Monthly Archives: December 2004

And the winner is…Proust, by a nose! Yes, The Literate Kitten will cuddle up with Marcel in 2005, starting with volume one of his seven-volume tome, In Search of Lost Time: “Swann’s Way.” We are already intrigued by the first … Continue reading →

As this holiest of holy seasons approaches for 94 percent of Americans who say they believe in Christ (that’s what the AP polls say), we are reminded by the Fundamentalist Ghosts of Christmas Present that there’s no end to cashing … Continue reading →

Much crap is immortalized in ink, both online and in print. Some of it, we realize, is unavoidable.(We hope The Literate Kitten is not adding to the pile of stinky word-doo.) For a whiff of clean and unpolluted prose, check … Continue reading →

Now that the Literate Kitten has committed to a serious Literary Goal for 2005, it’s time to nudge her two or three faithful readers – and maybe some unsuspecting passersby – into the same. Read a book – and thumb … Continue reading →

2004 is burning to the stub, and as the year’s final light flickers, the Literate Kitten ponders the future. Namely, next year. One of our goals is to promote literature and literacy. To that end, we will commit to a … Continue reading →