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As villagecharm mentioned last night, I have been cheating on livejournal. A couple of months ago I started yet another new blog; this one dedicated to my primary interest: books. You can see it at foxhillreview.wordpress.com
So far, it is going well. I’m excited about what Charm and I are writing for it. The fact that it is searchable on google and is ( Read more... ) -
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Dear Mountain Goats Obsessives,
Please give me a lyric about love that isn't depressing.
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Coup or Not?
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Egyptian Books
During law school I spent a summer in Egypt. I made many friends and read my fair share of books. Someone once said to understand a people, read their poetry. I’m not a poetry fan, but here are some of the best Egyptian authors or books about Egypt that I have read. I don’t read Arabic, so my choices are only from those works that have been ( Read more... ) -
Egypt on my Mind
Egyptians and other Arabic speakers have created a type of Arabic script written in roman letters and numbers which allows them to communicate on platforms like text messaging and facebook, that don’t easily support Arabic. Just now, a good friend from Egypt posted this on facebook:
Howa bel nesba lel television el masry....el donya kewayesa we ( Read more... ) -
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Nicolas Shakespeare, the author of The Dancer Upstairs has an incredible article on his first meeting with Martiza Lecca. Lecca is the ballerina in whose apartment Shining Path leader Alerto Guzman was captured. The article is haunting and excellent, check it out.Not a lot is available in English about Shining Path, and much of what is available is ( Read more... ) -
Henry VI Part III
I don’t know this for a fact, but I imagine the Henry the 6th plays are among the least performed in the Shakespeare cannon. Written early in Will’s career, they just aren’t very good. The first is really down right awful. It is confusing, poorly plotted and hard to get through. Joan of Arc is a character in Part I and it still sucks. The second is ( Read more... ) -
The Passage Justin Cronin
The Passage is a seven hundred page vampire novel written by a novelist who graduated from the Iowa Writers Workshop. That makes it a pretty rare bird. It is also a book I enjoyed tremendously. I imagine there is very little middle ground with this book. You either enjoy its epic scope, slightly showy writing, and meandering plot or you think it’s ( Read more... )
