From: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com (aml-list-digest) To: aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: aml-list-digest V1 #553 Reply-To: aml-list Sender: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk aml-list-digest Friday, December 21 2001 Volume 01 : Number 553 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:10:05 -0600 From: James Picht Subject: Re: [AML] Dahl rwilliams wrote: > I'm sorry, perhaps I'm just not following your argument. How do you know that > in Dahl's portrayal of Charlie and James that he is _pretending_ to be nice, > but in "Pig" he is _sincerely_ "nasty"? (The argument implying that Dahl is > basically incapable of any human warmth: i.e. he MUST have been pretending). First I must point out that I never met Roald Dahl and will never have the pleasure, since he's thoroughly dead. I don't and can't know for certain that he wasn't a warm and loving man, even though his family says that wasn't the case, but can only infer things about him from his writing and from comments from those who knew him personally. Second, my own feeling (perhaps counterfactual) is that it's easier for a nasty person to pretend convincingly sometimes to be nice than for a nice person to convincingly be falsely nasty. Dahl is so good so often at nasty that I'm quite sure his nastiness is sincere. Let me also point out that I don't use "nasty" pejoratively. I _love_ mean and nasty. I think Dahl is _delightful_. (I also laughed at the death of little Nell - my heart isn't stone.) Nasty doesn't mean hateful. I think there was hate in his heart (some lurks even in mine, and I'm the kindest of men), but I don't think he was capable only of spilling bile. I have no doubt he was capable of warmth - the care he gave to his wife during her illness touched me greatly (though after she recovered he went off with a mistress - I was disappointed) - but only that that was the thing that mostly strongly characterized his life or his writing. So, were the books or were the stories the real Roald Dahl? Yes. That is, both. But even in the books there's a certain chill of nastiness. It even came through in the movie (it was criticized by many parents for being "dark;" I hated it because it wasn't dark enough - it wasn't the hilariously vicious book that so entranced me as a child). Some bad and potentially dangerous things happen to Charlie's fellow ticket winners, and they _deserve_ it. They end up damaged goods (Violet ends up blue, Mike ends up a piece of human wire - Augustus ends up tall and svelt, though). The Oompa-loompas invite us to join their delight in it all. Willy Wonka is a cheerful, self-absorbed and sociopathic lover of kids. He is _not_ a warm man. > I'm not going to say that Dahl was absolutely incapable of hatred, but, as long > as we're generalizing, I'll be the one arguing FOR Dahl. Aren't I already for Dahl? > I'm much more inclined to read Dahl's texts as ironic--wonderfully ironic--in > their so-called "nasty" moments (I mean, this guy is FUNNY). Yes, yes, he's funny and ironic. But where people only flit on the verge of disaster in _CATCF_, they die cruelly in deserved and undeserved (but mostly deserved) ways in the stories. Dahl doesn't play nice with his stories' victims - he savages them, and I think he hates them. Or worse, perhaps he's just indifferent to them. Again, I like Dahl, I've read most of what he's written, there's enough warmth there to keep me interested (if he were only mean, I wouldn't read him - I'm not a sadist, after all), his humor can be affectionate. But that's not the real Dahl - that is, it's not all there is. His books have nice smiling faces backed by sharp steel teeth. And sometimes the bitterness can be so corrosive I have to put him away. If Rowling manages the wit without the bile, she's probably a fun read for everyone. Dahl, for the most part, _isn't_ for children. Jim Picht - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:07:17 -0800 From: "Jeff Needle" Subject: Re: [AML] Paul BAILEY They show up about once a month at DI. - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:47:03 -0700 From: "Marianne Hales Harding" Subject: Re: [AML] Acceptance of Christian Lit >Harlow's list, I imagine is supposed to make one say, wait there are >tons of religious writers out there. He's mentioned about 50 drawn from >the last 150 years or so. My point is this: march up to WW Norton and >say, I'm a Christian writer and see what happens. > >Many of the writers Harlow mentioned were writers first, and their >Christianity followed them into the room through the back door. You say that like it's a bad thing. Like they were ashamed of their Christianity. I doubt they were. Knowing some of the writers on the list I can assure you they weren't. They were good writers and committed Christians and in writing about things they cared about they ended up writing about religious themes. Not all the time perhaps but in some cases yes, all the time. I suspect WW Norton wouldn't be all open arms and candy kisses to someone who marched up and said simply, "I'm a writer." Nothing wrong with being a writer first. In fact, when you're writing it kind-of helps. Marianne Hales Harding _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:18:27 -0700 From: rwilliams Subject: RE: [AML] Do We Have to Like Our Characters? > If one of my daily goals is to remove >such negative and destructive feelings from my heart, why would I choose >to read a book whose author deliberately intended to bring those feelings >into my heart? It would be a conflict of interest for me to read such a >book. Unless, of course, the author is using satire (which I'm almost positive Eric would be). Maybe we're talking more about a method of reading than a specific type of text. There are a lot of narrators who--if you took them at face value--would seem quite inflammatory, like, say, Swift's narrator in "A Modest Proposal." If, for example, I really believed the Swift's intentions were to promote cannibalism as an appropriate solution to overcrowding, then, yes, I would probably find myself "throwing the book across the room." So when I say "belief system," I mean the whole set of practices that dictate the way one perceives the world, something I think satire implicitly challenges. I guess what I am trying to say is that--generally speaking--I am against the whole idea of "bookthrowing" (not because I think books are so precious, but because I think there is some value in those authors that deliberately try to get us to think differently about something). Kathy, I understand you probably see some value in this too, and my response was intended only to encourage you to at least give Eric a chance. I recognize that we are all cursed (and blessed) with a 24-hour time limit on each day, a restriction that naturally leads us to want only the "best" books. But, in the final analysis, what matters more is HOW you read, not what you read. - --John Williams - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 20:41:43 -0800 From: jltyner@postoffice.pacbell.net Subject: Re: [AML] Mormon Authors in Nat. Market I take it the thread has been primarily about the adult fiction market as there is some inroads in other genres such as Sci-fi with Card's books. I took a stroll through the children's sections of a couple of book stores while out and about the last couple of days, very interesting themes. I glanced to see if I could find anything by Dean Hughes or Carol Lynch Williams in the YA section, but no luck. Hughes used to do YA novels that at least the public library where I worked would add to their collection-I remember often reshelving the title, "Nutty Can't Miss". In the picture book section the one LDS author's books I saw was Richard Evans'. He has two titles out right now called "The Spyglass" and "The Tower". I'm kind of assuming he was able to get these out there on the strength of "The Christmas Box" sales. They did not have them out in any kind of display, but they did last year at holiday time. The basic competition in pic books seemed to be the titles out by John Lithgow and Maria Shriver and his books are at least as good as theirs. The main displays of childrens's books was between seasonal stuff like "The Grinch",(of course) and anything "Harry Potter" or "Lord of the Rings". In fact in looking in the children's section that's what's mostly out right now-fantasy. For the children, basic fairy tales and the current movie stuff. In YA, "Harry", "Lord of the Rings", "Dracula", "Which Witch", "The Secret of Platform 13" and several novels based on TV shows- "Buffy", "Angel", "Charmed" and "Roswell" come to mind. I didn't see any "Goosebumps" or "Babysitter's Club" included in the display, so they may have thankfully run their course. The only LDS artist I know of who has done a national market book is Robert Barrett. He was the illustrator for a children's version of "The Story of the Other Wiseman" that was out a number of years ago. I haven't seen it for awhile. Slim pickins' to say the least. I think the time is right for more LDS authors to break out in the national market, especially in the children's lit area. Whether the story be general or not I think there's room out there. In children's books there is something of an agreement of age appropriate themes for young children that LDS authors would be able to do to appeal to a more general audience. But I also think owing to what the country has been going through someone could also tell the story or stories of the early church and the pioneers that could engage a national audience, as we're a part of the fabric of the american story as well. There is one book that comes to mind that was written with a young LDS protagonist by a non-LDS author-Patricia Beatty titled, "I Want My Sunday Mister!" I don't think the book is in print, however it might still be in local libraries. I don't believe she ever used another Mormon character in her books, but I could be wrong. The only title I saw of hers at the store was "Charley Skedaddle". Kathy Tyner, Orange County, CA - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:07:13 -0800 From: jltyner@postoffice.pacbell.net Subject: [AML] Mike BINGHAM, _101 Missionary Stories..._ (Review) 101 MISSIONARY STORIES YOU WON'T FIND IN THE ENSIGN By Mike Bingham with a glossary by Robert Kirby 1998, White Horse Books, Salt Lake City Softcover, 96 pages $7.95 ISBN 1-892936-02-X The title is true, the names have been changed to protect the guilty. Although you will NOT find these stories in the Ensign you needn't worry about this being an alternative book that will "corrupt the youth of Zion". What it is is a compilation of anecdotal stories that richly illustrates the goofy stunts missionaries pull on each other and the odd things that can happen in a missionary's life, most of them humorous. Each story is no more than a paragraph or two with title and number. Example: #1. Jeremiah: Prophet or Amphibian? Bingham admits in the foreword of the book that he has changed the names and missions of those involved and he has depended on the assumption that those who shared their stories with him were being honest, but-"If there are errors, they are the errors of men..." and some artistic license may have been taken in the telling of the story (stories)". At least one of these stories-#60. Chip Off the Old Block, he admits may be apocryphal, but the guy who told it to him "swore it was true" concerns a supposed encounter two missionaries had with a priest in the Vatican who greeted them with, "Hello Sons of the Devil." To which they reply, "Hello Father." It's funny, but the same story is attributed to J. Golden Kimball and a Baptist Minister in another book put out by the same publisher. When I pointed this out to Mr. Bingham in an e-mail, (which he lists at the back of the book for people to send in more stories), he replied by sending me a couple more anecdotes that will be put in the upcoming follow-up book. These complaints aside, it's a cute and funny book that doesn't pretend to be anything else. It includes a irreverent and informative glossary of missionary terms by Robert Kirby at the back of the book. Example: Golden-Non-member who will in all likelihood, join the church. "Those dirty flippers who threw rocks at us yesterday aren't Golden." There is also a story that is about Kirby, without the name change, that he related in his Irreantum interview about the dog he had on his mission that he and his companion used for door contacting. (#96). At least one General Authority is named in the hijinks, Elder Bruce R. McConkie-#15 Wait for Me One Hour and I would really like to know who the Apostle's son is in #14 who cried, "I'm going to tell my Dad!" after being the brunt of a practical joke involving a garbage truck. Most of these stories are G rated, some PG, but if someone is looking for a gift for a younger sibling to give an older brother or sister who has served a mission, this is a good one. It is inexpensive and will bring knowing nods and chuckles. Kathy Tyner, Orange County, CA - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 15:18:44 -0700 From: Christopher Bigelow Subject: RE: [AML] Dahl Jim Picht wrote: <<>> Mmmmm, mean, nasty bitterness. [Head tilting backward, throat filling with drool, skin turning yellow] Argghhhhhh . . . <<>> The _Willa Wonka_ movie is up for remake, and someone attached to the project called the Gene Wilder version something like "some Hollywood producers bad acid trip." Especially post-9/11, I hope they don't try to sweeten it and make it as pale as the newer Tom & Jerry was compared to the old. Down with earnestness, upliftingness, etc. Chris Bigelow - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 11:51:22 -0700 From: "Sharlee Glenn" Subject: [AML] Mormon Authors/Ill. of Nat. Children's Lit Kathy Tyner wrote: > Slim pickins' to say the least. I think the time is right for more > LDS authors to break out in the national market, especially in the > children's lit area. Actually, pickin's ain't slim at all--not in the area of children's and YA fiction. There are many, many LDS writers/illustrators of children's and YA books publishing in the national market. Earlier this year I posted a list, compiled by Rick Walton, of those working in the picture book genre (there are numerous others publishing middle-grade and YA stuff). Here, for your general information, is that list again. I think you'll be impressed. LDS PICTURE BOOK AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS PUBLISHING IN THE NATIONAL MARKET (Since the purpose of this list is to show what LDS picture book authors and illustrators are doing on the national market, I have not included books published for the LDS market. Some of these authors and illustrators have produced books other than picture books. I have not included those books in this list.) Andersen, Bethanne (illustrator) --Bluebird Summer, Deborah Hopkinson (Greenwillow, 2001) --Kindle Me a Riddle: A Pioneer Story, by Roberta Karim (Greenwillow, 1999) --A Prayer for the Earth: The Story of Naamah, Noah's Wife, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso (Jewish Lights, 1996) Bagley, Pat (author/illustrator) --Peek-A-Boo Magic (Aspen, 1995) (author) --Showdown at Slickrock, il. Guy Francis (Aspen, 1996) (illustrator) Bowen, Anne --I Loved You Before You Were Born, il. Greg Shed (HarperCollins, 2001) Buehner, Caralyn --The Escape of Marvin the Ape, il. Mark Buehner (Dial, 1992) --Fanny's Dream, il. Mark Buehner (Dial, 1996) --I Did It, I'm Sorry, il. Mark Buehner (Dial, 1998) --I Want to Say I Love You, il. Jacqueline Rogers (Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2001) --It's a Spoon, Not a Shovel, il. Mark Buehner (Dial, 1995) --A Job For Wittilda, il. Mark Buehner (Dial, 1993) Buehner, Mark (illustrator) --The Adventures of Taxi Dog, by Debra and Sal Barracca (Dial, 1990) --The Escape of Marvin the Ape, by Caralyn Buehner (Dial, 1992) --Fanny's Dream, by Caralyn Buehner (Dial, 1996) --Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm, by Jerdine Nolen (Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1994) --I Am the Cat, by Alice Schertle (Lothrop, 1999) --I Did It, I'm Sorry, by Caralyn Buehner (Dial, 1998) --It's a Spoon, Not a Shovel, by Caralyn Buehner (Dial, 1995) --A Job For Wittilda, by Caralyn Buehner (Dial, 1993) --Maxi, the Hero, by Debra and Sal Barracca (Dial, 1995) --My Life With a Wave, by Catherine Cowan and Octavio Paz (Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1997) --My Monster Mama Loves Me So, by Laura Leuck (Lothrop, 1999) --No More Water in the Tub, by Tedd Arnold (Puffin, 1998) Cannon, A. E. (Ann Edwards) --I Know What You Do When I Go to School, il. Jennifer Mazzucco (Gibbs Smith, 1996) Covey, Traci O'Very --Mapped Out: The Search for Snookums, by Carol Baicker-McKee (Gibbs Smith, 1997) Duncan, Robert (illustrator) --Amber on the Mountain, by Tony Johnston (Dial, 1994) Evans, Lezlie --Can You Count Ten Toes?: Count to 10 in 10 Different Languages, Denis Roche (Houghton Mifflin, 1999) --If I Were the Wind, Victoria Lisi (Ideals Childrens Books, 1997) --Rain Song, il. Cynthia Jabar (Houghton Mifflin, 1995) --Snow Dance, il. Cynthia Jabar (Houghton Mifflin, 1997) --Sometimes I Feel Like a Storm Cloud, il. Marsha Gray Carrington (Mondo Pub, 1999) Evans, Richard Paul --The Christmas Candle, il. Jacob Collins (Simon & Schuster, 1998) --The Dance, il. Jonathan Linton (Simon & Schuster, 1999) --The Spyglass: A Story of Faith, il. Jonathan Linton (Simon & Schuster, 2000) Foster, Karen (author/illustrator) --Good Night My Little Chicks/Buenas noches mis pollitos (First Story Press, 1997) Francis, Guy (illustrator) --Showdown at Slickrock, by Pat Bagley (Aspen, 1996) Garns, Allen (illustrator) --Astronauts Are Sleeping, by Natalie Standiford (Bradford, 1996) --The Gift Stone, by Robyn Harbert Eversole (Knopf, 1998) --When I Go Camping With Grandma, by Marion Dane Bauer (Bridgewater, 1995) --Winter Fox, by Jennifer Brutschy (Knopf, 1993) Glenn, Sharlee --Gracie and Roo, il. Dan Andreasen (Putnam, 2004) Graham, Mark (illustrator) --Alicia's Tutu, by Robin Pulver (Dial, 1997) --Baby Talk, by Fred Hiatt (Margaret McElderry, 1999) --Charlie Anderson, by Barbara Abercrombie (Aladdin, 1995) --Come Meet Muffin!, by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco, 1998) --The Dream Jar, by Bonnie Pryor (Morrow, 1996) --Father, We Thank You, by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Seastar, 2001) --Greenbrook Farm, by Bonnie Pryor (Simon & Schuster, 1991) --Home By Five, by Ruth Wallace-Brodeur (McElderry, 1992) --If I Were Queen of the World, by Fred Hiatt (McElderry, 1997) --Lottie's Dream, by Bonnie Pryor (Simon & Schuster, 1992) --Lucy Comes to Stay, by Rosemary Wells (Dial, 1994) --Merry Birthday, Nora Noel, by Ann Dixon (Eerdmans, 1996) --Michael and the Cats, by Barbara Abercrombie (McElderry, 1993) --Miss Opal's Auction, by Susan Vizurraga (Henry Holt, 2000) --Murphy and Kate, by Ellen Howard (Simon & Schuster, 1995) --My Father's Hands, by Joanne Ryder (William Morrow, 1994) --Sarah's Sleepover, by Bobbie Rodriguez (Viking, 2000) --Shadows Are About, by Ann Whitford Paul (Scholastic, 1992) --Waiting for Noel: An Advent Story, by Ann Dixon (Eerdmans, 2000) --Where's the Baby?, by Tom Paxton (Morrow, 1993) --Wilderness Cat, by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (Cobblehill, 1992) Hawkes, Kevin (illustrator) --And to Think That We Thought That We'd Never Be Friends, by Mary Ann Hoberman (Crown, 1999) --Boogie Bones, by Elizabeth Loredo (Putnam, 1997) --By the Light of the Halloween Moon, by Caroline Stutson (Puffin, 1993) --Cowpokes, by Caroline Stutson (Lothrop, 1999) --Dreamland, by Roni Schotter (Orchard, 1996) --The Enormous Snore, by M. L. Miller (Putnam, 1995) --Handel, Who Knew What He Liked, by Matthew T. Anderson (Candlewick, 2001) --Imagine That: Poems of Never Was, by Jack Prelutsky (Knopf, 1998) --Jason's Bears, by Marion Dane Bauer (Hyperion, 2000) --Lady Bugatti, by Joyce Maxner (Puffin, 1991) --The Librarian Who Measured the Earth, by Kathryn Lasky (Little Brown, 1994) --Marven of the Great North Woods, by Kathryn Lasky (Harcourt Brace, 1997) --My Friend the Piano, by Catherine Cowan (Lothrop, 1998) --My Little Sister Ate 1 Hare, by Bill Grossman (Crown, 1996) --Nose, by Nicolai Gogol, retold by Catherine Cowan (Lothrop, 1994) --Painting the Wind, by Michelle Dionetti (Little Brown, 1996) --The Poombah of Badoombah, by Dee Lillegard (Putnam, 1998) --Timothy Tunny Swallowed a Bunny, by Bill Grossman (Laura Geringer, 2001) --The Turnip, by Walter De La Mare (David R. Godine, 1992) --Weslandia, by Paul Fleischman (Candlewick, 1999) (author/illustrator) --Then the Troll Heard the Squeak (Puffin, 1991) --His Royal Buckliness (Lothrop, 1992) Henriod, Lorraine --Grandma's Wheelchair (Albert Whitman, 1982) Hepworth, Cathi (author/illustrator) --Antics!: An Alphabetical Anthology (Putnam, 1992) (illustrator) --Bug Off!" A Swarm of Insect Words, Ed. Nancy Paulsen, (Putnam, 1998) --Hattie Baked a Wedding Cake, by Toby Speed (Putnam, 1994) --While You Are Asleep, by Gwynne L. Isaacs (Walker, 1991) Hong, Lily Toy (Author/Illustrator) --The Empress and the Silkworm (Albert Whitman, 1995) --How the Ox Star Fell From Heaven (Albert Whitman, 1991) --Two of Everything (Albert Whitman, 1993) --ILLUSTRATOR --Mr. Sun and Mr. Sea, by Andrea Butler (Goodyear, 1994) Post, Howard --The Magic Boots, by Scott Emerson (Gibbs-Smith, 1994) --Under the Moon and Stars, by Scott Emerson (Gibbs-Smith, 1995) Hull, Richard (Illustrator) --The Alphabet From Z To A (With Much Confusion on the Way), by Judith Viorst (Atheneum, 1994) --The Cat & The Fiddle & More, by Jim Aylesworth (Atheneum, 1992) --Jellyfish to Insects, by William Hemsley (Gloucester, 1991) --My Sister's Rusty Bike, by Jim Aylesworth (Atheneum, 1996) Jacobs, Jim --Babri, il. Fahimeh Amiri (Gibbs Smith, 1994) Kosaka, Fumi (illustrator) --Bubbles, Bubbles, by Kathi Appelt (HarperCollins, 2001) --Let's Count the Raindrops and Other Weather Poems (Viking, 2001) --Ordinary Mary, by Emily Pearson (Gibbs Smith, 2001) Leavitt, Mel --Grena and the Magic Pomegranate, il. Beth Wright (Carolrhoda, 1994) --Snow Story, il. JoEllen McAllister Stammen (Simon & Schuster, 1995) Madsen, Ross Martin --Perrywinkle and the Book of Magic Spells, il. Dirk Zimmer (Dial, 1986) --Perrywinkle's Magic Match, il. Dirk Zimmer (Dial, 1997) --Stewart Stork, il. Megan Halsey (Dial, 1993) Meidell, Sherry (illustrator) --ABC's of Uniforms and Outfits, by Barbara Williams (Winston-Derek, 1991) --Emma Jo's Song, by Faye Gibbons (Boyds Mills, 2001) Newbold, Greg (illustrator) --Winter Lullaby, by Barbara Seuling (Harcourt, 1998) --Spring Song, by Barbara Seuling (Harcourt, 2001) --The Touch of the Master's Hand, by Myra Brooks Welch (Aspen, 1997) Olson, Julie (illustrator) --Hip, Hip Hooray for Annie McCrae, by Brad Wilcox (Gibbs Smith, 2001) Pearson, Emily --Ordinary Mary, il. by Fumi Kosaka, (Gibbs Smith, 2001) Slangerup, Erik Jon --Dirt Boy, il. John Manders (Whitman, 2000) Soentpiet, Chris (illustrator) --Coolies, by Yin (Philomel, 2001) --Dear Santa, Please Come to the 19th Floor, by Yin (Philomel, 2001) --Jin Woo, by Eve Bunting (Clarion, 2001) --The Last Dragon, by Susan Miho Nunes (Houghton Mifflin, 1997) --Molly Bannaky, by Alice McGill (Houghton Mifflin, 1999) --Momma, Where Are You From?, by Marie Bradby (Orchard, 2000) --More Than Anything Else, by Marie Bradby (Orchard, 1995) --Peacebound Trains, by Haemi Balgassi (Clarion, 1996) --A Sign, by George Ella Lyon (Orchard 1998) --The Silence in the Mountains, by Liz Rosenberg (Orchard, 1999) --Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story, by Cynthia Rylant (Orchard, 1997) --So Far From the Sea, by Eve Bunting (Clarion, 1998) --Something Beautiful, by Sharon Dennis Wyeth (Doubleday, 1998) --Where Is Grandpa?, by T. A. Barron (Philomel, 2000) (author/illustrator) --Around Town (Lothrop, 1994) Strickland, Michael --Haircuts at Sleepy Sam's, by Keaf Holliday (Boyds Mills, 1998) Terry, Will (illustrator) --Pizza Pat, by Rita Gelman (Random House, 1999) Tunnell, Michael O. --Beauty and the Beastly Children, il. John Emil Cymerman (Tambourine, 1993) --Chinook, il. Barry Root (Tambourine, 1993) --Halloween Pie, il. Kevin O'Malley (Lothrop, 1999) --The Joke's On You George, il. Kathy Osborne (Tambourine, 1993) --Mailing May, il. Ted Rand (Greenwillow, 1997) Walton, Rick --The Bear Came Over to My House, il. James Warhola (Putnam, 2001) --Bullfrog Pops!, il. Chris McAllister (Gibbs Smith, 1999) --Bunny Day, il. Paige Miglio (HarperCollins, 2002) --Cars At Play, w/Ann Walton, il. James Croft (Putnam, 2002) --How Can You Dance?, il. Ana Lopez-Escriva (Putnam, 2001) --How Many How Many How Many, il. Cynthia Jabar (Candlewick, 1993) --Little Dogs Say "Rough", il. Henry Cole (Putnam, 2000) --My Two Hands, My Two Feet, il. Julia Gorton (Putnam, 2000) --Noah's Square Dance, il. Thor Wickstrom (Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1995) --Once There Was a Bull...frog, il. Greg Hally (Gibbs Smith, 1995) --One More Bunny, il. Paige Miglio (Lothrop, 2000) --Pig Pigger Piggest, il. Jimmy Holder (Gibbs Smith, 1997) --So Many Bunnies, il. Paige Miglio (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1998) --That's My Dog!, il. Julia Gorton (Putnam, 2001) --That's What You Get, il. Jimmy Holder (Gibbs Smith, 2000) --What to Do When a Bug Climbs In Your Mouth and Other Poems to Drive You Buggy, il. Nancy Carlson (Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1995) --Why the Banana Split, il. Jimmy Holder (Gibbs Smith, 1998) --You Don't Always Get What You Hope For, il. Heidi Stetson (Gibbs Smith, 1996) Wilcox, Brad --Hip, Hip Hooray for Annie McCrae, il. Julie Olson (Gibbs Smith, 2001) Williams, Barbara --ABC's of Uniforms and Outfits, il. Sherry Meidell (Winston-Derek, 1991) --Albert's Toothache, il. Kay Chorao (Dutton, 1988) --Chester Chipmunk's Thanksgiving, il. Kay Chorao (Dutton, 1978) --Donna Jean's Disaster, il. Margot Apple (Albert Whitman, 1986) --Gary and the Very Terrible Monster, il. Lois Axelman (Children's Press, 1973) --Guess Who's Coming to My Tea Party?, il. Yuri Salzman (Holt, 1979) --Hello, Dandelions, photos by the author (Holt, 1979) --The Horrible, Impossible Witch Child, il. Carol Nicklaus (Avon, 1982) --If He's My Brother, il. Tomie De Paola (Harvey House, 1976) --Jeremy Isn't Hungry, il. Martha Alexander (Dutton, 1989) --Kevin's Grandma, il Kay Chorao (Dutton, 1991) --Never Hit a Porcupine, il. Anne Rockwell (Dutton, 1977) --So What If I'm a Sore Loser, il. Linda Strauss Edwards (Harcourt, 1981) --Someday, Said Mitchell, il. Kay Chorao (Dutton, 1976) --A Valentine for Cousin Archie, il. Kay Chorao (Dutton, 1980) --We Can Jump, il. Mary P. Maloney and Stan Fleming (Children's Press, 1974) --Whatever Happened to Beverly Bigler's Birthday?, il. Emily Arnold McCully (Harcourt, 1978) - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 16:18:23 -0700 From: rwilliams Subject: RE: [AML] Dahl James writes: >Let me also point out that I don't use "nasty" pejoratively. I _love_ mean and nasty. I think Dahl is _delightful_. (I also laughed at the death of little Nell -my heart isn't stone.) Nasty doesn't mean hateful. Okay. I thought you were using it pejoratively. Sorry I misunderstood. I'm not sure why I took that from your post (though I seem to recall a phrase a while back about "unquenchable inner core of bitterness and hatred"--there are so many people posting here at times that I forget who wrote what. So I apologize if I misrepresented your argument.) >Dahl, for the most part, _isn't_ for children. I'd say it probably depends on the kid, doesn't it? I mean, I couldn't get enough of him when I was a kid (I read the "Roald Dahl Omnibus" in 7th grade and thought it was delightful). - --John Williams > >Jim Picht > > > > > >-- >AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature > - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 15:45:23 -0800 From: "Jerry Tyner" Subject: RE: [AML] Fw: MN The Other Side of Heaven: From Book to Movie to Paperback: Deseret Book Press Release 1Dec01 US UT SLC A2 I have not seen a schedule yet for the movie's California release. Any idea when that will be? Jerry Tyner - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 21:21:27 -0500 From: "Tracie Laulusa" Subject: Re: [AML] Do We Have to Like Our Characters? There are many books I will not read if I can't get past the horrible language and so forth. But, I have found many books worth reading that you (generic you, I don't know the specific you well enough to make that kind of statement.) might reject out of hand because they are not your idea of uplifting. Sometimes I read a character doing or saying something not very nice, very Christian or what have you. And I think--Oh my God (quite literally). That is me and it isn't a pretty picture. I think I understand what you are saying though. And I don't think from your further comments below that you read as narrowly as your first response may have implied. But there are those who don't read anything they don't consider "uplifting". And much that I consider uplifting, they don't. For instance, at Enrichment night a friend was quizzing me about recent reads. The book I just finished is Cry the Beloved Country. Another sister asked, "Is it depressing. Because I just can't read anything that's depressing." And I had to say--yes there are parts that are depressing, even though I wouldn't label the over all mood depressing. So they won't read it. And they'll miss, what for me was, a life changing book. It does not, however, fall into the category being discussed. The only book that came to mind for me was CS Lewis' Screwtape Letters. Does that fit the "the author had contempt for the main character" description? Someone else mentioned Amelia Peabody. I don't think she fits. I think Elizabeth Peters likes Amelia Peabody. In fact, she's very likable--even if clueless about some things. I think Inspector Monk in one of Anne Perry's series might come close. We know that he finds much of what he learns about his pre-memory loss self despicable. Even his present self is a little hard to take at times. But I don't think Anne Perry detests him, even if she does pity him. Well, so much for my late night rambling. Merry Christmas to all. Tracie Laulusa - ----- Original Message ----- I've been pondering how to reply to your question. I've come to the conclusion I don't understand how the question relates to my statement. [snip] - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 01:12:13 -0500 From: "Debra Brown" Subject: [AML] Fw: MN Update: The Other Side of Heaven #1 Family Film in America: Excel Entertainment Press Release 18Dec01 US UT SLC A2 Update: The Other Side of Heaven #1 Family Film in America SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- Sold out showings in two theaters along the Wasatch Front made "The Other Side of Heaven" the top-grossing family film per screen in the country this weekend. With a per screen average of $29,176, the limited release film beat out nationally-released films like Tom Cruise's "Vanilla Sky" which did $9,117 per screen. The only film to beat "The Other Side of Heaven" in per screen averages was the R-rated comedy "The Royal Tenenbaums," starring an Oscar-winning ensemble cast that includes Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Danny Glover and Gwyneth Paltrow. That movie was released in 5 theaters in Los Angeles and New York for a per screen average of $50,813, making "The Other Side of Heaven" the highest-grossing unrestricted film per screen in the nation. The Other Side of Heaven Opens Across Utah on December 21st ### Source: The Other Side of Heaven #1 Family Film in America Excel Entertainment Press Release 18Dec01 A2 >From Mormon-News: Mormon News and Events Forwarding is permitted as long as this footer is included Mormon News items may not be posted to the World Wide Web sites without permission. Please link to our pages instead. For more information see http://www.MormonsToday.com/ Send join and remove commands to: majordomo@MormonsToday.com Put appropriate commands in body of the message: To join: subscribe mormon-news To leave: unsubscribe mormon-news To join digest: subscribe mormon-news-digest - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 02:58:01 -0500 From: "Debra Brown" Subject: [AML] Fw: MN New video about the Willie and Martin handcart companies: Allen Leigh 15Dec01 US UT SLC A2 New video about the Willie and Martin handcart companies WEST JORDAN, UTAH -- The West Jordan Utah Stake has produced a play, The Mormon Trail, about the Willie and Martin handcart companies of 1856. The two companies left Iowa City late in the summer (July) and didn't reach Salt Lake City until November. Early storms and freezing weather caused great suffering and death among the pioneers. In the midst of these trials, the Saints held true to their testimonies and looked to God for help. Help came in the form of Saints helping each other, angels from God helping push the carts and comfort the Saints, and supply wagons arriving from Salt Lake. Members of the two companies are featured in the play, including Francis and Ann Elizabeth Webster, Elizabeth and Aaron Jackson, Jens and Elsie Nielson, Levi Savage, Ephraim Hanks, Harvey Cluff, and the four men who carried the Saints across the ice-filled Sweetwater. Members of the West Jordan Utah Stake spent thousands of man hours over three years in producing the play. The play was produced as a "teaching play," using the trials of the pioneers as object lessons to help us realize that we can overcome our trials by applying Gospel principles to our lives. The video can be purchased for the cost of duplication and shipping by going to http://www.webster-family.org/ . That site has a number of pictures from the play. Source: Allen Leigh 15Dec01 A2 >From Mormon-News: Mormon News and Events Forwarding is permitted as long as this footer is included Mormon News items may not be posted to the World Wide Web sites without permission. Please link to our pages instead. For more information see http://www.MormonsToday.com/ - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 03:53:40 -0500 From: "Debra Brown" Subject: [AML] Fw: MN Call for Papers - 2002 Sunstone West Symposium: Sunstone News Release 12Dec01 US CA LA N4 Call for Papers - 2002 Sunstone West Symposium 19-20 April, Pasadena, California PASADENA, CALIFORNIA -- The 2002 Sunstone West Symposium will be held April 19th and 20th in Pasadena, California. Organizers are now looking for papers, proposals, volunteers and support. SYMPOSIUM PURPOSE. The Sunstone Symposium is dedicated to the idea that the truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ are better understood and, as a consequence, better lived when they are freely and frankly explored within the society of the Saints. We recognize that the search for things that are, have been, and are to be is a sifting process in which much chaff will have to be inspected and threshed before wheat can be harvested. We welcome the honest ponderings of Latter-day Saints and their friends and expect that everyone will approach all issues, no matter how difficult, with intelligence and good will. FAITH. Hear the words that inspire Christian living by exploring gospel truths, sharing spiritual journeys, and untying knotty challenges. COMMUNITY. Meet new friends whose thoughts and experiences parallel yours (or, better yet, if they don't). Sunstone symposiums provide a forum for meeting scholars, sharing with others of similar interests, and joining in hallway conversations. KNOWLEDGE. Learn new strategies to be an intelligent Christian disciple in the (post)modern age, and gain insights in understanding your own journey. FUN. Wrestle with new, stimulating, and lively viewpoints. Savor well-crafted sermons. Match famous scholars' names with faces. Laugh in the humor sessions. Indulge in late-night discussions you never have time for elsewhere. Buy the latest books. Wonder at the blooming diversity among God's people. CALL FOR PROPOSALS. Sunstone seeks to celebrate and explore Mormon experience, issues, and art through diverse approaches and from many perspectives. From scholarly paper to artistic expression, we strive for excellence in thought and quality in presentation. FORMATS. Sessions may be scholarly papers, panel discussions, interviews, personal essays, sermons, dramatic performances, literary readings, debates, comic routines, art displays, or musical presentations. Given Sunstone West's proximity to Hollywood and the entertainment industry, we are especially interested this year in having several sessions explore religion in film, the perspectives of Mormons involved in the entertainment industry, and the portrayal of faith on the small or big screen. PROPOSALS SHOULD INCLUDE. Session title; a seventy- five word abstract; presenters' names, vitas, backgrounds, and contact information; a detailed summary of the topic's relevance and importance to Mormon studies; description of any audio or visual equipment needs. If possible, include a complete preliminary draft. DEADLINE. Submit proposals by 6 February 2002. Proposals submitted after the deadline will be considered on a time/space-available basis. SUBMIT PROPOSALS TO: Kirstin Wald 7877 Airport Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90045 or, kwald@mindspring.com (310) 568-0088 (h) (310) 645-1364 (fax) LOCATION: Pasadena Hilton 168 South Los Robles Pasadena, CA 91101 The hotel is a fifteen-minute drive from the Burbank Airport and a forty-five-minute drive from LAX or Ontario Airport. RESERVATIONS. Call 1-800-HILTONS, 626- 577-1000, or visit www.pasadena.hilton.com . A block of rooms has been reserved for Sunstone participants; ask for the Sunstone room rates when you make your reservations. WEB PAGE. Sunstone West 2002 has a web site that will be updated as more information becomes available. Check it out: www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/7207/sunstonewest2002.html . EMAIL. If you have questions or comments, please direct them to SunstoneWest2002@hotmail.com. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS. We welcome all who would like to assist in putting Sunstone West together. Please contact co-chairs Lee Poulsen wlp@radar-sci.jpl.nasa.gov or Mary Ellen Robertson mary.e.robertson@jpl.nasa.gov if you can volunteer. Source: Call for Papers - 2002 Sunstone West Symposium Sunstone News Release 12Dec01 N4 >From Mormon-News: Mormon News and Events Forwarding is permitted as long as this footer is included Mormon News items may not be posted to the World Wide Web sites without permission. Please link to our pages instead. For more information see http://www.MormonsToday.com/ - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ End of aml-list-digest V1 #553 ******************************