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Comment on Another lovely review from Open Letters Monthly by mamacita

mamacita — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:34:31 +0000

Brava!

Comment on Wonders & Marvels ‘Alcestis’ giveaway by Katharine Beutner

Katharine Beutner — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:23:41 +0000

Yes, he’s still professor emeritus here, though I don’t know if he still lives in Austin. I’ll have to look up his historical novels — somehow I didn’t know about them. Thank you!

Comment on Wonders & Marvels ‘Alcestis’ giveaway by oursin

oursin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:57:38 +0000

Peter Green (who, I think was formerly a classics prof @ UT Austin?) wrote several historical novels, one of which – I think Achilles His Armour – was about Alcibiades (and I think he was the narrator, but it is decades since I’ve read it or seen a copy). I was impressed at the time by The Laughter of Aphrodite, about Sappho, but have no idea how this would hold up now.

Comment on Two good lists from the Seattle Times by Katharine Beutner

Katharine Beutner — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:07:08 +0000

Thanks for noting your favorites, Sarah. And yeah, I don’t think of Mary Renault as languishing in obscurity, either. People certainly still mention her to me in the context of Alcestis all the time — though I’ve only ever read one of her books.

Comment on Two good lists from the Seattle Times by Sarah Johnson

Sarah Johnson — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:41:20 +0000

Part II is one of the few lists of compiled favorites in which I’ve read over half of them. That almost never happens. The Sontag isn’t one of these, but I have enjoyed the Allende, Romano-Lax, Amirrezvani, Undset, Year of Wonders…

There was an odd piece I saw in the Guardian (I think) recently about Mary Renault and why she was a forgotten writer nowadays. I didn’t think she had been forgotten at all. (Except on that list.)

Comment on Two good lists from the Seattle Times by Katharine Beutner

Katharine Beutner — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:35:30 +0000

No, you’re right! That’s also strange.

Comment on Two good lists from the Seattle Times by oursin

oursin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:39:34 +0000

I expect these things to ignore the utterly wonderful Naomi Mitchison (sigh) but do I see a massive lacuna where Mary Renault ought to be, or did I scan with insufficient attention?

Comment on Book launch party video by Katharine Beutner

Katharine Beutner — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:29:41 +0000

Ha! Totally a coincidence, though you’re right, that giant lime-green pillar definitely works with the yellow tights. I actually thought the reading would be in their separate events room upstairs, but I’m glad it ended up being on the second floor — it’s easier for wandering customers to stop for a moment and listen.

Comment on Book launch party video by Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:14:32 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing this, it was good to see and hear what happened for those who couldn’t be there.

Also, your outfit was incredibly well coordinated with the decor of BookPeople. A happy coincidence or careful planning?

Comment on Links and news by Katharine Beutner

Katharine Beutner — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:39:23 +0000

Stephen, thank you — that’s a neat thing to hear. Did you like The Lightning Thief? I hadn’t heard of that series until a few weeks ago, but now I’m kind of curious about how it makes the gods YA-friendly.