A Blog of Bosh

Edward, the Owl & the Calico Cat: Winking & Nudging by the Light of the Silvery Moon
In Edward, the Owl & the Calico Cat, Cicchini pays homage and close attention to the author [EL], winking and nudging through this tale of Edward, the lonely boy whose social skills alienate the only true flesh-and-blood friend he has, his cat.
The Austin Chronicle Arts: Exhibitionism

Stuff and Nonsense at White Flint Mall
JUMBLIES MAY live in lands “far and few” — but kids can see them this summer in Bethesda. Straight out of Edward Lear’s whimsical verse, these colorful characters are now singing, dancing and sailing in a sieve at BAPA’s Imagination Stage, a children’s theater at White Flint.
washingtonpost.com, July 19, 2002

The Earl & the Pussycat, exhibition at the Walker Gallery in Liverpool
Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (1775-1851) was one of the most prominent natural historians of his day. �The Earl & the Pussycat� exhibition marks the 150th anniversary of the death of this remarkable man, whose outstanding zoological collections founded Liverpool Museum.
[In this page you can see a very small reproduction of Holman Hunt’s portrait of EL.]
the Walker – National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside

Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussy-cat
From Lloyd Schwartz’s Introduction: ‘In Lear’s best-loved poem, “The Owl and the Pussy-cat,” the logic underlying the fantasy is an emotional trueness.’
This regular column in the online version of the Atlantic Monthly presents an introduction to a poem with readings in RealAudio; in this case the readers are Gail Mazur, Lloyd Schwartz, and Richard Wilbur.
Atlantic Unbound | Soundings | 2002.05.30