Librarian in Black Blog – Sarah Houghton

Q: Jacques Derrida & Christopher Reeve have what in common?
A: They both had an impact on LiB, and both passed on recently.

Jacques Derrida, founder the philosophical school of deconstructionism, has died at the age of 74. Deconstructionist theory formed many of my literary theories in English graduate school, and made me the target of many nasty grad-student classroom discussions. Long live deconstructionism!

Christopher Reeve, Superman & stem-cell proponent, has died of heart failure at the age of 52. LiB remembers at the age of 6 or so, dressing up in her best dress-up clothes to watch the Muppet Show episode where Reeve appeared. I had quite the crush on Clark Kent (not Superman, mind you, but Clark Kent). My nerdiness revealed.