And the winner for the Academy Award in short film is...
This short film -- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore -- is one of five being considered for the Academy Award for outstanding short film. It's 15 minutes long, which is a significant commitment, but I expect I will watch it every day this week. And maybe next week, too. It made me smile and brought tears to my eyes and I could barely wait to share it with everyone I know who reads or writes, who loves books or libraries.
I hope it wins the Oscar. It deserves it.
Curiosity is the single most important attribute with which humans are born. Curiosity is a powerful tool, like a scalpel or a searchlight. It is a way to affect change -- even to initiate global change -- on a personal level.”
—Loren's introduction to Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues
About Loren
For 10 years, I edited the nonfiction magazine Morbid Curiosity. Scribner published Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues in 2009. Now I'm blogging about graveyards as travel destinations at Cemetery Travel (http://cemeterytravel.com). A collection of my cemetery...
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Tinker at Pilgrim Creek, A Natural History of the Senses, How We Die, Something Wicked This Way Comes, American Gods, The Bloody Chamber, Owls Hoot in the...
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