Hedwig Mania Over Influx of Snowy White Owls in US

by John 8 January 2012

Share I confess the story here about the great number of Great White Owl sightings in the United States didn’t really excite me. I’m not a ‘birder’ with a life list so the possibility of seeing birds that are a relatively rare sight in the lower 48 didn’t stir me to reschedule vacations so I [...]

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Happy New Year! Welcome to HogPro, MuggleNet Friends!

by John 31 December 2011

Share 2011 was a wild ride, wasn’t it? Harry Potter fandom experienced the  ’end of the beginning’ when the last movie adapted from the Hogwarts Saga was released [for a longish explanation why this is an 'end of the beginning' rather than a 'beginning of the end,' read Harry Is Here to Stay]. The Hunger [...]

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HogPro on YouTube: Eyes, Rings, and Trios from the Vault

by John 31 December 2011

Share MuggleNet ran an interview with me yesterday and, while writing a ‘welcome’ post for Muggletonians that drop by via the article’s link to this site, I found a bunch of YouTube promotional videos of me from other web sites as well as me talking at various conferences and schools. Here below, as an example, [...]

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Hunger Games Soundtrack News: First single ideal or ironic?

by Elizabeth 31 December 2011

Share Since I am a Gregorian, at least with respect to calendars, this time of year usually pulls me away from my duties here, so these are very overdue thoughts on the new Hunger Games soundtrack news. The first release from the soundtrack is Taylor Swift, along with the group The Civil Wars, performing “Safe [...]

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The Host: Filming to Start Soon, Sequels on the Way

by John 30 December 2011

Share Twilight expert and HogPro adjunct faculty member (only ‘adjunct’ until we can find the extra keys to the Admin Loo here) James, web master at TwilightNewsSite.com, has written today about Stephenie Meyer’s latest film and book projects, both being adaptations or extensions of her sci-fi book, The Host. Yes, They are Making “The Host” [...]

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Touchstone: Anagogical Reading of ‘To Build a Fire’

by John 28 December 2011

Share Touchstone is a great magazine, period, and if you don’t subscribe, you really should. I read every issue cover to cover and always find something to make me think and re-think what I’ve thought. For example, where else but Touchstone can you read a critique of Jack London’s short story ‘To Build a Fire’ [...]

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Harry Potter Alliance Comes of Age: ‘Not in Harry’s Name’

by John 28 December 2011

Share Some of the best conversations I have been part of at Harry Potter conventions the past few years have been with Andrew Slack, the head of the Harry Potter Alliance, and Travis Prinzi, author and fellow Potter Pundit, on the spiritual dimensions of the Hogwarts Saga. The details of these exchanges are all over [...]

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E-Mailbag: Islamic Influence, Industry Internships, Leather!

by John 26 December 2011

Share Subject: Classical education, Harry Potter, non-Western influences? ———————— Greetings John, I do have a few questions that I hope you would take the time to answer. 1.  After reading through “Harry Potter’s Bookshelf” (which really gave me a renewed appreciation of Western literature), I was wondering what you have to say about JK Rowling’s [...]

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Research Says… Reading Fantasy Makes Us Happy Wizards!

by John 26 December 2011

Share Start your 2012 out right! Resolve to read about Harry and Edward (or Bilbo and Batman?) at least one more time in the New Year — 10 (Research-Tested) New Year’s Resolutions, Culled from the Work of University at Buffalo Faculty Resolution #6 – ‘Read More Fantasy to Combat Loneliness.’ Reading fantasies like the popular [...]

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Merry Christmas, HogPro All Pros!

by John 25 December 2011

Share As many of you know, I am an Orthodox Christian which means today is not what it is for most; Nativity for traditional Christians is still two weeks away. I live in a different world than most people in America in choosing to observe the liturgical calendar of the Church but I am not [...]

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