In 2008*, J.K. Rowling gave the commencement address at Harvard University. There is really nothing I can add to this; her speech is moving. Enjoy!** J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo. *I just realized that this address was giving the same day Geek Husband and I got married. Perhaps even [...]
Again with the spoilerage. If you haven’t read Harry Potter and don’t want me to ruin it, stop reading here. I mentioned to someone that I was planning Harry Potter Week, and they immediately said I needed to do a post about the books vs. the movies. But here’s the thing: I am really good [...]
Um, I should probably just state up front that if you haven’t read the Harry Potter books, are planning to, and don’t want any surprises ruined, you should just not read this post. Harry Potter started out being all about the action. Sure, there was friendship and longing and identity issues and so forth, but [...]
It’s Harry Potter week on the blah-g this week! That means four posts this week are devoted to the wonder that is Harry Potter. Yay! A couple of weeks ago, during the “Gender in YA” discussion on Twitter, there was a bit of discussion about dysfunctional families in Young adult literature. One commenter even went [...]
