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The Ginger Man (Modern Library #99)

The Ginger Man (Modern Library #99)

January 31, 2011
by Edward Champion
donleavy-jp, Modern Library

The next exciting entry in the The Modern Library Reading Challenge, concerning itself with boorish protagonists, authors who sue themselves in court, and the interior monologue!

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The Bat Segundo Show: Gregg Araki

The Bat Segundo Show: Gregg Araki

January 28, 2011
by Edward Champion
araki-gregg, Bat Segundo, Film, interview

In this 25 minute interview, Gregg Araki discusses his latest film, Kaboom, his thoughts on Inception, and why he’s fond of fictional mothers.

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The Bat Segundo Show: Misha Angrist

The Bat Segundo Show: Misha Angrist

January 28, 2011
by Edward Champion
angrist-misha, Bat Segundo, Genetics, interview

In this one hour interview, Misha Angrist, the tenth participant of the Personal Genome Project, discusses his book, Here is a Human Being, retail genetics, and numerous ethical issues.

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Jane McGonigal’s Mind is Broken

Jane McGonigal’s Mind is Broken

January 27, 2011
by Edward Champion
mcgonigal-jane, Video Games

A 3,000 word response to Jane McGonigal’s Reality is Broken, outlining in detail Ms. McGonigal’s misunderstanding of psychology, human behavior, and intellectualism.

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The Bat Segundo Show: Paula Bomer

The Bat Segundo Show: Paula Bomer

January 20, 2011
by Edward Champion
Bat Segundo, bomer-paula

In this 30 minute radio interview, writer Paula Bomer discusses the differences between bad thought and bad action, Patricia Highsmith, and passive-aggressive editors who impugn you at readings.

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The Magnificent Ambersons (Modern Library #100)

The Magnificent Ambersons (Modern Library #100)

January 17, 2011
by Edward Champion
Modern Library, tarkington-booth

The first entry in the The Modern Library Reading Challenge, an ambitious project to read the entire Modern Library from #100 to #1.

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Review: The Green Hornet (2011)

Review: The Green Hornet (2011)

January 14, 2011
by Edward Champion
Film, New Geeks, rogen-seth

This 2,500 word essay outlines how the geek has become aligned with marketing forces and why The Green Hornet and Seth Rogen must be thoroughly rejected for culture to survive.

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Review: Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish (2010)

Review: Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish (2010)

January 14, 2011
by Edward Champion
Film, Shakespeare

Regardless of my Jewish state (or lack thereof), it is hard to say no to a movie titled Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish.

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The Modern Library Reading Challenge

The Modern Library Reading Challenge

January 10, 2011
by Edward Champion
Modern Library

Introducing one of the most ridiculously ambitious reading challenges: a quest to read all of the Modern Library Top 100.

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We Are Not Weaker Than the Tyrants

We Are Not Weaker Than the Tyrants

January 10, 2011
by Edward Champion
brady-robert, giffords-gabrielle, loughner-jared-lee, palin-sarah, Politics

A 1,500 word essay on what the Arizona shootings mean for the American climate.

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The Bat Segundo Show: Elia Suleiman

The Bat Segundo Show: Elia Suleiman

January 8, 2011
by Edward Champion
Bat Segundo, Film, interview, suleiman-elia

In this 25 minute radio interview, filmmaker Elia Suleiman discusses The Time That Remains and innocuous YouTube users who watch his films outside of their context.

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Simon & Schuster Cancels Borders Events

Simon & Schuster Cancels Borders Events

January 7, 2011
by Edward Champion
Borders, Simon & Schuster

As Borders struggles to stay alive, several Simon & Schuster events became “canceled” as of Thursday night.

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Memory in the Raw

Memory in the Raw

January 1, 2011
by Edward Champion
Memory, Photography

We’ve only had photographs for about 170 years and we’re more reliant upon the camera to confirm our existence than at any other time in human history. We must have our memory in the raw with an intermediary.

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