by Alex Dalenberg | Jan 6, 2014 | Books, Comics, History, Television
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D.January 5, 2014 An important centennial sneaked by un-noticed this October 28: the 100th anniversary of the publication of the first Krazy Kat comic strip by George Herriman. The character of Krazy Kat had first appeared in Herriman’s...
by Alex Dalenberg | Dec 2, 2013 | Books, Travel
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D.December 1, 2013We here at the Dalenberg Library are all about literary pilgrimages. I’ve personally been to Edgar Poe’s grave in Baltimore, which is in a slightly creepy city churchyard with actual crypts, where Poe is buried with his female...
by Alex Dalenberg | Nov 25, 2013 | Books, History, people
W.E.B. DuBois, the leading African-American intellectual of his time, from Molesworth’s new biography of Countee Cullen. Both Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes were championed by DuBois, who was an influence to both poets. DuBois’ famous book, The Souls of Black...
by Alex Dalenberg | Nov 10, 2013 | News, people
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D. November 10, 2013Even in the Internet era, news sometimes travels slowly, as I just learned this month of the passing of Richard Matheson on June 23. There has always been a special place in the Dalenberg Library for Mr. Matheson....
by Alex Dalenberg | Sep 30, 2013 | Music, people
By Alex DalenbergSeptember 29, 2013 Greetings from your editor. I’ve been meaning to put up a post on this for a while here, but a friend of mind bringing home a copy of Philip K. Dick ‘s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ...
