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In this podcast, Infopeople’s book maven Michael Cart mourns the loss of legendary author (and recluse) J. D. Salinger and muses about the current age of authorial self-promotion (tell-all memoirs, anyone?).
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Infopeople’s book maven Michael Cart muses on his forty years as a book reviewer and the Harry Potter phenomenon in this podcast. Along the way he discusses a lot of other books. Definitely worth a listen if you’re looking for something to read!
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In this podcast, Infopeople’s book maven Michael Cart reports on modern reinterpretations of the classic King Arthur legends, focusing on the just-published Here Lies Arthur by British novelist Philip Reeve and also on T. H. White’s classic The Once and Future King.
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It’s not as if we haven’t heard of podcasting—producing simple and inexpensive audio and video recordings which can be shared online with anyone interested in what we are doing. We may, on the other hand, be wondering what it means to us and to the library members and guests we serve. [...]
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In this podcast, Infopeople’s Michael Cart talks about some blogs that cover comics & graphic novels. He also discusses the results of The Kids and Family Reading Report Family Reading Report, a survey conducted by Yankelovich and Scholastic . Is the Internet making kids better readers, or is it [...]
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It’s summertime and the living is easy, and it’s also time for beach books! In this podcast, Infopeople’s resident bookmeister Michael Cart talks about what’s hot this summer, and what makes great summer reading.
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Who says comics aren’t art? In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s book maven Michael Cart talks about the explosion of comic art museums and reviews some nifty new graphixc novels. On his list: the Cartoon Research Library at Ohio State University, the National Cartoon Museum, San Francisco’s Cartoon [...]
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Who’s America’s greatest living man of letters? In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart makes his case for the brilliant, acerbic, and prolific Gore Vidal. Michael has actually interviewed Vidal (more than once), so speaks of his own firsthand experiences. Wow!
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In his latest podcast, Michael Cart discusses the rebirth of the popular 1980′s teen series Sweet Valley High and looks at what’s changed and what’s stayed the same. He also examines the often symbiotic relationship between teen and tween book series and the TV shows they spawn.
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In this podcast, Infopeople’s book guy — and author — Michael Cart reports on writers’ rush to the Internet to promote their work — and, sometimes, themselves (think Michael Cart 2.0!).
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