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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Wednesday July 15, 2009

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 11:09 am
The Plot Thickens

Thanks to David Lavery—
see previous entry— the
word for today is…
 
Cover of 'Zaddik,' a novel by David Rosenbaum

"As the story develops, an
 element of magical realism
 enters the picture."
— Amazon review   

Related material:

For background on magical
realism, see the update to
today's previous entry.

See also
A Year of Magical Thinking
(June 6, 2009) and
the entries of May 19-22,
featuring Judy Davis in…

Poster for 'Diamonds' miniseries on ABC starting May 24, 2009

(Cf. St. Bridget's Day, 2003)

Wednesday July 15, 2009

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 4:01 am
DETAIL
of obituaries page,
New York Times,
Monday morning:

Detail, obits page, NY Times Monday morning, July 13, 2009

Detail of arts page,
New York Times, Wednesday morning:

(Click ad for more on the Monday night death of Dash Snow.)

Arts page detail, morning of Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Headlines collage by Dash Snow

Hurt yet?
_________________

Update of 5:01 AM:

Lavery Hits
Literary Jackpot

From the top right of
this morning's online
New York Times front page:

Christoph Niemann on witchcraft and snow

Click on voodoo doll
for further details.

See also…

1. Monday's link to a
Wallace Stevens poem,
"Snow and Stars"

2. The conclusion of this
morning's Times obituary
for artist Dash Snow, which
gives his daughter's name…
"Secret."

3. David Lavery's excellent
analysis of the classic
 Conrad Aiken story
"Silent Snow, Secret Snow."
 

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