Lemonade: Building with Books

Here's one answer to the
problem that people don't
read any more: turn old
books into furniture --
lamps, umbrella stands,
picture frames, whatever.
The project was a
classroom and library
collaboration at MIT.


<http://theory.csail.mit.edu/classes/bookbuild/>

Writers: Emily Dickinson

The Dickinson Electronic Archives is "devoted to the study of Emily Dickinson, her writing practices, writings directly influencing her work, and critical and creative writings generated by her work." Online since 1997, the site contains a nice selection of her correspondence with friends and colleagues and such critical articles as "Emily Dickinson Writing a Poem" and "The Letter-Poem, A Dickinson Genre." the "Titanic Operas" section has commentaries by such writers as Joyce Carol Oates and Gwendolyn Brooks to the works of the Belle of Amherst. <http://www.emilydickinson.org/>

Jazz: A Tribute to Fats Waller (NPR)

"Fresh Air from WHYY, December 31, 2004 · We rebroadcast a tribute to the great vocalist and composer Thomas "Fats" Waller from May 19, 2004. Guitarist and singer Marty Grosz and cornet player Randy Reinhart join us for a special in-studio performance in honor of Waller's 100th birthday. Waller wrote many hit songs, appeared in films in the 1930s and '40s, and wrote Broadway musicals." -- from the website. <http://www.npr.org/>

Reading: Online Computer Library Center's Top 1000 Books

"This is a list of the top 1000 titles owned or licensed by OCLC member libraries....By and large the list reflects true classics and canonical works of western culture. The list also shows the extent that libraries strive to meet the needs of their readers, by offering books in high demand any given year." <http://www.oclc.org/research/top1000/>