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Research on 4H
So my 12-year-old hero from Central Maine has been in 4H, because he would, and besides, I need him to, for the plot. Having grown up in NYC a long time ago, I know not from 4H. I mean, I've been to county fairs and seen children standing proudly beside their goats and calves and prize-winning carrots and canned beans, but that's not knowing ( Read more... ) -
Desperately Seeking 1950's Maine Guidebook!
I needs it, precious.
I can go to Maine. I can find websites full of Maine dialect, idioms, flora, fauna, recipes, boats, and weather. But I can't know where tourists went and where they stayed and what they did when they got there without a contemporary guidebook. Which the internet is not turning up, no, not even on the 6th Google page. ( Read more... ) -
Old Road Maps of Louisiana
Our trip to Louisiana (which I will tell you about, promise. Because there were Fun Adventures, plus dancing!) really galvanized me to start the final draft of my much-drafted middle-grade double-historical, The Freedom Maze (due out next year from Big Mouth Press, the children's division (!) of Small Beer). I took many pictures of slave cabins ( Read more... ) -
Interstitial Reading & Salon
Tonight, we'll be doing a fast-action reading and general interstitial gab-fest in New York's East Village. Join Jeffrey Ford, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Carlos Hernandez, and me at the Solas Bar at 232 E. 9th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues) at 7:30 this evening. It's being sponsored by St. Mark's Bookshop, and it ought to be big fun. interfictions, shameless self-promotion, research questionThe Static Trapeze
I've found a Trapeze Glossary on line, and several Circus Glossaries, but while they list some very cool-sounding tricks and moves (Angel; Reverse Angel; Bird's Nest; Amazon--and a bunch more I wrote down on a piece of paper somewhere that I now can't find), they don't say what they look like. And I'd like to know what they look like, otherwise, I ( Read more... )Folklore Query (6/9)
I know a lot of you out there are folklorists. I am not, at the moment, in a position to do any research, not at 75 cents a minute for internet access. I'm working on the revisions for Magic Mirror , and I'm running a little short of time. I was wondering if anyone out there can provide me with some advice ( Read more... )