Archive for 2003

Drawing Us In: How We Experience Visual Art

Friday, November 7th, 2003

edited by Edna Chiang and Deborah Chasman ISBN: 0807066079

I'll start off by saying what I know about art, and why I read this book. I know very little about Art, maybe

I Was Amelia Earhart

Sunday, November 2nd, 2003

by Jane Mendelsohn ISBN: 0679776362

The experience of reading this book was a lot like dozing on the couch in the afternoon sun while an old movie you've seen countless times

The Fox Woman

Wednesday, October 29th, 2003

by Kij Johnson ISBN: 0312875592

Johnson based her story on a Japanese fairy tale from the ninth century. In that place and time, foxes were thought to have magical powers, and humans

The Day I Swapped My Dad for 2 Goldfish

Sunday, October 19th, 2003

by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean ISBN: 1565041992

Sawney and Beaney are the two fish that get traded for a newspaper-reading Dad.

The Dad isn't very exciting -- all he does is