Begin with Books, an innovative program for jail prisoners in Arapahoe County. [thanks john]
Category: books
voynich ms – what the hell?!
The Beineke holds the Voynich Manuscript, an illustrated mystery manuscript, written in no known text, which has remained undeciphered since it came to the attention of modern scholars early last century. It is “either an ingenious hoax or an unbreakable cipher“. More links here, more images here.
grossman’s article on voynich
And, to bring it full circle, Grossman wrote an article about the Voynich MS for Lingua Franca which, incidentally is out of business and all its old URLs point to the Chronicle of Higher Ed.
“what ever happened to reading?”
The Journey to Literacy [and back again?] tries to answer the question “What Ever Happened to Reading?”
For hundreds of years, people have bemoaned the end of serious (or what is sometimes known as “high”) culture — yet culture survives. Yet at this moment in history, as the mass media and the Internet converge, one thing is clear: the ways we transmit culture are changing. Exactly where does reading fit into this new paradigm? For all Americans, the journey to literacy has taken a new turn.
who is reading what? Does Clark really dig Jewish writers?
On a timely note, three of the Democratic nominees have listed — at one time or another — their favorite books. LISNews has collated those links and combined them with George W’s list as well.