Mari Ness, Matt Fraction, Mica Angela Hendricks, Midori Snyder, mini-comics, miniatures, Mur Lafferty, Nashville, Neil Gaiman, New Adult Fiction, No I do NOT have too many books!, novellas (ebooks), outlines, Patrick Jacobs, Paul Raeside, Philip Pullman, Pinterest, Poets & Writers, Rachel Halpern, Rachel Swirsky, Radio Free Other, Rajan Khanna, Ray Bradbury, rejection, Richard Dawkins, Rob Bricken, Sara Puls, science-fiction publishing (misconceptions), Seamus Heaney, Sex Criminals, Short Story Thursdays, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Star Wars, Stardust, Sword of Sorcery, Sylvia Anna Hiven, terrarium, The Beat, The Hit, The Impossible Cool, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Secret Knots, The Shambling Guide to the New York City, The Strange World of Martin Kardec, Thomas Doyle, Thorne Miniature rooms, Tobias S. Buckell, Tom Hiddleston, Tony Cliff, Twilight, Twitter, Ursula K. Le Guin, V.E. Schwab, Valerie Smith, Vanesa R. Del Rey, Vladimir Fokanov, William Kass, Wonder Woman, writing advice, writing and taxes, Zen Pencils, Zik | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 19 August 2013 by Robert

Look here in the nest and see what shiny baubles and what-nots caught my magpie-eye last week! ♦ THE WRITING DESK. Only a smattering of writing links and images for your scriptorial pleasure this week: Courtesy of The Impossible Cool … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A.C.O.D., Above Average Network, Akira Kurosawa, Amy Pond, Angeli Landavan, Antboy, Antony and Cleopatra, art dolls, Ask Baba Yaga, Batwoman, Big Ben (GIF), Bleeding Cool, Boxer Rebellion, branch56, Breaking Bad, Brian Trent, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, C.O.G., Cameron Cook, Chad States, Charles Vess, China, chronologies, Cliff Chiang, CollegeHumor, Cory Monteith, Daily Science Fiction, David Malki I, David Sedaris, DC Nation Shorts, Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, Diana Muñoz-Stewart, dipthatpen, Doctor Who, doll photos (creepy), dongs, Edward Land, Erin Morgenstern, extremist-s, film trailers, Flavorwire, flax-golden tales, forensic blogs, Four, Galen Showman, Gene Luen Yang, Grant Snider, Hamlet, HBO, Henry Arthur Payne, hotel libraries, I do NOT have tto many books!, Ian Watson, J.H. Williams III, Jack Kerouac, Jonathan Franzen, Josef Hoflehner, Julius Caesar, K.G. Jewell, Kathryn Chetkovich, Kenneth S. Kao, Kevin McShane, Kevin Nowlan, libraries, Livia Marin, Lucasfilm Research Library, Macbeth, male nudity in television, Marina Bychkova, Mark Elwood, McCanick, Meghan McCarron, Melanie Gillman, mental_floss, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Natalie Graham, Neil Gaiman, Neil Hilborn, No, Nomad Patterns, Olive Garden, Othello, P. Craig Russell, Project: Rooftop, reading nooks, reading rooms, Romeo and Juliet, Rustbelt Regional Poetry Slam, Scott Hampton, Skywalker Ranch, snow globes, St. Petersburg, Stardust, Storm, Taisia Kitaiskaia, TARDIS, The Enchanted Sea, The Goblin Market, The Graveyard Book, The Hanging Garden, The Impossible Cool, The Mary Sue, The Master Shot, Theodora Goss, Thingstarter, This Is Why We Love Comics, Tom Gauld, Tony Cliff, Tor.com, Torafu Architects, University Club Library, V.E. Schwab, waiters & Doctor Who, Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz, William Shakespare, Wonder Woman, X-Men | Comments Off

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Magpie Monthly — July 2015

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