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Reading Harry Potter
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Jun 8, 2020
7 min

Harry Potter and the fictional foils, part two: Neville and Ron

Both Ron Weasley and Neville Longbottom ... seem to exist ... to make Harry's achievements seem all the more remarkable.

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Gregory Loselle

May 26, 2020
1 min

Movie Artifact: Favorite moments

I had hoped to put off considering the movies until I'd read all of the books, but...

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Potter Artifact: Harry Potter at the table

Gregory Loselle

May 26, 2020
1 min

Potter Artifact: Harry Potter at the table

Target is selling Harry Potter place settings.

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Harry Potter and conspicuously thoughtful consumption

Gregory Loselle

May 25, 2020
5 min

Harry Potter and conspicuously thoughtful consumption

... for the first time, he admits ... that he understood the quality of his experience for what it was.

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Potter Artifact: Kirkus reviews the second book

Gregory Loselle

May 20, 2020
1 min

Potter Artifact: Kirkus reviews the second book

... the near-dismissiveness of the review is interesting precisely because of its cursory tone.

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Harry Potter and the fictional foils, part one: Dudley and Draco

Gregory Loselle

May 19, 2020
6 min

Harry Potter and the fictional foils, part one: Dudley and Draco

... it would be easy to analyze the qualities of character, and the proximity of any given character to another, as an element of drama ...

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Gregory Loselle

May 18, 2020
1 min

Potter Artifacts: and at a discount!

Thanks, Aldi!

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Gregory Loselle

May 13, 2020
5 min

On Sirius' cycle

I'd been prepared, when I first started listening to the Potter books, to acknowledge that they were of differing quality and depth, and ...

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Potter Artifact: Covid update for Hogwarts tech

Gregory Loselle

May 12, 2020
1 min

Potter Artifact: Covid update for Hogwarts tech

... a humorous article that maps instruction in magic at Hogwarts onto the Coronavirus isolation practice of distance learning.

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Potter Artifact: The first New York Times review

Gregory Loselle

May 10, 2020
4 min

Potter Artifact: The first New York Times review

This is what the Times ... had to say about Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

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Harry Potter and the more-accurate title

Gregory Loselle

May 9, 2020
5 min

Harry Potter and the more-accurate title

... might it not be worthwhile to engage in a little retroactive re-naming?

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Potter Artifact: Daniel Radcliffe reads Chapter 1 of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"

Gregory Loselle

May 8, 2020
1 min

Potter Artifact: Daniel Radcliffe reads Chapter 1 of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"

Daniel Radcliffe, is seen here reading he first chapter of the first of the Potter books.

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Gregory Loselle

May 7, 2020
4 min

Sympathy for the Dursleys

... the Durleys, taken on their own merits, and invested with some sympathy, are understandable, if not exactly likable, characters.

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Gregory Loselle

May 6, 2020
1 min

Potter Artifacts: Covid metaphor meme

The advice--offered metaphorically--is at least sound enough. Someone meant well.

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Gregory Loselle

May 2, 2020
5 min

Incipit! At last!

Rowling introduces us to Harry and his story yet-to-unfold with the most trite materials....

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Gregory Loselle

Apr 30, 2020
6 min

Plot-strain and exasperation

I'm wondering, this morning, if it's fair to ask if Rowling deserves our sympathy...

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Gregory Loselle

Apr 27, 2020
5 min

But first a few guiding principles...

I have a few guidelines that I've already set for myself. rules that define the work to follow...

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Gregory Loselle

Apr 25, 2020
5 min

And then, as if by magic....

And so I am organizing my thoughts, and organizing my thoughts about my thoughts, and setting out on a critical inquiry.

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Gregory Loselle

Apr 23, 2020
4 min

The boy who just keeps living

And so Harry Potter, at whatever age, is still living--and we live with him.

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