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- LA Review of Books Great selection of literary reviews, essays, and interviews.
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- New Yorker: Page-Turner “Criticism, contention, and conversation about books that matter.”
- Slate Culture Gabfest My intellectual idols discuss culture, highbrow and low.
- The Millions An untidy source of interesting literary articles.
- The New York Times Sunday Book Review Lovely assortment of weekly news on new book releases, literary reviews, and articles.
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- Cracked: After Hours YouTube Channel Entertaining, goofy, but actually quite insightful source of info on pop culture.
- Current TV: That's Gay “Humorous deconstructions of gay stereotypes in media and popular culture.”
- PhD Comics Jokes on academia sorted with informative animated videos.
- Target: Women by Sarah Haskins Hilarious examples of sexist advertisements and cultural trends. The videos are now scattered, so YouTube/Google as many as you can!!
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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Revisting the Children of the Night
WARNING: This piece veers into Gothic lit, Venezuelan politics, a brief exposition of Victorian hangups on sexuality, and ends with the mention of another of the joys of Halloween. These seemingly random shifts occur without warning. Halloween fast approacheth. I … Continue reading
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Always The Hours
My favorite film is The Hours. It didn’t used to be, and it may not always be, but this film currently tops my list. I have the ability to re-watch all my favorite movies an astounding number of times, often … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, TV and Film
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Beauty of Books
In the movie Legally Blonde (I know it was originally a book, but I only saw the movie, OK?), beauty queen Elle Woods becomes deeply depressed when her jerk of a boyfriend Warner Huntington III dumps her before heading off … Continue reading
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Where the Melancholy Waters Lie
I have to take an English Literature exam tomorrow. I feel my brain crammed with both useful and obsolete information, and can almost hear the random names and dates and works, spanning Beowulf to present day, that are falling out … Continue reading
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Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Summers, The City in the Sea, The Raven
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The Moral Dilemma of Batman
WARNING: I won’t divulge the book’s plot, but I will mention some characters featured in the story arc. Another wonderful piece which kept me from studying last week: the lovely graphic novel titled Batman: Hush, story by Jeph Loeb and … Continue reading
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Theater of War
As I travailed through my GRE English literature practice test this evening, I came across this question: “So poignant did the original audiences find his itinerant war profiteer that he actually rewrote the play to make her harder, meaner, less … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Literature, Theatre, TV and Film
Tagged Brecht, Meryl Streep, Mother Courage, Public Theater, Theater of War
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Why I Love Evolution
Currently, I’m supposed to be studying for my GRE English Subject Test. I’m taking it in 4 days. Naturally, I’ve been viciously procrastinating with something that has very little to do with English lit at all. It’s time for science, … Continue reading
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Brave New World
Testing, testing, one two three… This site began with a simple idea. Everyone procrastinates from work at some point or other. Let’s face it: we NEED to. While some people may be commended for their powers of concentration and ability … Continue reading
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