Saturday, September 15, 2012
Moby-Dick Update
Listen to ‘Moby-Dick’ as Read by Tilda Swinton, John Waters, David Cameron and More: Moby-Dick is without a doubt one of the greatest works of American literature — but, being intimidatingly long and detailed, it is not read as widely as it should be. However, if you’ve been putting off the Great White Whale since you shirked the reading in college, you’re in luck – author Philip Hoare and artist Angela Cockayne have put together Moby-Dick Big Read, an incredible and ambitious project to bring Melville’s novel to the masses.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Shirley Climo, R. I. P.
Los Altos Town Crier: Shirley Climo, a Los Altos author who published dozens of picture books, died Aug. 25. She was 83.
Mrs. Climo penned 24 books, covering fairy tales, fables and folklore from around the world. Sometimes she revisited a classic story through the lens of different cultures, dwelling on, for instance, Cinderella as Egyptian, Persian and Korean, and even as a lad.
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