We’ve posted our selections, compiled by Katie Bircher, for summer reading–the fun kind, not for school. You can see my at-home mostly-unread piles above: some are as yet untouched and saved for true leisure (The End of the Wasp Season, by Denise Mina, a Scottish crime writer I love) and some half-read and unlikely to [...]
Justice League v. Avengers?
By on May 13, 2012
(art by Hanna Friederichs). We saw The Avengers last night–kinda long and the special effects in the last third of the movie too easily betrayed their origins, but it was diverting. I liked Thor more. As a child, I found the Marvel Comics universe a cooler and harsher place than Superman’s DC world, and on [...]
When librarians do stupid things
By on May 9, 2012
My friend Maurice
By on May 8, 2012
Gaiman in Chicago
By on May 7, 2012
This isn’t quite like the time Sammy Davis, Jr. landed one on Archie Bunker, but it’s close. Neil Gaiman’s Sutherland Lecture–”What the @#$%&*! Is a Children’s Book, Anyway?”– was a big sold-out success, and we’ll be bringing it to you this fall in the Horn Book Magazine. Meanwhile, I thought I would share my introduction. [...]
