Reading Chuck Palahniuk: American Monsters and Literary Mayhem (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature)
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
When you understand...that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize that story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble it up and throw your past in the trashcan...then we'll figure...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
It's the oldest tale in the book of high school cliches: Kids love cool English teacher for treating them like adults; administration hates cool English teacher for same reason; and then somewhere in...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Teacher Greg Van Vooris from the "Save Mr V" group on Facebook Following the suspension of a Bronx English teacher who assigned 11th graders a short story about tragic masturbation attempts , students have defended the instructor while adults have expressed skepticism over his decision. Louella Hatch, whose grandson attends the Bronx School of Law and Finance, is one of the adults who objects...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | yesterday
"A beloved city schoolteacher has been suspended by the Department of Education after giving his 11th-grade students a copy of a graphic short story about masturbation written by 'Fight Club' author Chuck Palahniuk."...
The Dreamin' Demon (Free subscription) | yesterday
New York — During an English class at The Bronx School of Law and Finance popular English teacher Greg Van Voorhis gave students studying for the Regents Exam the graphic and sexually explicit short story “Guts” written by one of my favorite authors, Chuck Palahniuk. Fans of Palahniuk are very aware of the [...] Related posts: Natasha Sizow Is Hot.. For Students Oregon Teacher Wants...
The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | yesterday
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kenneth in the (212) (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Talk about your extra credit. A popular English teacher in the Bronx is in hot water for giving his 11th-grade students a copy of a graphic short story about masturbation written by "Fight Club" author Chuck Palahniuk. Greg Van Voorhis, 30, handed out copies of Palahniuk's "Guts" late last month to about 100 students studying for the English Regents exam at The Bronx School of...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Greg Van Voorhis, a 30-year-old teacher at the Bronx School of Law and Finance, was suspended for giving students a Chuck Palahniuk story "about masturbation," per the Post . Our first thought when we read this: How bad could the story have been ? Probably not anything worse than teenagers hear or see or read on the Internet. Happily, the story was online. Or, maybe not so happily, because...
The Daily Transom (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
A Bronx English teacher has been suspended after assigning his students a Chuck Palahniuk story in which the protagonist masturbates with a carrot. The Post writes that Greg Van Voorhis, aka "Mr. V," had a "reputation for pushing the envelope"--which can hardly surprise the reader once they've seen a photo of Mr. Van Voorhis with shaggy hair and a loosened purple tie. Bronx School...
The Inkwell Bookstore Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The name Rodrigo Corral may not fire off any synapses in your brain, but a quick look at some of his cover art will surely set your sense memory atwitter. Dude not only did the cover art compiled below, he's also responsible for the covers to James Frey's infamous A Million Little Pieces and Junot Diaz' Pulitzer Prize-winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . To see more of Corral's book covers,...
Pages (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I was appointed at Edge Hill in 2006, having previously taught at The International Study Centre, Herstmonceux Castle (Queen’s University, Canada, in the U. K.), the University of Kent, and Canterbury Christ Church University. I have taught most periods and genres within English and American literature, but have tended to specialise in eighteenth-century literature, Renaissance drama (especially...
LOST Theories (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Hi all, I've been reading a bunch of theories since The Incident aired, done the whole rewatch thing, etc. At first, I figured, like many - Locke's toast. But a few things don't add up. Firstly, from a narrative point of view, something felt wrong. If Locke was to be a pathetic red herring, it would have been flagged heavier. Secondly, how are there 2 physical Lockes on the island? Couple this with...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Rex Reed called it "a film without a single redeeming quality"; Chuck Palahniuk called it "the best date flick ever"; professors write about its "rhetoric of masculinity" and "economics of patriarchy"; Dennis Lim says it "is surely the defining cult movie of our time."...
ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has launched WelcometoFC.com for the upcoming Fight Club 10th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Disc, coming to stores on November 17th. The site connects to your Facebook and... you'll have to see what happens next! Based on the book by Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club was directed by David Fincher and stars Edward Norton and Brad Pitt, whose characters bond over a mutual...
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Monthly Mixer Mele Hosted by Jen's Book Talk All you have to do is read a book that begins with a letter of each month or read a book that begins with the authors name (first or last name, doesn’t matter). There are 74 letters so you will have to have 74 different books to complete the challenge. Books can however be used to complete other challenges. You don’t have to do the months in...
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