So apparently there is a sports thing going on here in the US right now, something called Basketball? Anyway, during the Game 5 half-time show of the NBA Finals on… [read full post]
The Blog of the LCSNA
Month: June 2016
Imholtz Article in Library of Congress Magazine
Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
The front cover of Children’s Fantasy Literature by Michael Levy and Farah Mendlesohn (Cambridge University Press, 2016) looks innocent enough (from a distance) and the back cover proclaims it “features… [read full post]
Alice Through the Looking Glass: Autopsy of an Expensive Alice Flop
In 1978, Michael Cimino took home the Best Picture and Best Director Academy Awards for his epic, The Deer Hunter, and was thus given a free pass to make whatever he… [read full post]
Fall Meeting Speakers Announced!
Our Fall meeting in New York is shaping up to be a great one! We now have a confirmed slate of speakers, so make your plans now. Meeting will be… [read full post]
1865 Wonderland Facsimile
So if you can’t exactly afford the genuine 1865 Alice on sale at Christie’s June 16, how about the next best thing, an “authentic First Edition Replica recreated in exquisite detail by… [read full post]