Tuesday, March 21, 2017

After All, Miss, This is France: Historical Accuracy and the New "Beauty and the Beast"

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I saw the new live-action Beauty and the Beast on Saturday and I've been overthinking it ever since. (This is what happens when a booki...
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Saturday, March 18, 2017

"The Bell" by Iris Murdoch is a perfect English novel

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Last November, I joined a book club for the first time. There's about 6 of us, we meet once a month, we focus on literary fiction. I had...
Thursday, March 16, 2017

Iambs and Anagrams and Anapests, Oh My

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Some sentences from my reading that have jumped out at me lately. [Leon had said] "I can't help but picture an armada of floating...
Tuesday, March 7, 2017

We'll Serve Anyone (Meaning Anyone) At All

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I was rereading Macbeth this weekend and realized that the conceit of the Porter's first speech is basically the same as that of ...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

A Feminist Defense of LA LA LAND

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Mia (Emma Stone) strides ahead of Sebastian (Ryan Gosling). La La Land is one of the most talked-about, most awarded, and most love-it-...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

E. Gorey's Book of Practical Cats

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It's Edward Gorey's birthday! The delightfully macabre writer and illustrator would have been 92 years old today. As a small token o...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

Reading McCraney's Brother/Sister Plays

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In honor of Black History Month and Tarell Alvin McCraney's Oscar nomination for the Moonlight screenplay, I decided to read his Brothe...