Friday Links
November 1, 2024
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Girlatee by A. M. Juster
An appreciation from Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen on Dracula
Medieval roundup from Art & Theology
A Venerable and Time-Tested Guide
“love keeps the world” – a poem by John McMeans
Girlatee by A. M. Juster
A new book of children’s poem, just in time for Christmas, from A.M. Juster.
Girlatee is the story of a young manatee who becomes separated from her parents by a reckless man on a speedboat. She beaches on hot sand, and at first the people on the beach take selfies instead of helping her. When a kind beachgoer calls for assistance, two officers of the Game and Wildlife Department come and help the girlatee back into the ocean, where she is reunited with her parents. With beautiful rhymes and enchanting illustrations, Girlatee reminds us of the importance of family bonds and caring for others in distress.
An appreciation from Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen on Dracula
When I was growing up in the Seventies, Dracula was kind of a big deal. The movies were in the cinemas, and the old black-and-white films were always on T.V. Everybody knew who Christopher Lee was—no, not Saruman—and boys dressed up as vampires on Halloween. And of course there was also the novel to read. But just as with James Bond, most people watched the movie and did not bother with the source material. For me it was only after several decades that I came across a copy of Bram Stoker’s novel in a bookshop and decided to reread it. Well, actually, to really read it for the first time.
Medieval roundup from Art & Theology
Victoria Emily Jones with a nice roundup that includes: Julian of Norwich, stained glass at York Minster, Jewish hymn from Andalusia, and more.
A Venerable and Time-Tested Guide
I like CMOS, but I cannot imagine there is ever a time to use “they” in the the singular because it is a word that denotes the plural. I have not seen the new changes, but this does not bode well.
The newest edition is billed as “the most extensive revision in a generation,” one that “balances tried-and-true editorial logic with an attention to real-world usage based on evidence that is easier than ever to find and evaluate.” This means (one shouldn’t give away the whole plot) that there are critically important new passages born of a deepening social responsibility in line with the times: how best to render text accessible to consumers with disabilities, a brand new section on inclusive language, guidance on Indigenous languages and sources (and rules advising that we capitalize Black, White, and Indigenous), and an endorsement of the singular “they” as a pronoun for an individual—“as needed,” the editors write, “to refer not only to someone who is nonbinary but also to anyone whose gender is unknown or irrelevant (or concealed for reasons of privacy).”
“love keeps the world” – a poem by John McMeans
A lovely poem about the Monastery of Christ in the Desert.
