http://www.puffchrissy.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:49:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Leafing through the volume, his fingers opened it at the beginning of the Gospel according to Saint Mark. As an exercise in translation, and maybe to find out whether the Gutres understood any of it, Espinosa decided to begin reading them that text after their evening meal. It surprised him ... http://www.puffchrissy.com/featured/writer-wednesday-jorge-luis-borges-the-gospel-according-to-mark/ Here is a special Long Box Tuesday edition of Shelf Porn, where I’ll be looking at some more of the graphic novels in my library. In part 1 of Puff Chrissy’s Shelf Porn, I looked at the shelf above this one with more graphic novels. Starting from the left… For the longest ... http://www.puffchrissy.com/headline/puff-chrissy-team-up-long-box-tuesday-vs-shelf-porn-part-6/ Welcome back to Shelf Porn, where every week I take a look at a shelf from my home library. This is either a lot of fun for you, or mind-numbingly awful. This particular shelf is smaller and houses my paperbacks. I have a love-hate relationship with paperback books of this size. ... http://www.puffchrissy.com/headline/puff-chrissy%e2%80%99s-shelf-porn-part-5/ Reading Galleycat's piece on vook got me interested in looking at the product closer. Described on their website, “a vook is a new innovation in reading that blends a well-written book, high-quality video and the power of the Internet into a single, complete story”. The titles offered range from Sir ... http://www.puffchrissy.com/headline/by-hook-or-by-vook/ I’m going to try something a little different this week. Like most good things, I discovered Tom Waits late. While I had heard his music here and there over the years, it wasn’t until 1999 when I finally experienced Waits’ 1992 album Bone Machine. This is the kind of album that ... http://www.puffchrissy.com/featured/writer-wednesday-tom-waits/ Asterios Polyp is one of the those books that I expected to read over the course of a week, and when I finally cracked it open, I didn't stop reading until I had finished the story. That's as fine as any compliment you can give a writer, but writer-artist David ... http://www.puffchrissy.com/headline/long-box-tuesdays-asterios-polyp/ I wish I could explain what it is about Glenray Tutor's work that I love so much. Going through his work, I find myself gravitating to prints with comic book pages included. And though there's a retro feel to the work that's before my time, I can't help but see ... http://www.puffchrissy.com/featured/glenray-tutor/ And here we are at shelf number 4. For those just joining in, Shelf Porn is where I take a shelf from my library and go through the titles and write down some random thoughts. This is either 1) seriously boring, or 2) mildly interesting. Your mileage may vary. Click around ... http://www.puffchrissy.com/headline/puff-chrissys-shelf-porn-part-4/ If you're a fan of American television shows and Minimalism, you owe it to yourself to check out the TV show posters by Albert Exergian at Blanka. It's a lot of fun to figure out the show from the images alone. Below is one of my favorite HBO shows... http://www.puffchrissy.com/featured/3885/ Raymond Carver tends to be noted for his “everyman” characters, but I always thought that was simplifyingwhat he set out to do. I think a large part of Carver’s success is how he deftly taps into our need to be saved, for someone to enter our lives and bring us to ... http://www.puffchrissy.com/uncategorized/stories-i-love-raymond-carver%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ccathedral%e2%80%9d/