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4th Annual Urchie Award Nominations

Posted on 18 February 2013 by The Urchins

Ladies and gentlemen! Gather around, for it’s that special time of year again! Your favourite award show is now announcing its 4th annual nominations! Tune back in this Wednesday (that’s right, two days from now!) for the winners! And don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaborative, Film & Television, Literature, Music, The Urchies, Travel, Urchin Eats | Tagged alison bechdel, Anne Hathaway, Annie Proulx, Argo, aung san suu kyi, Band of the Year, barack obama, bati brooklyn, beasts of the southern wild, Best Performance by an Actor, Best Performance by an Actress, best television show, big sir, boneshepherds, Book of the Year, bookstore of the year, British Colombia, Briton of the Year, christoper waltz, daredevil fiona apple, daunt books, diesel a bookstore oakland, django uchained, edward goldsmith, Exemplary Human Being, film of the year, gotye, hillary clinton, holly golightly & the brokeoffs, Hugh Jackman, i wonder as i wander, ivar's acres of clams seattle, Jennifer Lawrence, joaquin phoenix, kimbra, langston hughes, lehka hlava prague, les miserables, mo farrah, Norway, nothing's gonna change the way you feel about me now justin townes earle, of mosters and men, paris, patrick rosal, portlandia, quvenzhane wallis, screenplay of the year, silver linings playbook, somebody that i used to know, Song of the Year, tabu, tattered cover denver, The Best American Travel Writing, the colbert report, the daily show writing staff, the hobbit, the master, the mindy project, Travel Destination of the Year, william t. vollman, writer of the year, Zadie Smith | Leave a comment

The Urchin Bookshelf – Fall 2012

Posted on 8 October 2012 by The Urchins

Let the leaves fall and the pages turn! Sarah’s books Fun Home by Alison Bechdel After months of reading Geo’s continuously high praise for cartoonist and graphic novelist Alison Bechdel (see here, here, and here), I decided it was time, … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaborative, Literature | Tagged alice walker, alison bechdel, amy goodman, angel nafis, Bill Bryson, blackgirl mansion, books, bookstores, dave eggers, democracy now!, denis moynihand, essential dykes to watch out for, fun home, glitter in the blood, graphic memoirs, matt weiland, mindy nettifee, novels, poetry, revolutionary road, richard yates, sam mendes, sean wilsey, state by state, the color purple, the silenced majority, Vermont | Leave a comment

It’s Bookshelf Time

Posted on 30 April 2012 by The Urchins

Spring is here! And so are new books to the Urchin Bookshelf! Check it before you wreck it. (Actually, don’t wreck it at all. We only have one, and it was given to us by a large man with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaborative, Literature | Tagged alison bechdel, are you my mother, biographies, books, c.s. lewis, desert solitaire, edward abbey, essays, granta, london, london the lives of the city, michael pollan, prince, ronin ro, the botany of desire, the london scene, the omnivore's dilemma, till we have faces, urchin bookshelf, virginia woolf | 76 Comments

Alison Bechdel Named a 2012 Guggenheim Fellow!

Posted on 13 April 2012 by The Urchins

By Geo Ong The Urchins would like to extend our very excited congratulations to Alison Bechdel on that, you know, Guggenheim thing. No big deal, right? 220 Fellowships are awarded each year anyway. Out of somewhere between 3,500 and 4,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in Fine Arts, Geo, Literature | Tagged alison bechdel, are you my mother, graphic illustrators, graphic novelists, guggenheim fellowship | 3 Comments

Layering the Page: A Look at Graphic Novels

Posted on 8 March 2012 by The Urchins

By Geo Ong As I mentioned earlier in the week, I have been on a graphic novel binge as of late. It’s no secret that the graphic novel medium has catapulted during the past decade, gaining popularity with readers, reviewers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fine Arts, Geo, Literature | Tagged alison bechdel, artists, books, coming of age, fun home, graphic memoirs, graphic novels, illustrators, iran, lgbt, maira kalman, marjane satrapi, persepolis, the principles of uncertainty, women, writers | 2 Comments

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4th Annual Urchie Award Nominations

The Urchin Bookshelf – Fall 2012

It’s Bookshelf Time

Alison Bechdel Named a 2012 Guggenheim Fellow!

Layering the Page: A Look at Graphic Novels

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