http://amynelsonmile.net/booksblog Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:44:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’ve had a wonderful time posting entries here for the last 1 ½ years. Now I'm turning my attention to other projects--although, on the principle of "Never say never," I won't rule out returning at some point. I’ll leave both my blogs up so that you can look ... http://amynelsonmile.net/booksblog/2007/08/31/signing-off-probably-permanently/ Latin Quotes, Latin Phrases, Latin Mottos, and Latin Quotations: "Over 1,900 Latin Quotes, Latin Phrases, Latin Mottos and Latin Quotations dictionary with English Translations." http://amynelsonmile.net/booksblog/2007/08/30/latin-phrases-translated/ Great Moments In Literary Baseball: very funny article from 1987 features highlights from games with Franz Kafka as pitcher, Henry Miller as third-base coach, Vladimir Nabokov as player-manager, and more. Via Myrtias. http://amynelsonmile.net/booksblog/2007/08/29/great-moments-in-literary-baseball/ You Call That Poetry?! Seven Letters That Managed To Freak Out a Nation:On a cool autumn evening in 1965, a 22-year-old poet named Aram Saroyan typed seven letters that would amount to one of the most controversial poems in history. Not that he knew it at the time. Via Robot Wisdom. http://amynelsonmile.net/booksblog/2007/08/28/a-ruckus-about-poetry/ What To Do An SF Convention: choosing what panel to attend, how to bid on art work, figuring out the etiquette of fan parties, and more. http://amynelsonmile.net/booksblog/2007/08/27/what-to-do-at-an-sf-convention/ The Robin Hood Project:THE ROBIN HOOD PROJECT is designed to make available in electronic format a database of texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information about the Robin Hood stories and other outlaw tales. http://amynelsonmile.net/booksblog/2007/08/26/all-about-robin-hood/ Other Women’s Voices: Translations of Women’s Writing Before 1700:The site offers an introduction to over 125 women who wrote a substantial amount before 1700 and whose work (or at least a good part of it) has been translated into modern English. All but three entries are on women who ... http://amynelsonmile.net/booksblog/2007/08/25/womens-writing-before-1700/ You're Watership Down! by Richard Adams Though many think of you as a bit young, even childish, you're actually incredibly deep and complex. You show people the need to rethink their assumptions, and confront them on everything from how they think to where they build their houses. You might be one of ... http://amynelsonmile.net/booksblog/2007/08/24/what-book-are-you/ Digitized Book of the Week:Featuring news and highlights of the large scale digitization initiatives at the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As a member of the Open Content Alliance, UIUC Library is digitizing and contributing to the Internet Archive books and serials from its collections that focus ... http://amynelsonmile.net/booksblog/2007/08/23/blog-about-digitized-books/ Examples of Author Signatures: Louisa May Alcott, Maya Angelou, Kinky Friedman, John Galsworthy, Erle Stanley Gardner, and many more. http://amynelsonmile.net/booksblog/2007/08/22/collection-of-author-signatures/