Lightning over the outskirts of Oradea, Romania, during the August 17 2005 thunderstorm which went on to cause major flash floods over Southern Romania. Photo info: Canon EOS 300D, EF-S 18-55 lens; Exp: 30s; F/13; ISO400 Author: Mircea Madau

Probabil ştiţi mai mult, mai puţin sau deloc de blog-ul Cartea din geantă - proiect iniţiat de Jen şi Ionuca - îşi propune să surprindă persoane care citesc pe stradă, metrou, etc. Ei bine şi americanii au şi ei varianta lor pentru acest proiect însă mult mai inflacărată, mai aprope de cititori. Sonya Worthy şi-a propus să viziteze 48 de oraşe “lower states” ale SUA pornind din San Francisco şi să observe ce citesc oamenii dar şi ce părere au ei despre ceea ce citesc în scurte (foto-)interviuri . Jurnalul acestei călătorii îl găsiţi pe două bloguri: Dogeared (întrega călătorie) şi People Reading (San Francisco).

Dogeared - A literary tour of the lower 48

The Rocky Mountains, Statue of Liberty, amber waves of grain, sprinklers on the grass, strip malls and chain stores may define our country’s physical landscape, but it’s the media we consume that defines who we are as people.

It’s the magazines, newspapers, movies, video games, music and TV shows that fill our minds like the grade school health class motto–”you are what you eat.”

While it’s more likely that what comes across our iPods and TV sets defines us as a country, it’s the books we read that interest me most–hand-held how-to, history, fantasy, memoir, magna comics… that go anywhere and everywhere. A substitute brain that lasts for over a hundred pages and turns the reader’s mind into the author’s thoughts.

In September of 2006 I began interviewing people reading books, on public transportation, in coffee shops and parks in San Francisco, where I’ve lived for the past five years. This project has been extremely satisfying. I have made new friends, broadened my horizons, and, when I sit down at my computer to work on my novel, I feel as though writing is a worthwhile. People love to read.

I will post on this blog during a six week period, from mid July through the end of August, and attempt to encompass a diverse sample of our country. Please write me at sonya.worthy@gmail.com if you have advice or suggestions, if I’ve made a mistake or you have something to add. Also, please comment if you have something to share with other readers. Comments are set up so that you don’t need to log in or create an account–it’s easy.

About People Reading

 

This blog is my exploration of literary San Francisco and daily affirmation that people still read.

While the Golden Gate Bridge and our hilly streets define our city’s physical landscape, I believe that the books we read are markers of our mental landscapes–the character of San Francisco.

Pictures are taken the day of the posting in San Francisco, unless I say otherwise. I get rejected about 20% of the time and I respect the privacy of people who do not want to be on this site.

Cell phones, iPods, and sudoku may continue to occupy the BART platforms, but books are everywhere, too. San Francisco, not surprisingly, is a very well read city.

I don’t pretend to be well read myself–this blog is more of an attempt to live vicariously through others–though I do read and I’m very interested in why we read what we do and what makes a good book good. Right now I’m reading Deep Economy, by Bill McKibben.

Comments are set up so that you don’t need to log in or create an account–it’s easy. Please let me know if I’ve made a mistake or if you have something to add. You can also email me directly at sonya.worthy@gmail.com.

Planul de expansiune online al holdingului Adevarul include mai multe proiecte de site-uri noi, intre care si un site literar, care va oferi, probabil, si posibilitatea cumpararii de carti online.

Ziarul Adevarul are o traditie culturala importanta, iar suplimentul sau ALIA (Adevarul Literar si Artistic) e printre cele mai prestigioase publicatii de profil din tzara. Nu e de mirare, asadar, ca cei de acolo gandesc si un site comercial, care ar putea sa capitalizeze prestigiul cultural editorial al ziarului.

Realizarea site-ului e coordonata, ca si celelalte proiecte online ale Adevarului, de Razvan Costache. Ar fi, din cate stiu, un prim proiect de magazin virtual al unui mare cotidian romanesc.

Site-ul adevarul.ro se va relansa la final de 2007 sau inceput de 2008

scris de Bradut Ulmanu @ http://ro.mykinda.com/