Slog - Comments on I Loves Me Some Book-Readin'... http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/i_loves_me_some Sadly, my day job can keep me away from the Intra-Nets for days at a time, but I saw this plea from Cienna attached to my last post, about Chuck Palahniuk's newest, glow-in-the-dark book: Paul, on a somewhat related topic: What is the best book you have read in the last year? and I can't just let a question like that disappear into the Wi-Fi Ether. The best book of 2005 was, as I wrote for The Stranger, readily apparent in February. And I'm glad you asked, because it's brand new in paperback, so nobody has an excuse. I loved... Copyright 2007 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 09:47:15 -0800 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:08:39 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Creek For my money, the best book of 2005 was "When They Severed Earth from Sky" by Elizabeth Wayland Barber and Paul Barber. It deals with myths and legends that started as eyewitness accounts of ancient cataclysms, a prime example being the volcanic collapse that created Crater Lake, then survived only through generations and generations of oral history that evolved into epic narratives.

]]> Creek http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/i_loves_me_some#c099622 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/i_loves_me_some#c099622 Arts Sat, 15 Apr 2006 15:32:50 -0800 Comment by Lindy Elizabeth Barber is an anthropology professor at my alma mater, Occidental College. I have not read her book, but I do remember that she often wore a traditional folk-dancing costume and waltzed around the dining hall.

]]> Lindy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/i_loves_me_some#c099728 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/i_loves_me_some#c099728 Arts Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:26:03 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant It doesn't rhyme, but Lindy's post sounds like a verse in some sort of folk song: "Lizzie Barber waltzed around the dining hall/at my alma mater...etc, etc."
(ahem)
Christ is risen!

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/i_loves_me_some#c101641 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/i_loves_me_some#c101641 Arts Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:08:17 -0800 Comment by cienna Thanks Paul. I will read your suggestions and then quietly judge you on them.

]]> cienna http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/i_loves_me_some#c110051 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/i_loves_me_some#c110051 Arts Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:08:39 -0800