dynagirl » books http://www.dynagirl.com hasn't gotten around to a redesign since 2004 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:14:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 buy this book http://www.dynagirl.com/2006/06/08/buy-this-book/ http://www.dynagirl.com/2006/06/08/buy-this-book/#comments Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:59:05 +0000 Miriam http://www.dynagirl.com/?p=1855 With a review like this, it’s gotta be good: We’re just about the happiest we’ve ever been with this book, and it’s mostly because of all the vomit stories and references to Arby’s.

Mmm. Arby’s.

]]> http://www.dynagirl.com/2006/06/08/buy-this-book/feed/ 0 “Snotgreen” = hyphenated. http://www.dynagirl.com/2006/05/23/snotgreen-hyphenated/ http://www.dynagirl.com/2006/05/23/snotgreen-hyphenated/#comments Tue, 23 May 2006 21:43:15 +0000 Miriam http://www.dynagirl.com/?p=1847 Feedback From James Joyce’s Submission of Ulysses to His Creative-Writing Workshop.
Thanks, CzelticGirl!

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]]> http://www.dynagirl.com/2005/12/30/wwjr/feed/ 2 I guess it’s not about furniture http://www.dynagirl.com/2005/12/15/i-guess-its-not-about-furniture/ http://www.dynagirl.com/2005/12/15/i-guess-its-not-about-furniture/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:32:24 +0000 Miriam http://www.dynagirl.com/?p=1729 Matt Warden’s book is out. Go, Matt!

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It’s Bloomsday!
Tonight, Stephen Colbert is playing Leopold Bloom in the annual Bloomsday on Broadway. Not in New York? It’ll be on WBAI 99.5, which has a feed.

Three years ago, we were in Dublin for Bloomsday, and Russ proposed. (YAY, RUSS! YES!) Tonight, we’ll be taping the WBAI feed and enjoying some fine whiskey at Brocach.*

Which I will sorely need…

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]]> http://www.dynagirl.com/2005/05/18/because-its-really-that-hard/feed/ 0 Stately, plump Buck Mulligan… http://www.dynagirl.com/2004/06/16/stately-plump-buck-mulligan/ http://www.dynagirl.com/2004/06/16/stately-plump-buck-mulligan/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:08:50 +0000 Miriam http://www.dynagirl.com/?p=1159 Google‘s holiday logo
Bloomsday 100 official site
The Internet Ulysses
James Joyce Center
ErinGoBlog: Bloomsday 2002
I cannot find any Bloomsday events in Madison. Fie!

I started rereading the book last night and have worked up a powerful thirst. Who wants to meet up for gorgonzola sandwiches washed down with burgundy* and Guinness?

* at the wedding** we served a gorgonzola puffpaste appetizer with a burgundy cream sauce
** when we get around to it, our rings (claddaghs) will be engraved with “yes I said yes I will Yes***.”
*** someday I may get around to posting the text of Superior to Fear, the wedding book we wrote.

]]> http://www.dynagirl.com/2004/06/16/stately-plump-buck-mulligan/feed/ 3 MATT WARDEN is my copy editor http://www.dynagirl.com/2004/05/13/matt-warden-is-emmyem-copy-editor/ http://www.dynagirl.com/2004/05/13/matt-warden-is-emmyem-copy-editor/#comments Thu, 13 May 2004 19:01:53 +0000 Miriam http://www.dynagirl.com/?p=1117 I use “we” when I mean “you.” “As we saw in the previous chapter…” “We’ll work through this example line by line.” And so forth. Apparently we won’t be working through this example. You will be working through this example; I will be in the Bahamas drinking my royalty check.

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Vanity Fair cover artWilliam Thackeray
Starts very enjoyable and grows tedious. Has no hero and I hated all the characters by the end, and wished they would all die, or at least not suck as much. Perhaps that was Thackeray’s point.

 
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Pattern Recognition cover artWilliam Gibson
Kind of neat. Damn but I want one of those Buzz Rickson jackets, sight unseen. A very interesting comment on advertising and branding in that I’m not the only one: the jacket didn’t exist until the book came out, and the manufacturer had enough requests to start producing it in black. Please Hollywood don’t let Carrie Ann Moss star in the movie. (That goes double for Neuromancer!)

 
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cover artElsebeth Lavold
Cool stuff and enough design technique to apply the concepts to your own designs.

 
]]> http://www.dynagirl.com/2004/02/04/viking-patterns-for-knitting/feed/ 0 Stitch’n Bitch http://www.dynagirl.com/2004/01/16/stitchn-bitch/ http://www.dynagirl.com/2004/01/16/stitchn-bitch/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:46:19 +0000 Miriam http://www.dynagirl.com/?p=1055
Stitch'n Bitch cover artDebbie Stoller
Good basic overview of knitting techniques with historical information and simple but attractive patterns. Fun and a lot of cool people are featured, like Becky.

 
]]> http://www.dynagirl.com/2004/01/16/stitchn-bitch/feed/ 0 Joyce’s Portrait: Criticisms and Critiques http://www.dynagirl.com/2004/01/03/joyces-emportraitem-criticisms-and-critiques/ http://www.dynagirl.com/2004/01/03/joyces-emportraitem-criticisms-and-critiques/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2004 19:42:15 +0000 Miriam http://www.dynagirl.com/?p=1054
Thomas E. Connolly, ed
Useful essays.

]]> http://www.dynagirl.com/2004/01/03/joyces-emportraitem-criticisms-and-critiques/feed/ 0 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man http://www.dynagirl.com/2003/12/24/a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man/ http://www.dynagirl.com/2003/12/24/a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2003 20:50:30 +0000 Miriam http://www.dynagirl.com/?p=1062 PortraitJames Joyce
I enjoyed this much more than I did when I read it in high school. I owe quite a debt to this book, as it is what finally pushed my father out of the Jesuits. “I will no longer serve that in which I no longer believe.” I’ll read the essays I found, then reread it.

 
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She knits!

 
]]> http://www.dynagirl.com/2003/12/23/madame-secretary/feed/ 0 The New Bloomsday Book http://www.dynagirl.com/2003/11/21/the-new-bloomsday-book/ http://www.dynagirl.com/2003/11/21/the-new-bloomsday-book/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2003 20:27:53 +0000 Miriam http://www.dynagirl.com/?p=1059 bloomsdayHarry Blamires
Absolutely indispensible.

 
]]> http://www.dynagirl.com/2003/11/21/the-new-bloomsday-book/feed/ 0 Ulysses http://www.dynagirl.com/2003/11/21/ulysses/ http://www.dynagirl.com/2003/11/21/ulysses/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2003 20:23:31 +0000 Miriam http://www.dynagirl.com/?p=1058 ulyssesJames Joyce
On hold until next year. But oh, so good.

 
]]> http://www.dynagirl.com/2003/11/21/ulysses/feed/ 0 Midnight’s Children http://www.dynagirl.com/2003/10/19/midnights-children/ http://www.dynagirl.com/2003/10/19/midnights-children/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2003 20:38:25 +0000 Miriam http://www.dynagirl.com/?p=1060 midnight's childrenSalman Rushdie
As much as I generally fiercely dive into any Rushdie, I can’t get into this one and it’s back on the shelf for now.

 
]]> http://www.dynagirl.com/2003/10/19/midnights-children/feed/ 0 A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius http://www.dynagirl.com/2003/10/02/a-heartbreaking-work-of-staggering-genius/ http://www.dynagirl.com/2003/10/02/a-heartbreaking-work-of-staggering-genius/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2003 20:46:05 +0000 Miriam http://www.dynagirl.com/?p=1061 eggersDave Eggers
OMG what is all the fuss about? Depressing and annoying. Didn’t bother finishing and I won’t.

 
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