Jim Hynes has ’em: Today is Election Day, and I’m suffering from metaphor overload. My nerves are shredded. I’m as jumpy as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. I’m vibrating with anxiety like a tuning fork. My forebrain, and the poll numbers at Real Clear Politics, are telling me I shouldn’t… Continue reading »
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Election Day!
I assume I don’t need to urge you all to get out there and cast your ballots. If you need encouragement, though, remember what Susan B. Anthony said: Suffrage is the pivotal right. And in the early-returns department, Ralph Luker at the History News Network already has some to share: In early reports, Barack Obama… Continue reading »
It’s Alive! (Or, Percy’s Purple Prose)
I’ve just had the pleasure of writing about the work of Charles Robinson, a textual scholar at the University of Delaware. Working closely with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein notebooks in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, Robinson has given us a new edition that strips out Percy Shelley’s edits, emendations, and “improvements.” And boy, are some of… Continue reading »
Harvard to Google: No Thanks (Not Yet)
Harvard University says it won’t participate in Google Book Search for in-copyright works under the terms of the just-announced legal settlement. Why? It’s all about access. Harvard also says it may change its mind as the settlement evolves. I had a feeling we would be seeing some pushback before long. Who’s next?
Milton, Frankenstein, Google
The global economy’s collapsing, we’re closing in on a historic presidential election, and lord knows what the world’s rogue nuclear states are up to. (Maybe the IAEA does. I do like the idea of an “Atoms for Peace” agency.) Here’s what’s been happening in my world in the last week: On Saturday, I attended an… Continue reading »
