The Extratextuals

Just a stub, and self-promotion at that, but I recently received notice that my book, Television Entertainment (discussed here, if you want to know more), made Choice Magazine’s Outstanding Academic Titles list for 2008. Thanks to the good folks at the American Library Association. I still find it really exciting when I hear that anyone other than an official reviewer, my mum, or my wife has read anything of mine, so a tip of the hat like this is just icing on the cake (to mix hat and cake metaphors).

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I wanted to let readers know of my new book, Television Entertainment. It’s out from Routledge and costs $33.76 at Amazon, $33.95 direct from Routledge.

Though it may be changed by the time you read this, Amazon (or Routledge) seem to have made an error, since their review of it currently reads:

Deepen your understanding of your patients, your partner, and your own process by giving yourself the wisdom of Robert Lee’s The Secret Language of Intimacy. I’ve been learning from Robert for years; welcome to the group. – Gordon Wheeler, Ph.D.

Hey, whether it’s about The Simpsons, paratexts, or how to snuggle, I aim to illuminate and inform

If you want to know more (not advice on intimacy, but about the real book, that is), I waffle on a bit below the fold.
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