Higher Learning at Guys Lit Wire

My September interview with a College reader is up over at Guys Lit Wire. Head on over to see what Joey read in school and what he is reading now.

Guys Lit Wire Interview!

Okay, so I'm still on vacation...but I wanted to pop in and say the 2nd Higher Learning interview is up at Guys Lit Wire. It's a really good one with an English major named Thomas. What he has to say about The Golden Compass and Young Adult literature is very interesting. Enjoy!

Tuesday Links

Good morning. I'm still editing the Forest, but here are a few links of interest:

I interview my first-ever real-life College Guy for Guys Lit Wire. This is the first in a series of monthly interviews designed to find out what 18 to 23-year-old guys are reading and why.

Did you catch this extremely scary story about the AP and citation costs at Boing Boing? Read it and weep, folks. Cory wrote the post at Boing Boing, so I think I can safely post his concluding sentences here which I think are right on the money:

• "The people pushing for this stuff are not well-meaning, and they are not interested in making life better for artists, writers, or any other kind of individual creators. They are would-be aristocrats who fully intend to return us to a society of orders and classes, and they’re using so-called “intellectual property” law as a tool with which to do it."

Bingo.

Seriously, do head on over right now and read this post. Scary, scary stuff.

And I have a practical question: What counts as a quotation to the AP? Is a paraphrased sentence--such as 'head on over and read the AP article on X'--count as a quotation? Or do they only count direct quotes as quotations?

(Jen Robinson wrote in with a link to more information here at the Washington Post's TechCrunch. I love Michael Arrington's decision on AP's new policy. Head on over and read.)

Last but by no means least--don't miss Alkelda's book chat with Tadmack over at Saints and Spinners!

Guys Lit Wire is Live!

Guys Lit Wire is up and running! The brainchild of Colleen Mondor and graced by the technical skills of a.fortis (Sarah Stevenson), Guys Lit Wire aims to bring the best books and book news to teen guy readers. I'm proud to be a part of this exciting new blog and will be talking to college readers every third Tuesday about the books they love now, the books they loved as younger teens, and the books that made an impact on their lives and their thinking.
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I may be offline the next few days. Kid2 is headed in for his three-to-five day video EEG. That means I'm going too. I have a stack of books to read, so may check in with a book review or two. I am sure to fall behind on my e-mail, though--I don't think they'll be providing us with wireless in the hospital room. (I really think they should, though, don't you?)