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Bulletin Board In addition to the five book reviews posted here over the last 10 days or so, I’ve got a review of The Boomer’s Guide to Story over at Cinema Sentries. Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes Bearing the Cost of War (“Since 9/11, no national leaders have proposed that the country actually pay […] Why do certain political ideas take root and gain acceptance while others advocated by the same party or movement do not? That question can’t help but come to mind reading R. Alton Lee’s Principle over Party: The Farmers’ Alliance and Populism in South Dakota, 1880-1900. The Farmers’ Alliance and the political parties to which it […] Using weather as a metaphor can be tricky business. One of the worst sentences I’ve read in years invoked a “restless silver sky.” F. Scott Fitzgerald on the other hand used it to noted effect in The Great Gatsby. The risk for a writer may be even greater when weather is the central allegory. […] Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes What Jock Culture Does To Pukes Like You (“Jock Culture is a distortion of sports. It can be physically and mentally unhealthy, driving people apart instead of together. It is fueled by greed and desperate competition.”) (via) The History of Torture—Why We Can’t Give It Up (“Torture by […] It’s hard to see and hear Penn Jillette without forming some sort of opinion. Jillette, the large (nearly 6 foot, 7 inches tall and approximately 300 pounds) half of the illusionist-magician-comic duo Penn & Teller, is talented, brash and unabashed. He’s never been loath to express his views. And his new book, God, No!: Signs […] |
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