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Poem: Edward Gorey's “The Gashlycrumb Tinies”

Dec 11, 2008 17:09

I'm going to talk about a poem, but I'm not going to talk about one of the usual culprits (you know, that happy handful that attain a kind of epic scale and go on to influence art and literature and eventually devolve into satire-there will be no literary dissection of “The Raven,” is what I'm saying ( Read more... )

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sherwood21 December 12 2008, 01:23:05 UTC

I LOVE EDWARD GOREY. My parents had an Old Possums Practical Cats that was illustrated by him. SO MUCH LOVE.

brennayovanoff December 12 2008, 02:06:01 UTC

Old Possum was one of my favorite books when I was little! (I still have my old copy, but it's not very readable--most of the pages are now held in with Scotch tape.)

sherwood21 December 12 2008, 07:33:33 UTC

Me too!! Macavity and Jellicle Cats, and my dad would recite them to me. (He would also sing Jabberwocky to the tune of The Yellow Rose of Texas, but that's another story.)

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brennayovanoff December 12 2008, 02:49:29 UTC

The K is for Kate picture is the one that always got me. You might point it out to your sister, unless . . . yeah, no.

sherwood21 December 12 2008, 07:30:38 UTC

D is for Desmond is my personal favorite. He's just so calm.

Also, as another Kate, that one makes me giggle a lot.

tessagratton December 12 2008, 14:25:49 UTC

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It horrifies me that you did not know of these things. Especially after your little episode with Victoria the other night. I bet she'd like this. ;)