http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/149 Laura Crossett on the LIS domain Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:18:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/149#comment-6770 lis.dom » 2006 in books Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:09:26 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/149#comment-6770 [...] Julie & Julia by Julie Powell–I wrote a bit about the differences between the audio and print versions a few months ago. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer–my coworkers loved this. I was sort of unmoved. [...] […] Julie & Julia by Julie Powell–I wrote a bit about the differences between the audio and print versions a few months ago. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer–my coworkers loved this. I was sort of unmoved. […]

]]> http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/149#comment-349 hermit greg Sun, 27 Aug 2006 05:11:29 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/149#comment-349 Oh, yeah--what happened? We approved the book in spite of the cut. But I felt like the abridgment elided the parts of the poem that were most interesting, and have been read more carefully than others these past few years.... Oh, yeah–what happened? We approved the book in spite of the cut. But I felt like the abridgment elided the parts of the poem that were most interesting, and have been read more carefully than others these past few years….

]]> http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/149#comment-348 hermit greg Sun, 27 Aug 2006 05:10:04 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/149#comment-348 This reminds me of when I was evaluating textbooks for the department I used to teach in. There was a new edition of a poetry anthology out, and we had advance copies of it. It looked like a good addition to the approved booklist, overall: it would be inexpensive to students and give a solid collection of readings. It even had "Song of Myself" in it. Not all of "SoM," mind--that was clear from the text, anyway. But I went back to check what parts had been taken out, and you guessed it: the sexy ones. The section with the naked boys swimming, gone! This reminds me of when I was evaluating textbooks for the department I used to teach in. There was a new edition of a poetry anthology out, and we had advance copies of it. It looked like a good addition to the approved booklist, overall: it would be inexpensive to students and give a solid collection of readings. It even had “Song of Myself” in it. Not all of “SoM,” mind–that was clear from the text, anyway. But I went back to check what parts had been taken out, and you guessed it: the sexy ones. The section with the naked boys swimming, gone!

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