so that they turn on without me thinking to turn them on/plug them in…I know I’ll get used to it at some point, but for now, for the past two weeks, whenever they do, it makes me feel…that some things will continue to
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and still in print, it’s the story of a group of children whose homes are destroyed in a Caribbean hurricane. When the children are sent to England, pirates seize their ship. It sounds like an adventure story, but it’s more of a psychological drama. In an NPR segment, Andrew ...
The 'Berry Burnings' mentioned in the first chapter-and beyond-and Mr. Tatum who was tarred and feathered in the fourth chapter, are prime examples of the racism that still existed, with people taking the law into their own hands, at the expense of the black population. Througho...
There are some positive and fun stories in here too. I was happy to hear that Page enjoyed his work onJunoand mentioned that he still watched it. I remember when that movie came out –it was the second film I’d ever seen that was directed and written by a woman (the other wasSomet...
She mentioned the word also in aParis Reviewinterviewconducted by Europa publishers. “My mother liked to use the wordfrantumaglia—bits and pieces of uncertain origin which rattle around in your head, not always comfortably.” While Ferrante would no doubt disapprove, journalists and travel writer...
In 1953, when I moved from Peru, Indiana, to Clifton Forge, Virginia, I was shocked when my 3rd-grade teacher mentioned in history class that the Civil War was not about slavery but it was about State’s Rights. Today, right-wing fanatics, like the Nazis in Charlottesville, deny the re...
In“Their Back Pages”, from the 26 September 2005 issue of theVillage Voice, Paul Collins amusingly discusses forgotten books by famous writers. Among those mentioned: •Casing the Promised Land, by Caleb Carr A first novel from the author ofThe Alienist, this rock-n-roll saga led Carr ...
I would encourage all readers to take the additional time to search, explore, read and Listen (CSNY - Déjà Vu) all of the examples mentioned. From Harry Belafonte (see if you can identify what song Godin is referencing!), to Kafka, to Yertle the Turtle (Dr. Suess), to Charles and ...
Perhaps we had heard a review on NPR or read somewhere saying it sort of deconstructs the antebellum myths of plantations and glory — in Russo’s words, Nathan Harris has “unwritten Gone with the Wind, detonating its phony romanticism, its unearned sympathies, its wretched racism.” Yet, th...