Books&Writing.October9,2015

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TheLifeofBooks:WrittenLanguagePastandPresentOneofthegoalsofPC’sC.H.A.P.(CulturalHistoricalAwarenessProgram)for2015-2016istoencouragethePCcommunitytoexploretheannualthemebyattendingC.H.A.P.programsandlearningaboutthetopic.“TheLifeofBooks:WrittenLanguagePastandPresent”isthisyear’sfocus.PossibleTopicsRelatedtoBooksandWriting:• Anthropology:cultureswithandwithoutbooksorwriting• Artofbookmaking,illustrating• Bibliophiles,bibliotaphs,bibliotherapy,bibliophobes,biblioklepts,

bibliophages,bibliomaniacs,biblioatry,bibliogony,bibliocasts,bibliognosts,biblipoles

• Bilingualeducation,languageimmersion• Booksandwrittenwordsrelevanttosignificanthistoricaleventsor

times• Bookstoresandlibraries:past,present,future• Censorship:banned,burned,challengedbooks• Children’sbooks• Classics/WesternCanon• Culture/Subculturesandlanguage• Digital/electronic/interactivebooks• Documents:Hammurabi’sCode,MagnaCarta,Declarationof

Independence,U.S.Constitution,GettysburgAddress,“IHaveaDream”(MLK,Jr.),TheNinety-FiveTheses,RosettaStone

• Evolutionofwrittenlanguages(grammar,cursive,robotic/algorithmic,etc.)

• Futureofbooksorwrittenlanguageinthedigital/electronicage• Genderfactorsinbooksandreading• Generation1.5• Gettingbookspublishedorpublishinginprintandelectronicmedia• Graffiti,tattoos,otherformsofwrittenlanguage• Graphicbooks:comicbooks,graphicnovels,nonfictiongraphicbooks• Infographics

• Learningalanguagefrominfancy,laterinlife• Learningtoread:children,adults,childrenoradultswithlearning

disabilities• Libraries(past,present,future)-public,school,andcollegelibraries• LibraryofCongress• Linguistics• Literacyandilliteracy• Mediabias(newspapers,magazines,journals)• NetGen/Millennialsandreadingandwriting• Muckrakers,whistleblowers,PentagonPapers• Printing’shistoryofthewrittenword• Propagandaand“spindoctors”• Psychologyorphysiologyofhumanbrainreadingandwritingprint• Psychologyorphysiologyofhumanbrainreadingorinputting

computer/digitalinformation• Publishingprintmaterials(newspapers,magazines,journals)• Purposeofbooksorwrittenlanguage:inform,persuade,entertain,

pleasure,record,etc.• Socio-economicfactorsinbookreadership• Socialmediaorthedigitalera–itsimpactonwrittenlanguage• Tabloids,YellowJournalism,pulpfiction• Textbookcontent

• Writing:hieroglyphs,cuneiform,clay,papyrus,scrolls,paper,etc.

Books&Writing.October9,2015

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100BannedBooks(Ref.)120BannedBooks:Censorship

Histories…(Ref.)AGuidetotheUnitedStatesConstitutionAHistoryofReadingAVindicationoftheRightsofWomanAmerica’sLibraryAnAnthologyofGraphicFiction,Cartoons,

andTrueStoriesAnEssayonthePrincipleofPopulationAnIntroductiontoBookHistoryAreBooksBecomingExtinct?(Ref.)ArrivalBannedBooks:2014Edition(Ref.)BattleoftheBooks:LiteraryCensorship…BestAmericanInfographics,TheBiblioTech:WhyLibrariesMatter…Ageof

GoogleBoneBookLust…..(Ref.)BookontheBookshelf,TheBooksthatChangedtheWorldBooks:ALivingHistoryCapital:ACritiqueofPoliticalEconomyComicsandSequentialArtCreatingLiteracy-RichPreschoolsand

KindergartenCreatingRoomtoReadCreativePop-Up:AHistoryandProjectBookCriticalInsights:TheAmericanComicBook

(alsoonline)CriticalSurveyofGraphicNovels(Ref.)

DigitalDivide,TheEnglishLanguageLearnersEveryBookItsReader:ThePowerofthe

PrintedWordtoStirtheWorldFahrenheit451GraffitiWorld:StreetArtfromFive

Continents(Ref.)GreatBooksGutenbergElegies,TheHowReadingChangedMyLifeHowtoReadandWhy“IWatchedaWildHogEatMyBaby!”JoyofReading,TheJungle,TheLayman’sParallelBible,TheLet’sEndOurLiteracyCrisisLibrary:AnUnquietHistoryLiteratureLover’sBookofLists(Ref.)LostArtofReading,TheMagnaCartain20PlacesMakingComics:StorytellingSecretsof

Comics,Manga,andGraphicNovelsMassMedia(Ref.)MeaningoftheGloriousQur’an,TheMenofTomorrow:Geeks,Gangsters…Birth

oftheComicBookMillennials,TheObsceneintheExtremeOnWritingOpenThisLittleBook(children’scollection)OriginofSpeciesandtheDescentofManPentagonPapers,The

PleasuresofReadinginanAgeofDistraction,The

PressEffect,ThePrince,TheProustandtheSquid:TheStoryandScience

oftheReadingBrainReadingMatters:FiveCenturiesof

DiscoveringBooksShallows,TheSilentSpringSlowReadinginaHurriedAgeSoWeReadOn:HowtheGreatGatsby

CameToBeand…StudiedIgnorance:HowCurricular

Censorship…UncleTom’sCabinUnderstandingComicsWalden,CivilDisobedienceandOther

WritingsWatchmenWealthofNations,TheWhataBookCanDo:ThePublicationand

ReceptionofSilentSpringWhatJohnnyShouldn’tReadWhatWeSeeWhenWeReadWholeFiveFeet,TheWhyIReadWhyIWrite:PoliticalLanguageIs

Designed….WhyReadMobyDick?WritingontheWall:SocialMedia…The1st

2,000Years

Sampling of books in the special collection “Life of Books” – see the computer catalog for other titles*

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*BookscanbecheckedoutunlessnotedasRef.(reference)