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• Autism is Not a Mental Aberration

  Published: July 28, 2007, 12:18 pm

  Tags: Autism Lit, Psychology, Books, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Book, Children, Education, Family, Literature, Novel, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Psychology

  I am more than looking forward to reading Up High in the Trees (and here is chapter 1), the recently published novel by Kiara Brinkman. It has been suggested that tha 8-year-old narrator, Sebby, is on the autism spectrum: Brinkman’s webpage describes him as an “unusual little boy” and novelist Cristina Garcia refers to him as

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• Le club de book

  Published: July 28, 2007, 9:59 pm

  Tags: Literature

  Okay, so we’ve (I’ve?) narrowed it down the choices to two: The Road by Cormac McCarthy Blindness by Jose Saramago Use comments to express a preference and then we’ll start. Share This

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• Book club

  Published: July 26, 2007, 10:56 pm

  Tags: Literature

  Okay, here’s the suggestions we’ve had so far. I’ve added in links in case people need some more info abut authors/titles: Anything by Jim Thompson: The Night Inspector, Frederick Busch et al Prayer for Barney Thomson, Douglas Lindsay. The Surgeon of Crowthorne, Simon Winchester. The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Anything by Jose

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• Friday meltdown - the book club

  Published: August 2, 2007, 8:41 pm

  Tags: Music, Literature

  Okay, so I’ve decided we’ll have a crack at Blindeness by Portuguese Nobel prize winner, Jose Saramago. Personally, I’ve read nothing by him and know little about him, but it sounds like it might be good: In an unnamed city in an unnamed country, a man sitting in his car waiting for a traffic light to change is suddenly struck

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• I Got Burned by a Harry Potter Fan

  Published: August 5, 2007, 8:29 am

  Tags: Personal, Literature

  I asked on my local online mailing list if anyone had a copy of Harry Potter that I could buy. I figured I would read it and then sell it after I read it. The net amount of money spent would be 0.Then I found out that my son is getting it for a present next week, and two of my friends said I could borrow it after they finished reading it.While I

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• How to Ensure that Discussions are not only about Definitions

  Published: August 7, 2007, 6:03 am

  Tags: Philosophy, Literature, Gaming

  The ProblemRaph Koster, in Theory of Fun for Game Design defines games, art, and fun in rather specific ways. Raph's book is full of useful and interesting insights as to how the brain works using games, what games do for you, games in society, and so on.Yet, many people get hung up over his definitions. When he says that "fun" is the brain's way

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• John Robison Speaks

  Published: August 7, 2007, 7:04 pm

  Tags: Autism Lit, Adulthood, Books, Work, Asperger S Syndrome, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Autos, Bmw, Cars, Children, Dsm, Education, Family, Health, Land Rover, Literature, Normal, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Rolls Royce

  “Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s” (John Elder Robison), John Elder Robison’s memoir of growing up with Asperger’s (before knowing that he had Asperger’s), appears in bookstores September 25. In the meantime, the July 31st Library Journal interviews the author; here are some of his Robison’s

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• Book club - Blindness (1)

  Published: August 9, 2007, 11:09 pm

  Tags: Literature

  I’m not nearly as far advanced with the book as I hoped to be, so apologies if you’re way ahead of me. For those who haven’t started at all but would still like to participate, just be aware that some of the discussion will inevitably involve “spoilers”, though none of what I’m about to say is exactly going to

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• Clint Eastwood : a very French cowboy

  Published: August 8, 2007, 12:37 pm

  Tags: Literature Films

  Life is as mystery. We all know that, don't we ? For instance, why did Mr. Christ appeared in the middle of nowhere (was it Palestine ?) and not in a trendy Parisian restaurant which would certainly have been more appropriate for the son of Mr. God ?But Mr. Eastwood is a mystery too. Indeed : how come he is so popular in France ? Isn't that

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• The spirit of Tom Joad is amongst us

  Published: July 24, 2007, 11:39 am

  Tags: Literature Films

  I am currently re-reading The Grapes Of Wrath in a very bad French translation. The words are weak in my own language to describe the well-known odyssey of the Joads from Oklahoma to California. I'll have to read it in English. Howewer, the power of the story is there. And I guess that's why folks say that writting a story is the best way to

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• The brown bunny

  Published: July 13, 2007, 4:08 am

  Tags: Literature Films

  In 2003, The brown bunny, written and produced by Mr Gallo was a scandal at the Festival de Cannes. The major reason : in this film, Miss Sevigny performs an actual fellatio upon Mr Gallo. The scene is raw, but neither violent nor obscene. I was curious about that film for a long time but had no time to watch it. Yesterday, I was in a shop (la

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• Allen Ginsberg

  Published: June 17, 2007, 7:05 am

  Tags: Literature Films

  in American music or literature. As I've always wanted to be different, I've always pretended I did not like Mr Ginsberg's poetry. It was an easy move. I know. Pretenting to be different is also an easy move. I know that as well. Anyway, I used to read a lot, but I don't have much time for myself these days. Away from Paris, I've

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• Good Morning Love

  Published: August 11, 2007, 7:43 pm

  Tags: Experience, Writing, Memory, Internet Literature, Health, Personal

  A flittering, white pixie dances on the wall as the morning sun peeks through a tiny crack between the bedroom blinds. The lazy remnants of last nights slumber slowly evaporate and contentment sweeps over me as I absorb the warmth of your body, still silently resting beside me. Our souls intertwine. Your smooth, naked breasts rise and fall in

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• Read

  Published: August 10, 2007, 7:11 am

  Tags: Literature

  I've been working on Edward Fairfax's translation of Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (yes, I know the semester is over, but I'm not done yet) for a little bit now. The first book is sort of dull and terrible, especially after all that sparkling Ariosto. Here's an analogy: it's cheese after champagne. Both marvelous things but each likes to

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• On femme lit

  Published: June 25, 2007, 10:10 pm

  Tags: Reviews, Literature, Femme

  Like Son. Felicia Luna Lemus. New York: Akashic Books, 2007.I feel a little behind the times talking about T. Cooper and Felicia Luna Lemus. Even though I purchased both Lipschitz Six and Like Son months ago, I just got around to them now as the summer reading bug hit me. In the meantime, both authors of this literary power couple have achieved

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