Speaker’s Book:
Architectural Follies in America, by Gwyn Headley
Coral Castle: A Labor of Unrequited Love
Online:
- Coral Castle Museum
- Coral Castle – Crystal Links
- Coral Castle – Roadside America
Print:
- Coral Castle: The Mystery of Ed Leedskalnin and His American Stonehenge, by Rusty McClure and Jack Heffron
- Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets, by Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman
- A Book in Every Home Containing Three Subjects: Ed’s Sweet Sixteen, Domestic, and Political Views, by Edward Leedskalnin
The Jaws Effect: When pop culture collides with nature
Online:
- The Problem with Purity – Richard White on Disney’s effect on how we view nature
- How JAWS Changed Our View of Great Whites – Live Science
- People More Dangerous than Sharks – Live Science
- Will Finding Nemo 3D kill more fish? – Real Clear Science
- Extinction Risk and Bottlenecks in the Conservation of Charismatic Marine Species – Loren McClenachan, Andrew B. Cooper, Kent E. Carpenter and Nicholas K. Dulvy
- Sanctuary Opens for Owls Dumped by Harry Potter Fans – The Telegraph
- After Movies, Unwanted Dalmatians – New York Times
Print:
- Waiting for Wolves in Japan: An anthropological study of people-wildlife relations, by John Knight
- The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation, by David Whitley
Joseph Haydn and the curious case of the roving skull
Online:
- Podcast – Hunting Haydn’s Head ~ BBC
- Haydn’s Skull is Returned: After Theft 145 Years Ago, Body is Complete ~ Life Magazine, June 28th, 1954
- Review of The Roots Phrenology ~ Pitchfork
Print:
- Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses, by Bess Lovejoy
- Playing Before the Lord: The Life and Work of Joseph Haydn, by Calvin R. Stapert
- Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius, by Colin Dickey
Ziegfeld Follies: Bittersweet Extravagance
Online:
- Florenz Ziegfeld Biography ~ Musicals 101
- Florenz Ziegfeld and his Fabulous Follies ~ Parlor Songs
- Ziegfeld Follies Girls (1907 – 1931) ~ The Red List
- Legends: Ziegfeld ~ Pin Curl Magazine
Print:
- Ziegfeld, by Charles Higham
- Ziegfeld Girl: Image and Icon in Culture and Cinema, by Linda Mizejewski
- Ziegfeld – The Man Who Invented Show Business, by Ethan Madden
Selling out and shelling out: the curious case of Germany’s turtles.
- Status of the European Pond Turtle – Acta Herpetologica
- When Turtle DNA Tells European History ~ Research Gate
Las Pozas: Surrealist Eden
Online:
- Fondo Xilitla ~ the foundation that owns and maintains Las Pozas
- Tilda Swanton’s Totally Surreal Fashion Adventure ~ W Magazine, May 2013
Las Pozas Aerial Cinematography by Tarsicio Sañudo:
Print:
- Surreal Eden: Edward James and Las Pozas, by Margaret Hooks
- Surrealism, by Mary Ann Caws
For each salon, we invite our speakers to share the resources and interesting reading they came across in researching their talk, so that we can all dig more deeply. This reading list was compiled by Odd Salon with Beth Abdallah, Miles Traer, James Manion, Amanda Williams, Rachel Van Schoik, and Stuart Gripman. Thank you!
