The Pacific Sun is the alternative paper in Marin County, California. Their Best of Marin 2010 awards and their March 26th issue are fully Alice themed this year. Mark Burstein… [read full post]
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Tea Party gone mad
It seemed inescapable that at some point someone would compare the Tea Party movement to Lewis Carroll’s famous tea party. Richard Kim’s article “The Mad Tea Party”, which will appear… [read full post]
“Algebra in Wonderland” in Sunday’s New York Times
I’m curious what members of the LCSNA think of this article on the Sunday New York Times Opinion Page, “Algebra in Wonderland” by Melanie Bayley. The author is a “doctoral… [read full post]
Movie Anti-Hype: The Onion’s A.V. Club is dreading another Alice movie
In regards to what we wrote below, that many writers have taken on the theme of “all those awful Alice movies” in anticipation of the imminent Tim Burton 3D one… [read full post]
Alice in the Boston Globe’s daily bridge column today
Alice books plugged in Today’s USA Today
A handful of new Alice books, in particular, and the revival of Alice in general, was written about by Craig Wilson in today’s USA Today. They even made an online… [read full post]
Alice Fashion in 2010
Fashion is a weak suit at Let “Universe” Be “Books”, but since Disney declared Alice is the New Black at a Las Vegas trade show back in September, Alice, and… [read full post]
New York Times makes “Through the Looking Glass” reference in their headline about Bergdorf Goodman’s 5th Avenue Alice-themed Window Display
Hey, kid-Wouldn’t you like to be on Broadway?And wear some Bergdorf Goodman clothes?Red alligator shoes, a golden anklet,And seventeen dozen nylon hose,Hey, kid! -Langston Hughes (from the Kurt Weill opera… [read full post]
"Alice in Wonderland Syndrome": A Terrifying First-Person Account
“Alice in Wonderland Syndrome” – not the consequence of reading Alice’s adventures too many times over – but rather the actual medical complaint, is not common. All the better for… [read full post]
Portmanteaus on This American Life
Lewis Carroll was not mentioned by name, nor was the word ‘portmanteau’ ever dropped, but Humpty Dumpty’s spirit lurked around the September 13th, 2009, episode of This American Life (#389… [read full post]