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Posted on July 7, 2003 by Marco Graziosi

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Winged Migration simply soars

Posted on July 6, 2003 by Marco Graziosi

‘Winged Migration’ simply soarsThe movie’s [Winged Migration by Jacques Perrin] poetry, not its mechanics, will galvanize most viewers and cause them to look at birds less complacently, maybe for the rest of their lives. It’s a robust, multifaceted, gloriously accessible … Continue reading →

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Bolivia: Bring your own dynamite

Posted on June 30, 2003 by Marco Graziosi

Bolivia: Bring your own dynamite Jim Perrin sees toucan-shaped phone boxes and an Edward Lear zoo in Bolivia.[Again, not really about EL.]Telegraph | Travel

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Biggest Online Children's Library

Posted on November 19, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

Biggest Online Children’s Libraryto Debut November 20 The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, in partnership with non-profit, industry, academic, and other government organizations today announced a five-year, $4.4 million plan to build a digital library freely available for … Continue reading →

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The Brain's Funny Bone

Posted on November 18, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

The Brain’s Funny Bone: Seinfeld, The Simpsons spark same nerve circuits Different brain regions spark with activity when a person gets a joke versus when he or she reacts to it. Also see the next post.Science News Online vol. 162, … Continue reading →

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Did you hear the one about the prefrontal cortex?

Posted on November 18, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

Did you hear the one about the prefrontal cortex? Brain scans reveal the inner workings of humour.Nature Science Update 21 February 2001See also: Full text in pdf, and An Interview with Vinod Goel, in which he “discusses two new cutting … Continue reading →

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Resistance is useless, honey

Posted on October 19, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

Resistance is useless, honey Pooh, it’s true, manages, through byzantine byways that I will track below, to body forth the key principles of Deconstruction with uncanny fidelity. And that fact, given the apparent temporal priority of Milne over Derrida, would … Continue reading →

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The Tomfoolery Show

Posted on September 14, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

The Tomfoolery Show The Tomfoolery Show was a short-lived collection of animated shorts based on the nonsensical poetry of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, with occasional nods to other literary classics by Ogden Nash and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Yesterdayland Saturday Morning … Continue reading →

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The Crockett Johnson Homepage

Posted on July 25, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

The Crockett Johnson Homepage Very nice and exhaustive site about the creator of Barnaby.

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John Taylor, The Praise of Hemp-Seed

Posted on May 3, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

The Praise of Hemp-Seed. by John Taylor. From one of the best online collections of e-texts (Renascence Editions) a transcription of one of the earliest nonsense poems in English.Note: The works (1630) of John Taylor, the water-poet, are available in … Continue reading →

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