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Literature Archive

Who belongs here more than you?

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Thursday, May 21st, 2009

No one. That’s right, no one. Or that’s what Miranda July is asserting with the straightforward [...]


The Importance of Reading

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Thursday, May 7th, 2009

I was recently eating dinner with some friends when I mentioned I had to re-read “The [...]


It’s raining poems

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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Today in yet another glorious art history class, our typical discussions of the spiritual nature of [...]


The best French novel you’ll probably never read

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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

I recently found myself blessed with one of those substances so coveted by, so rare, so [...]


Narrating

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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

When I read James Joyce’s “Araby” I did not delve into the depth or craft of [...]


Cherish Your Books

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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

I love bookcases. I wish I had enough books to fill a whole library worth of [...]


Globalization in literature

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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

I used to be incredibly afraid of globalization. As an aspiring writer, I was worried that [...]


History Notes in English Class

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Thursday, April 16th, 2009

The study of Literature did not catch my attention in any real way until I hit [...]


Diatribe Against Experience

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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Most of the time, I think of experience as a catch-22 — you need experience to [...]


Books to movies: I’m still not sure that I’m a fan of adaptations.

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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

This weekend I was confronted with the option of watching “Blindness,” the movie adaptation of José [...]