The blog A Journey Round My Skull--which is a compendium of "Unhealthy book fetishism from a reader, collector, and amateur historian of forgotten literature"--has posted a fantastic series of aquatints by Alexander Alexeieff which accompanied an edition of Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher printed in Maastricht, Holland by Halcyon Press in 1930. … Continue reading Halloween Treat
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A Good Book Burning
Paster Marc Grizzard of Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, NC, is bringing the community together this month for a "Halloween Book Burning." And it's not just any book that they're going to roast. It's the Bible itself. You see, the only true Bible is the King James translation. The other versions are just God's … Continue reading A Good Book Burning
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Dylan Meconis' Grammar Nerd Corrective Label Pack lets you "dole out frontier-style grammar justice." Just affix the stickers to offending verbiage to instantly transform any error into a teaching moment.Buy yours at the Temple of Commerce.--David E