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...introduction of Atwood, Radcliffe Dean Drew Gilpin Faust described the author as “a powerful, evolving yet continuous voice that has for me and many other women of our generation defined our adult lives” and praised her portrayal of the “power of the misbehaving woman” in her work...
...success, even though it costs 50% more. It's a gorgeous piece of equipment that includes an internal hard drive (so it can respond at blink-of-the-eye speeds to your every command). While Microsoft offers a few child-friendly titles, including Shrek, it's the adult-oriented fare that will distinguish this machine. I was particularly enamored of a surfing simulator, Transworld Surf...
Some banks offer audiotapes of donors and photo matching--a process by which the bank will find a donor who resembles a photo, often of a partner, submitted by the client. Xytex Corp. of Augusta, Ga., goes so far as to offer adult photos and even videos of willing donors. "We shoot them in the clinic in an interview format and also get them in their own environment, with a favorite instrument, say, or just walking in the park," says p.r. director David Towles. Xytex is one of the few that offer so-called identity-release donors, men who agree...
...Remarkably, many of these simple stories would just as easily belong in an adult collection. One of the biggest names in children's literature, Maurice Sendak, contributes "Cereal Baby Keller," which begins, "Josh and Irene Keller, after horrendous effort produced, finally, a baby Keller." After this nod to reproduction issues the story turns into a new-parent anxiety metaphor. But for kids it's about a big baby who eats everything, including his folks...
...least one case the stories really ride the edge of children's and adult's literature. "The Day I Disappeared," written by novelist Paul Auster and drawn by Jacques de Loustal, with its story of a man's alienation from himself seems a bit lacking in silliness for a kids book. Essayist David Sedaris' "Pretty Ugly," drawn by Ian Falconer, about a monster girl who makes a horribly cute face and gets stuck that way, hits a more child-like tone. Other contributors include Spiegelman himself, Jules Feiffer, Barbara McClintock and Kim Deitch on the secret life of cats...