tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post3369991153329209015..comments2024-03-03T13:55:46.243-08:00Comments on Ambling Along the Aqueduct: The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2008, Part Eleven: Nancy Jane Moore and Karen MeisnerTimmi Duchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00673465487533328661noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-83565099139795298992009-01-18T13:35:00.000-08:002009-01-18T13:35:00.000-08:00I moved half way across this year and i think you ...I moved half way across this year and i think you said it best when you said: moving is stressful. YES. it is. However there are many good things about it. I came across a big old box while packing the attic, and it was a box of old, really old books. I re-read almost all of them. Many of them were books my mother gave me when i was studying in University. <BR/>Although the context has almost nothing to do with that point in time in your life when you read them it brings back great memories.<BR/><BR/>What a great post!<BR/>thank you for this! <BR/>BenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-45195681738361474282008-12-23T18:56:00.000-08:002008-12-23T18:56:00.000-08:00Fun Home is such a well-crafted piece of work, isn...<I>Fun Home</I> is such a well-crafted piece of work, isn't it? Memoir is all about how the author chooses to frame events, and usually people try to portray a life through straight linear narrative. But the way Bechdel constructed her story, weaving so many patterns and themes together, sometimes leaving things unspoken and letting the art carry the moment, and other times letting the action happen offstage while she described her reactions... it's greater than just a view into one person's life. It's a way of looking at lives tangled up with one another, with art and literature, with the social world. She really created something gorgeous there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-21910378947078288132008-12-23T17:07:00.000-08:002008-12-23T17:07:00.000-08:00I agree. I loved Fun Home, too. I mostly can't rea...I agree. I loved <I>Fun Home</I>, too. I mostly can't read regular memoir, but graphic memoir is a wonderful genre.Nancy Jane Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030267999537291250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-75023375637043371842008-12-23T10:30:00.000-08:002008-12-23T10:30:00.000-08:00Bechdel rules. I got my wife The Essential DTWOF ...Bechdel rules. I got my wife <I>The Essential DTWOF</I> for Xmas.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914730499199048197noreply@blogger.com