Archive for the 'Harry Potter' Category
Pottermania lives on in college classrooms
March 27th, 2008CNN.com - “J.K. Rowling has retired Harry Potter, but the fictional boy wizard lives in on college classes across the country where the children’s books are embraced as literary and academic texts.”
The Not-So-Golden Compass
March 27th, 2008Freakonomics - “Earlier this month I asked readers what I should do to fill my post-Harry Potter void. I didn’t anticipate just how full of reading suggestions blog readers would be — 270 comments.”
‘Harry Potter’ Is Addictive, Study Concludes
February 23rd, 2008MTV Movie News - “Survey finds that 10 percent of participants showed signs of addiction, withdrawal after finishing ‘Deathly Hallows.’” (via)
J.K. Rowling To Speak at Harvard Commencement
January 17th, 2008New York Observer- “Harvard announced today that J. K. Rowling will deliver the keynote address at this year’s commencement ceremony, which will be held on June 5th. As is customary, the Harry Potter author will receive an honorary degree from the university.”
JK Rowling drops hints…
December 30th, 2007…of an 8th HP book.
g-d help us all!
Harry Potter Anger
November 26th, 2007His anger apparently comes from J.K. Rowling splitting from her ex.
Too Wild About Harry
November 2nd, 2007Peter Lattman - “J.K. Rowling and the maker of the “Harry Potter” films have filed a lawsuit against a small Michigan publisher over its plans to release the “Harry Potter Lexicon,” a book version of a popular Harry Potter Web site.”
More on Harry Potter
October 23rd, 2007Raju Mudhar - “Writer J.K. Rowling’s revelation about the gay private life of a dead – and fictional – school headmaster in her popular Harry Potter series of books is conjuring both criticism from those who already wanted the books banned and calm acceptance from those who applaud her for not making it a big [...]
That Baby DVD
October 23rd, 2007I added a new album to my iPod. That Baby. If you are sick and tired of the same tired old kids shows and music, get this CD (and the DVD).
We have the other two creations (Oy Baby and Oy Baby 2), which focus more on Judaism, but the latest release is modernized [...]
More on Harry Potter
October 21st, 2007AP - “With author J.K. Rowling’s revelation that master wizard Albus Dumbledore is gay, some passages about the Hogwarts headmaster and rival wizard Gellert Grindelwald have taken on a new and clearer meaning.”
Harry Potter and the Framers’ Intent
October 21st, 2007Michael C. Dorf - “In the balance of this column, I will explain why James Madison is no more of an authority on the meaning of the U.S. Constitution, than J.K. Rowling is on Dumbledore’s sexual orientation.”
eBooks Making a Comeback?
September 14th, 2007Tony Glover - “Harry Potter and his wizarding chums may be about to make a digital publishing leap. Online bookseller Amazon has plans to unveil a wireless electronic book reader, a kind of literary iPod, which already has UK publishers scrambling to digitize their entire range of titles. The device, which sources claim could be [...]
Perspective on Harry Potter
August 29th, 2007PLA Blog - “What has is your library’s perspective on the Harry Potter phenomenon?”
They want your essays. Public Libraries is one of the best journals for librarians. I know from experience.
More Rowling - Ack!
August 19th, 2007Booklist - “Never one to rest on her considerable laurels, J.K. Rowling is reportedly haunting the coffee shops of Scotland and working on a post-Harry Potter mystery novel.”
Stephen King on Harry Potter
August 12th, 2007Entertainment Weekly - “Now that the dust has settled on ”Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” Stephen King reflects on why no review did it justice, and whether kids (and their grown-ups) will ever read the same way again” (via)
Harry Politics
August 11th, 2007Daniel Nexon - “Harry Potter,” in fact, functions something like a Rorschach Blot: In countries around the world, it captures various national anxieties about contemporary culture and international affairs.”
Harry Potter and the Daily Hello’s
August 10th, 2007Ken Jennings - We stopped in a bookstore yesterday because Dylan and his lima-bean-sized bladder urgently needed a restroom. On our way back to the stall, he marveled, “Look at all those copies of Harry Potter and the Daily Hello’s.”
Potter Porn
August 6th, 2007CNET - “LiveJournal users who patronize sex-themed Harry Potter fan art and fiction communities are revolting a second time over account suspension notices that they say are unwarranted and trample on their free-expression rights.”
Good Timing, Harry.
August 6th, 2007Economic Times - “Why did Harry Potter become the focal point? It is likely the answer is partly quality, and partly the luck of good timing.” (via)
More on Harry and Reading
August 5th, 2007LA Times via Newday - “Despite statistics showing that reading drops off in adolescence, particularly among boys, Cart adds: “It may be true that after volume seven some may never pick up another book, but they have discovered something that might have remained foreign to them all their lives.”
No More Harry
August 1st, 2007Newsday - “For all the Muggles out there who have finished the last of the 759 pages of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” there might be a sort of malaise taking effect right about now.”
Vacation
July 17th, 2007Jessa Crispin: “I should have scheduled my vacation for the Harry Potter month.”
We both had the same idea.
Voice of HP
July 16th, 2007NYT - “A little less than two months ago, Mr. Dale, the veteran Broadway actor turned voice of Harry Potter, finished recording the audio version of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the seventh and final installment in the colossally successful series by J. K. Rowling…So that means that he knows how it ends.”
More on Harry Potter
July 16th, 2007Kids Lit has a response to the WAPO article.
No More Harry?
July 15th, 2007From Ron Charles, of The Washington Post - “O, the shame of it: a 10-year-old girl and a book critic who had had enough of “Harry Potter.” We were both a little sad, but also a little relieved.”
Reading is FUNdamental
July 11th, 2007NYT: “In what has become near mythology about the wildly popular series by J. K. Rowling, many parents, teachers, librarians and booksellers have credited it with inspiring a generation of kids to read for pleasure in a world dominated by instant messaging and music downloads.”