Brilliant Minds

His Mark (Ch. 18)

Something of the salt sea yet lingered in old Bildad's language, heterogeneously mixed with Scriptural and domestic phrases.

Biographical (Ch 12)

"... Rokovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true places never are."

On Queequeg (ch. 10)

He looked like a man who had never cringed and never had had a creditor.... Queequeg was George Washington cannibalistically developed.

eBook for Vonnegut

The NYTimes reports that a collection of Vonnegut previously unpublished stories will be released as an ebook: Article.

From "The Sermon" (Ch. 9)

'Who's there?' Oh! how that harmless question mangles Jonah!

Moby Dick, Ch. 6

"... but in New Bedford, actual cannibals stand chatting at street corners.... It makes a stranger stare." Move over, werewolves of London.

Follow posts on Moby Dick

To get a head start for our reading of Moby Dick, I'll be posting short quotations and an occasional comment. Here's the latest I've highlighted today in my edition: "But I don't fancy having a man smoking in bed with me. It's dangerous. Besides, I ain't insured." (Ishmael - Ch. 3)

On Carol Ann Duffy

Begin with this extensive profile from the British Council.

Channel 4 notes (scroll down) on Duffy include a section on "Stealing".

Jeanette Winterson on Carol Ann Duffy.

Page on Duffy at the The Poetry Society.

Duffy as Poet Laureate reported by The Guardian with video.

On Jane Eyre adapted

A few items of interest to begin with:

Take a look at the Shared Experience Theatre's website.

Then review the company's education pack (pdf download) for Jane Eyre: Download Jane-eyre_edpack.pdf.

A NYTimes review by Bruce Weber.

Interesting little piece about Polly Teale and her daughter in The Guardian..