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Vampires, Late Night Coffee and Poor Forks, Washington: A Lament

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

On my way in to the office this morning, NPR had a piece on the upcoming movie based on Stephenie Meyers’ Twilight and its effects on an unfortunate small town in Washington.  It seems Forks has been transformed from a bucolic near-paradise deep in the beauty of the northwest into a shrine for a swarm [...]

Michael Crichton, author, dies at 66

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Crichton, author of bestselling books such as Jurassic Park, Sphere, and Andromeda Strain, died after a long battle with cancer. You can read his family’s recent memorial statement here.

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2008 Man Booker Prize Announced

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Aravind Adiga, 33, won the 40th Man Booker prize on Tuesday night for his debut novel, “The White Tiger,” an exploration of India’s class struggle told through the story of a village boy’s journey from Indian village life to entrepreneurial success.

Adiga, who lives in Mumbai, was born in India. He studied at Columbia and Oxford [...]

2008 Nobel Laureate for Literature Announced

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

And the award goes to…Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, whose work defined him as an “author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization.” To read more about Le Clezio’s life and writing, please visit the Nobel Foundation’s site.

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Don’t Miss the Nobel Prize for Literature!

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

For me, this is so much more exciting than those silly Olympic Games–check out the announcement tomorrow for the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for literature.
Watch the live webcast from the Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, October 9, 1:00 p.m. CET, 11:00 a.m. GMT, at the earliest. Following the announcement, an interview [...]

Fall Movie Line-up: A Literary Feast

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

I absolutely love the entire experience of going to movie theatres: the smell of fake butter on popcorn, the plush but squeaky seats, the adorable little lights to guide your way down the aisles, the previews, and even the ridiculously high ticket prices. Nothing can keep me away from the silver screen, especially with some [...]

Books, Thieves, Churches and Stupidity

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Yes, they’re all connected in this breaking news story from the Asheville Citizen-Times.
Haywood County Sheriff’s chief detectives continue investigating a series of burglaries Tuesday night (August 19) near the intersection of N.C. 209 and Old Clyde Road in Waynesville, NC. They believe the five break-ins are connected. Thieves targeted three churches and two businesses.
Items stolen [...]

Is Kindle the One? being an account of 1983 Buicks and other heresies

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

I know I’m putting myself perilously close to being burned as a heretic, but I have to say that I think the Kindle is pretty good. There. I said it.
But, before you cast me into the lake to see if I float, at least give me a chance to prepare my defense. [...]

Advice to a teenager… don’t read these books

Friday, August 1st, 2008

As a teenager, I suffered from pretty severe iconoclasticitis. Most everyone else called it by its common name: rebelliousness.
But, when I wasn’t staging some inane sit-in or walk out over a meaningless point of bureaucratic trivia, or heckling my calculus teacher (who liked to ask the class a question, and then grab the [...]

Tips for Saving Money on Textbooks

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

I was once a poor student like yourself. To save up enough cash for Ramen noodles, a Netflix subscription and tickets to my favorite music venues, I had to get pretty creative with my textbook expenses. What I learned is that there are plenty of resources beyond your campus bookstore to help you obtain the [...]

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