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Relevancy Optional
For some reason we get Good Housekeeping delivered in the mail on a regular basis. Neither Husband nor I can recall ever subscribing to this domestic tome, either in our current life or any previous lives, unless one of us was once … Continue reading
Posted in Skool Daze
Tagged Chekhov, graduate school, Henry James, Hurricane Sandy
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That Certain Something
I just wrote a term paper for a Film & Literature course that made me think about what makes a star a star. For every hundred self-invented, brand-promoted celebrities like Lady Gaga, there’s the rare and authentic star who just … Continue reading
Posted in Skool Daze
Tagged Dashiell Hammett, detective movies, Film & Literature course, film noir, graduate school, Humphrey Bogart, Sam Spade, The Maltese Falcon
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All Aboard the Diversity Express
I recently attended a Diversity Residency offered by my college. It was a weekend of exploration into the ways in which the landscape of our country has changed in response to immigration from an ever increasing number of countries. Be it for … Continue reading
Posted in MindFrame
Tagged change, distribution of power, Diversity Residency, ethnic groups, foreign, gender issues, graduate school, Native Americans, race
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