This week’s In Media Res<http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/> theme focus is Magic & Sleight of Hand (August 11 - August 15, 2014). Here's the line-up: Monday, August 11, 2014 - Joe Culpepper (University of Toronto) presents: Maraº dondurmasi: Secrets of a Magical Ice Cream Commodity Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - Charlie Ecenbarger II (Ball State University) presents: Forgiving Through Connecting: Neil Patrick Harris and Barney Stinson Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - Christopher Lirette (Emory University) presents: Magic to Not Be who I Am: Grant Morrison, Chaos Magick, and Western Mystery Traditions Thursday, August 14, 2014 - Laurel Ahnert (Georgia State University) presents: DMC: Magic for Change Friday, August 15, 2014 - Jason Derby (Georgia State University) presents: Sleight of Hand: A Model of secrecy in public Theme week organized by Jason Derby<http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/users/jayderby> (Georgia State University). Visit us on the web at http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/. To receive links for each day’s posts and stay up to date on our latest calls for curators, please be sure to “like” our Facebook page<https://www.facebook.com/mediacommons.inmediares>. You can also follow us on Twitter<https://twitter.com/MC_IMR> (use #magic to discuss this week’s posts!). For more information, please contact In Media Res at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, or email the Coordinating Editor, Ethan Tussey, at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Best, The In Media Res Team ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]